Emergency Fire Prevention And Control Project in the Amazon: Annex 4
Annex 4
Brazil: Emergency Fire Prevention And Control Project in the Amazon
Cost Benefit Analysis Summary
Estimated Losses from Catastrophic Fire Escapes for 1998
Nb These estimates are based on a number of “heroic” assumptions BasicallyT, the estimated financial cost values of estimated economic losses in Roraima were extrapolated to the Deforestation Arc by multiplying by a factor of five as an estimate of the extent of potential damage, taking into consideration the higher population density, the more dense urban network, greater amounts of cattle and pasture, etc in the arc A number of potential losses were not considered for lack of any basis for estimation These include loss of power generation capacity due to erosion provoked by burning in watersheds, costs of emergency relief to displaced persons, costs for lost and damaged (public and private) infrastructure, losses to agriculture, losses of genetic material (biodiversity), losses to mining operations, losses to extractive producers (babaçu, Brazil nuts, natural rubber), tourism losses (including in areas remote from actual fires due to drifting smoke), losses to commerce and tax losses.
Type of Loss Unit Unit Vaue
(US $) Estimated Number of Units Estimated Cost
(US $)
Type of LossRevenues lost to power companies from damaged power lines
Occurrence
$37,704
235
8,860,440
Revenue Loss to Airlines from Airport Closures
Airport Hours Closed
$2,173
2,100
4,565,217
Lost Income to Airline Passengers Unable to Travel
Passenger Days
$54
315,000
1,710,000
Health-Care Costs to SUS from Excess Respiratory Distress Cases
Patients Cases Requiring Hospital or Clinic Treatment
$18.25
8,280
151,110
Production lost to respiratory disease
Person-days
$20
8,280
165,600
Loss of commercial wood resources
Ha of commercially valuable timber accidentally burned
$8,000
100,000
80,000,000
Loss of Pasture
Ha of productive pasture accidentally burned
$1,000
200,000
20,000,000
Direct Livestock Losses
Head of Cattle
600
10,000
6,000,000
TOTAL
$ 130,312,000
