It should be noted that the potential net losses of TSh 273 billion are likely to represent a lower limit, considering that, with population growth among other drivers, the rate of deforestation is likely to increase (and not remain constant as we have assumed here). These calculations are based on statistics that are currently captured in social accounting matrix and do not include the non-marketed values of forest ecosystems. These values will be discussed in the next chapter. In section 3.10, we used our constructed model to answer this question from an economy-wide perspective.