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reserve, with a return of 3.6 million USD/year in contrast
to 1.1 million USD/year for conservation. However, sugar
cane production is only optimal during a short time span
of five years. When comparing both land use alternatives
over the lifetime of the timber stock of 60 years, the
benefits from the forest, and the ecosystem services it
provides, exceed those of sugarcane planting.