Opportunity Costs of REDD+ to the Communities of Mufindi District, Iringa, Tanzania

Table 3

Quantity of aboveground carbon stock and profitability based on prices reported by various authors.

Unit price ($/tCO2e)	Author(s)	Carbon (tC/ha) at IFR	tCO2e/ha at IFR	NPV ($/ha)
5	Nordhaus [9]	39.23	143.97	719.871
20	Fankhauser [10]	39.23	143.97	2879.48
6	Sedjo et al. [11]	39.23	143.97	863.84
36.5–44.13	Healey et al. [12]	39.23	143.97	5255.06–6353.58
12–59	Tol [13]	39.23	143.97	1727.69–8494.47
178	Jakob et al. [14]	39.23	143.97	25627.39
18–90	Stern [15]	39.23	143.97	2591.53–12957.67
29	Bloomberg News [16]	39.23	143.97	4175.25
150	Maibach et al. [17]	39.23	143.97	21596.12
20–50	Litman [18]	39.23	143.97	2879.48–7198.705

Source: field data (2012).