Kanchan Baran Singha <br/><br/>
Economic valuation of wetland products and services: A case study of  Sone Beel, India 

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<br/><br/> Wetlands  provide  the  world's  most  productive  products  and  services  (PAS)  for  economic  purposes.  Wetlands  are  important  for  fishing,  agriculture,  biodiversity,  and  recreational  activities.  The  present  paper  attempts  to  estimate  the  totaleconomic value of the use and nonuse values of the Sone Beel, the largest wetland of Assam. The fishing communities of the  Sone  Beel  area  have  been  associated  with  the  wetland  for  generations,  and  they  depend  on  the  wetland  for  their  livelihood.  We  have  adopted  the  market  price  method,  travel  cost  method,  and  contingent  valuation  method  for  the  economic  valuation  of  Sone  Beel.  The  total  economic  value  (TEV)  of  Sone  Beel  is  estimated  as  Rs  561,088,074  (USD  6,769,140.46)  per  annum,  with  fishing  as  the  main  contributor,  whose  value  is  estimated  at  around  84.53  per  cent  of  the  TEV  of  the  wetland,  followed  by  duck  rearing,  water  transport,  tourism,  paddy  cultivation,  biodiversity  conservation,  and  future use 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Facted Index Terms: </label><br/> Contingent  valuation  method<br/>Economic  valuation<br/>Market  price  method<br/>Nonuse  values<br/> Sone  beel