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Table 14 First-year replacement cost of the case study wetlands as pastoral resources (based on costs in 1999)

From: What value for pastoral livelihoods? An economic valuation of development alternatives for ephemeral wetlands in eastern Mauritania

Wetland

Cost of well construction (UM)

Labour costs of water extraction (UM)

Total cost (UM)

Total cost (€) (Euro)

Goungel

72,934,400

6,920,646

79,855,046

306,569

Oum Lellé

125,030,400

8,095,748

133,126,148

511,081

Sawana

10,419,200

1,155,718

11,574,918

44,437

Chlim

10,419,200

1,758,238

12,177,438

46,750

Tali

114,644,200

11,304,322

125,948,522

483,525

Tamchekett

20,838,400

2,266,022

23,104,422

88,699

Boichiche

31,257,600

1,430,184

32,687,784

125,491

Total cost

  

418,474,278

1,606,552