Carbon pools and multiple benefits

Table 13: Evaluating shoreline protection function of mangroves in urban areas in Central African coast from Cameroon to DRC

Cost/ha

Country/Zone/Site/Type of infrastructure

Fcfa

US Dollars*

Cost

SE

Cost

SE

Cameroon Littoral Region Electricity (transmission poles, etc)

280 000 60 0

560

120

Houses (simple, single storey, multistorey)

15 584 000 3 143 591 31 168

6 287

Institutional (schools, markets, spiritual, sports, military, etc)

256 128 000 51 193 602 512 256 102 387

Roads(tarred and non tarred including bridges)

824 000 62 758

1 648

526

Telecommunications (Poles/antennals, transmission stations, etc)

19 200 000 2 400 0 38 400

4 800

Total Littoral Region

292 016 000 14 957 870 584 032 29 916

Average Cameroon

292 016 000 14 957 870 584 032

29 916

Gabon Estuary Province Libreville Council area Electricity (transmission poles, etc)

100 000 31 0

200

62

Houses (simple, single storey, multistorey)

3 380 000 411 2 8

6 760

822

Total Estuary Province Libreville Council area

3 480 000 351 648

6 960

703

Average Gabon

3 480 000

351 648

6 960

703

Congo Pointe Noire Division Electricity (transmission poles, etc)

100 000 28 0

200

56

Houses (simple, single storey, multistorey)

6 000 000 5 0

12 000

1 000

Total Pointe Noire Division

6 100 000 1 008 85

12 200

2 018

Average Congo

6 100 000

1 008 850

12 200

2 018

DRC Lower Congo Province, Boma district Electricity (transmission poles, etc)

100 000 25 0

200

50

Houses (simple, single storey, multistorey)

1 200 000 105 0

2 400

210

Roads(tarred and non tarred including bridges)

1 000 000 75 0

2 000

150

Total Lower Congo Province, Boma district

2 300 000 3 8 296

4 600

677

Average DRC

2 300 000

338 296

4 600

677

Average urban mangroves

75 974 000

9 099 707

151 948

18 199

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