Value
of
Oxygen Services
Financial expression of the value of primary forest oxygen services through an alternative industrial method.
One of the legitimate methods for expert valuation of primary forest oxygen services is to financially express how much it would cost to secure these services through an alternative industrial method.
See. IUCN Project on Payments for Ecosystem Services.
Refining expert quantifications has become a topic of interest for the global scientific community.
See. TEEB Project (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity).
Calculation:
A primary forest produces ± 10 tons of oxygen O2 per hectare per year via photosynthesis.
The conversion between kilograms and liters of O2 is as follows: 1 kg O2 = 700 liters O2
How much would it cost to secure this service through an alternative industrial method?
Price of 1 liter of oxygen (O2) = 0.30 Kč