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You have been asked to evaluate whether a project to preserve an area of forest should
go ahead or whether the land should be converted to agriculture. The net benefits of
ecosystem goods and services have been valued over the next four years at R6000, R10
000, R14 000 and R22 000 respectively. The immediate cost of preserving the forest is
R23 500. Assume that MWTP = 90 - 3Q and MC = 10 + 2Q. The discount rate is 7%.
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