THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF FOREST HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES: A CASE STUDY AT BUKIT SULIGI PROTECTED FOREST, THE UPPER PART OF SIAK WATERSHED, RIAU
@inproceedings{Rahmat2012THEEV, title={THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF FOREST HYDROLOGICAL SERVICES: A CASE STUDY AT BUKIT SULIGI PROTECTED FOREST, THE UPPER PART OF SIAK WATERSHED, RIAU}, author={Mamat Rahmat and Sofyan P. Warsito and Wahyu Andayani and Dwidjono Hadi Darwanto and Takahiro Fujiwara}, year={2012} }
Bukit Suligi Protected Forest (BSPF), situated in the headstream area of many rivers in Riau Province, plays an important role in providing hydrological services such as flood prevention in the rainy season and water supply in the dry season. Siak River is one of the rivers which runs from BSPF. The objectives of this study are to clarify the recent condition of BSPF and to estimate the economic value of BSPF’s hydrological services. Contingent valuation method was employed to elicit people’s…
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