The Top 15 Productive Values of Regenerating & Sustaining Protected Forests
Each value is a revenue line, a sovereignty line, or both. FVI thresholds gate payouts on all fifteen.
| # | Value | Primary revenue / benefit mechanism |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Future forestry (rotation timber) | Certified selective harvest capped at 70% of mean annual increment |
| 2 | Carbon sequestration | VCS / Article 6 / CRCF credits |
| 3 | Watershed protection | Municipal & hydropower water payments, 50-year contracts |
| 4 | Erosion control & soil formation | Agriculture-adjacent payments; avoided reservoir siltation |
| 5 | Land fence (living border) | Defense co-funding of green anti-smuggling barriers |
| 6 | Ecotourism | 99-year concession auctions, re-leased every generation |
| 7 | Animal husbandry & silvopasture | Agroforestry licenses; shade livestock premiums |
| 8 | Non-timber forest products | Shea, açaí, castanha, honey, gum arabic |
| 9 | Biodiversity credits & bioprospecting | Biodiversity units; indigenous benefit-sharing (Nagoya) |
| 10 | Fire & flood resilience | Resilience bonds; insurer premium-share for avoided loss |
| 11 | Fisheries & coastal protection | Mangrove-linked fishery enhancement; storm-buffer payments |
| 12 | Climate adaptation cooling | Urban cooling-district payments; heat-health cost avoidance |
| 13 | Cultural & spiritual estate | Indigenous co-management endowments; heritage grants |
| 14 | Scientific research estate | Long-term research concessions — a 500-year lab |
| 15 | Primeval wilderness legacy | Intergenerational endowment value; cathedral bonds for descendants |