Atkinson, Giles 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6736-3074 and Gundimeda, Haripriya
(2006)
Accounting for India's forest wealth.
Ecological Economics, 59 (4).
pp. 462-476.
ISSN 0921-8009
Abstract
In this paper, we account for forest wealth in India. Changes in the timber and carbon wealth embodied in these forests are related to important green national accounting aggregates such as genuine saving and the change in wealth per capita. Important accounting issues include the timing of carbon releases that occur when forests are disturbed, as well as the valuation of these releases. Our empirical findings suggest that while India's forest wealth is substantial, net changes in this wealth are arguably not so large at least in relation to GNP. However, when viewed in the context of the wealth-diluting effects of population growth this implies a far larger additional savings effort is required to cover the (net) loss in forest values than otherwise appears to be the case. Finally, we examine ways in which the accounting approach that we adopt can be reconciled with approaches which stress conserving forest wealth.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.journals.elsevier.com/ecological-econom... |
| Additional Information: | © 2006 Elsevier |
| Divisions: | Geography & Environment |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SD Forestry |
| JEL classification: | Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation > Q23 - Forestry |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Nov 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2024 22:45 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/2866 |
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