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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