ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Economic Valuation of the Goods and Services
Offered by the High Relict High-Andean
Ecosystem Located in the Districts of Chiguata,
Characato and Pocsi, Arequipa, Peru
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Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Peru
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School of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Department of Economics and Social Sciences,
Universitat Politècnica de Valéncia, Spain
Submission date: 2020-11-10
Final revision date: 2021-02-04
Acceptance date: 2021-05-15
Online publication date: 2021-10-12
Publication date: 2021-12-02
Corresponding author
Jacques Araca
Ingeniería Ambiental, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Peru
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(6):5443-5452
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The relict high-Andean forest covered by associations of Polylepis Rugulosa found in the arid
Andean region of southwestern Peru is a provider of a series of environmental goods and services such
as water supply, climate regulation, erosion control, among others, that contribute to the wellbeing
of societies. This investigation allows us to know the allocation of a range of economic value of the
ecosystem services developed in the study area, based on different perspectives of analysis through the
application of the multicriteria model Analytic Network Process (ANP) and the economic estimation of
CO2eq sequestration. The results obtained range from USD 32,641,387 to USD 102,098,052.