Table 5 Net present value of the benefits to the local communities from participating in the payments to encourage coexistence programme for 5 years.

From: An incentive-based mitigation strategy to encourage coexistence of large mammals and humans along the foothills of Indian Western Himalayas

Discount rate (%)

Plains (US $ ha−1)

Hills (US $ ha−1)

0

17,859.25

1807.25

5

15,464.2

1564.9

10

13,540.15

1370.2

12

12,875.7

1302.9

15

11,973.4

1211.6

  1. @ 2014 prices.