5.2.2. Cost and Benefit Data
Table 14 provides detailed information on the various data points used to assess the economic and environmental impacts of forest management, reforestation, and conservation activities. This information serves as a foundation for evaluating the cost-effectiveness and broader implications of implementing Jamaica’s long-term forest sector strategies.
Data point considered |
Main source |
|---|---|
Budget allocated to expand government nursery programme |
National Forest Management and Conservation Plan (NFMCP) 2021-2026 |
Annual revenue generated by nursery seedling sales |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Average cost per hectare of reforestation operations |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Annual funding to develop and update Forest-Management Plans |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Cost of implementing riparian-forest management practices |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Unit cost of staff training in silviculture |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Cost of improving forest spatial-data and inventories |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Unit price of a reference automated weather station |
Davis Vantage Pro2 (product specification) |
Establishment cost of permanent forest-sampling plots |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Typical cost of conserving protected forest areas |
Economic Valuation of Jamaica’s Portland Bight (2000 study) |
Monetary benefit from soil-erosion avoided by mulching |
Portland Bight valuation; supporting land-resources datasets |
Reduction of heat-stress losses using silvopasture |
Literature on silvopasture benefits; 2023 livestock statistics |
Annual benefit from charcoal production in reforested zones |
Portland Bight valuation study |
Recreation and tourism value added by reforested areas |
Portland Bight valuation study |
Coastal-protection value of mangrove conservation |
Portland Bight valuation study |
Budget for cross-sectoral integration of the forest sector |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Budget to amend Forest Act and related regulations |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Budget to update development orders affecting forests |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Funds to transfer crown lands to the Forestry Department |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Budget to strengthen tenure and trespass enforcement |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Budget to develop regulations for recreation, research, leases, bonds |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Cost of verifying boundaries of public forest estates |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Budget for controlling invasive species in forests |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Budget for pilot species-conservation and mapping work |
NFMCP 2021-2026 |
Biodiversity value attributed to reforestation |
Portland Bight valuation study |
Cultural, visual and symbolic services from reforestation |
Ecosystem-services valuation study (ScienceDirect) |
Air-quality regulation value provided by new forest cover |
Spatial analysis of Northern Guatemala (applied to Jamaica context) |