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100			_aKanchan Baran Singha
245			_aEconomic valuation of wetland products and services: A case study of Sone Beel, India
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520			_aWetlands 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
654			_a Contingent valuation method _aEconomic valuation _aMarket price method _aNonuse values _a Sone beel
773	0		_0125285 _9110094 _dNew Delhi NISCAIR _oJP347 _tIndian Journal of Natural Products and Resources _x0976-0504
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