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| - In the article by Lélé, “Private Property Rights and Forest Preservation in Karnataka Western Ghats, India: Comment,” May 1993, errors were introduced into 2 footnotes and a reference during the typesetting process. They should read as follows: 1Values used were as follows (modification of original value is given in brackets): 1.5 t/ha/yr(=50% of 3 t/ha/yr). 6 t/ha/yr (= 300% of 20 t/ha/yr), 0.28 t/ha (= 1% of 28(t/ha, because standing stock of foliage in a lopped soppinabetta is lower than in unlopped forest), and 20 t/ha (=5% of 400 t/ha, because 400 t/ha corresponds to unlopped forest). For a0 = 500, one obtains a1 = 9.927 and b = 1.182 × 10−3 which gives B = 50.7 kg/acre and B̄ = 8347 kg/acre. I did not repeat B and H̄'s numerical simulations with the new values, because I do not believe in the validity of the model itself, as explained later. The problem is, however, further complicated by a possible error in Gadgil's estimate of 28 t/ha as typical total above-ground biomass (TAGB) in soppinabettas. A reworking of Gadgil's original data indicates that the TAGB is between 55 and 180 t/ha, depending upon the biomass estimation method used. Estimates of TAGB from my own larger sample of soppinabettas range from between 50 and 300 t/ha. The productivity values need to be similarly revised upwards (CES and KSCST, p. 44; Lélé, in preparation). 2Δ (TAGB) would be the same as BH's B if B represented total above-ground tree biomass. Lélé, S. Forests, Agriculture and People: Degradation and Sustainabiligy in the Malnaad region of Uttara Kanada district, Southwestern India. Ph.D. Thesis. Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, 1993. In the article by Wohlgenant, “Distribution of Gains from Research and Promotion in Multi-State Production Systems: The Case of the U. S. Beef and Pork Industries,” August 1993, equations (5), (7), and (8) were incorrectly reported. They should read
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