- This study was carried out in Buswang, situated at the mouth of the Aklan Rive, in the Aklan province and focused on the economic benefits of a 75.5 ha replanted mangrove plot. The following is a list composed of economic data collected from the study:
- “The total landings from the 75.5 ha mangrove forest represent a harvested biomass of 294 kg ha−1 yr−1, a net value of US$ 213 ha−1 yr−1 and an annual income for these districts of US$ 16 057”(337).
- “In 2004, c. 17 000 people visited the 75.5 ha Buswang Ecopark, each paying US$ 0.18, generating a total income of US$ 3059 or US$ 41 ha−1 yr−1”(339).
- “Inclusion of all species caught within the replanted mangrove increases the valuation to US$ 213 ha−1 yr−1, of which landings of mud crabs and penaeid prawns contributed 50%”(340). (Deforestation).
- “The survey suggests a total value of US$ 564–2316 ha−1 is entering the local community from the mangrove each year”(340).
- “This study suggests that fish production related to replanted mangrove was 578–2568 kg ha−1 yr−1 (US$ 463–2215 ha−1 yr−1), which can equal that of brackish-water aquaculture ponds”(341).
- Total income from sustainably harvested timber from replanted mangroves was valued at US$ 60 ha-1 yr-1.
- Ecosystem services provided by mangroves in the area were well known: “Most fishers (95% on average) thought that the mangrove acted as a barrier against typhoons and storms and similar numbers thought that mangrove forests act as nurseries for juvenile fish and crustaceans and molluscs (Table 2)” (337).
- Not only are the mangroves important to the community on a day to day basis, but also in times of crisis: “Estimations of frequency for gleaning often included comments such as ‘when we have no food’ or ‘when I have no work’ suggested the mangrove was used as an important emergency food store for much of the population”(340).