Table 2.4 Annual Household Income From Forests

TABLE 2.4 ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME FROM FORESTS
Source	Average Forest Income* (US$)

Share of Forest Income (% of total) Wild Foods 287 38.3 Fuelwood 216 31.7 Fodder 124 5.8 Timber 28 2.3 Grass/Thatch 83 5 Wild Medicine 47 3.7 Gold Panning 6 0.2 Others 129 13 Total 678^** 100 ^*Average amount of environmental income based on 54 empirical studies, reported in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) dollars. ^**Average total forest income is less than the sum of all soruces because many studies do not measure income from every source. Source: Vedeld et al. 2004