Saturday, May 19, 2007

How does one calculate the worth of a 50 year-old tree's services, in Rupees?


if it is a mango tree, you might think of adding up all the mangoes, and timber you have got and working out their cost. But , it is not so simple.
Even a tree that has no fruits to yield could ask for a mind-boggling amount of over 60 lakhs for all the services it has rendered in fifty years. Let us take a look at the details.


The cost of 50,000 kilograms of oxygen @ Rs 20/- per Kg 10,00,000

Wages for controlling atmospheric pollution 10,00,000

Wages for holding water and converting it into vapour 8,00,000

Wages for preventing erosion and producing manure 5,00,000

Rent for providing shelter to birds and animals 3,00,000

Returns for the medicines given in raw form 25,00,000


Total 61,00,000

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