The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion in the Magat and Pantabangan Watersheds

Herminia A. Francisco, Wilfrido Cruz and Zenaida T. Conway

Philippine Journal of Development from Philippine Institute for Development Studies

Abstract: This article report is a condensed version of “The On-Site and Downstream Costs of Soil Erosion,†PIDS Technical Report 87-04 of the Upland Resource Policy Program. It estimates the economic costs arising from indiscriminate exploitation of the uplands. It also offers a practical methodology for assessing the economic impact of soil erosion and illustrates the methodology with results from two major watersheds--Magat and Pantabangan.

Keywords: watershed; uplands; soil erosion; soil conservation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 1988
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