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Table 17 The total capital and replacement costs (UM) of converting Tamourt Goungel to a single-use system (1999 market prices)

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

Levelling and drainagea

Fencinga

Agri inputs including toolsa

Replacement of pastoral resourcesb

Loss of botanical resourcesc

Total cost of conversion

2,772,000

10,750,000

10,898,000

79,855,046

9,497,592

113,772,638

  1. aFrom PGRNP/MDRE (1999) (fencing excludes maintenance costs; agricultural inputs include one year’s supply of fertilisers, pesticides and seeds plus equipment and tools); bbased on well construction costs and one year’s labour; cbased on one year’s revenue calculated by method 2