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Table 8 Quantity and value of forestry products, wild foods and natural resources collected by 20 people (Note that this is the total amount collected by 20 people per wetland in a one-year period) at the seven case study wetlands (1999 market prices)

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

Wetland

Gum arab

Az

Jib jib

Wild rice

Firewood

Charcoal

Construct wood

Banco

Salaha

Tilba

Value per wetland

Units

kg

kg

kg

kg

Head-load

kg

Per log

Brick

kg

kg

UM

Unit value UM

300

80

60

100

150

14

300

4

25

180

Total quantity collected by 20 people per year (kg)

Chlim

314

2,300

1,325

50

2,394

2,700

207

1,530

432

128

861,660

Goungel

184

50

1,362

0

728

1,300

20

1,000

432

0

289,120

Tali

508

104

1,083

0

2,704

0

200

6,000

70

0

717,050

Boichiche

452

2,550

1,888

0

3,408

2,300

652

8,840

276

0

1,234,140

Tamchekett

0

800

1,124

0

1,902

50

92

1,800

332

14

527,860

Sawana

728

3,400

444

20

1,872

1,700

112

3,000

32

28

875,080

Oum Lellé

280

1,000

0

0

832

1,900

240

5,240

0

0

408,360