It follows that the cut hectare will also not match the value added, estimated at TSh 10,599 per hectare per year (2001). Are the net benefits of such a small magnitude as to justify their being ignored by development policy? Or are they of such a colossal amount that they necessitate the immediate attention of policymakers? The present value of costs from deforestation to the Tanzanian economy amounts to TSh 420 billion (US$ 263 million).