Evaluación Económica de Humedales: Estudio de Caso de Humedales de Petexbatún, Petén, Guatemala

Gustavo Sención

No 1302, Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Department of Economics - dECON

Abstract: The aim of this work is to validate a general methodology for the economic evaluation of wetlands in the tropic, and to modify it in order to achieve a quick economic valuation of the ecosystem in Petexbatún Wetlands. The results obtained for the economic values are not fully consistent with the ecological importance of the goods and services attributed to the ecosystem (Barbier, 1989). Nevertheless, as a first approach using an economic unit of measurement, it can also be considered as a methodological contribution to the analysis of ecosystems, an area with scarce information and research accumulation.

Keywords: Petexbatún; Petén; Guatemala; Economic Valuation Wetlands; Ecosystems; Wood; Fishing; Wild Life; Agriculture; Cattle ranch; Charge of Water-bearing; Unloading of Water-bearing; Retention Sediments; Control Floods; Aquatic Transport; Tourism; Quality of Water; Retention Nutrients. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2002-12
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