Determining visitor preferences for rhinoceros conservation management at private, ecotourism game reserves in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: A choice modeling experiment

Lee, Deborah E.; Preez, Mario Du

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.06.022

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“…The management of African rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum ) is a high profile and contentious conservation challenge. Poaching of rhino horn has drastically increased over the last decade, primarily driven by East Asian demands for medicine, ornaments and consumption (Ferreira, Pfab, & Knight, ; Lee & Du Preez, ). Poaching increased from 13 rhino in 2007 to 1,215 in 2014 (TRAFFIC, ), despite an international rhino horn trade ban under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) since 1977.…”

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The role of animal welfare values in the rhino horn trade debate

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Possingham

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Conservat Sci and Prac

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The poaching crisis facing Africa's white rhinoceros is one of the continent's most pressing conservation challenges. The controversial proposal to legalize the international trade in rhino horn as a solution has led to a polarized conservation community. While a legal trade in rhino horn has been explored from an economic perspective, stakeholder values are yet to be adequately considered in addressing the issue. Exploring the role of stakeholder values in the rhino horn trade debate is crucial, as divergent stakeholder values and attitudes influence policy support and acceptability, creating conflict over appropriate management interventions. Using a survey of 285 participants, we show that people with stronger animal welfare values are less supportive of a legal rhino horn trade policy. We also demonstrate that people with stronger animal welfare values are less influenced by information provision, and that biospheric and altruistic value orientations do not significantly influence support for this policy. Our findings highlight the importance of considering stakeholder values when developing conservation actions, particularly concerning discussions about controversial policy actions. These findings can be extended beyond the illegal wildlife trade crisis to other challenges affecting iconic wildlife, such as trophy hunting, other sustainable use initiatives and invasive species management.

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The role of animal welfare values in the rhino horn trade debate

Brown

Dean

Possingham

et al. 2019

Conservat Sci and Prac

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“…Therefore, CEM can better solve the problem of comparing profit and loss between the multiple attributes of ecosystem services, and it can reveal public preferences for each eco-functional attribute of ecosystem services [34]. Thus, CEM has been widely used for non-market valuation, including species conservation [35][36][37][38][39], wetland recovery [40][41][42][43][44], ecotourism preferences [45][46][47][48][49][50], tourists' preferences for land, the environmental functions of national parks [21,[39][40][41]51,52], and the exploration of methods for altering specific ecosystem services to affect economic benefits [34,[53][54][55][56][57][58].…”

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Economic Valuation of Green Island, Taiwan: A Choice Experiment Method

Chen

2019

Sustainability

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The evaluation of ecological security and ecosystem services is now a core issue in the field of natural and environmental resources. Quantifying the economic value of island ecosystem services can inform policy decisions that affect the island and help justify expenditures on ecosystem service improvements. This study investigates the preferences of residents and tourists regarding Green Island and estimates willingness-to-pay (WTP) values for island ecosystem services using a choice experiment. The results indicate significant differences between the preferences of residents and tourists regarding island environmental resources. Therefore, based on the multiple attributes and ecosystem services, this study formulated three assessment schemes: “environmental protection”, “recreational development”, and “integrated operation and management”. Based on our analysis of the problems reflected in the aforementioned valuation models, we recommend that policy makers refer to environmental attribute preferences to create statements or advertisements targeting relevant audiences when planning island development. This paper contributes to the literature by demonstrating how the economic valuation of island ecosystem services can help design and target island conservation policies in order to maximize welfare.

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“…In the past, economists try to assess people’s WTP for ecotourism preferences [24,25,33], species conservation [19,20], and, more recently, also the issue of WTP for ecosystem services was explored by many authors [37,38,39,45] but less frequent for evaluation of island tourism preferences [27,28]. Remoundou et al [31] employed CEM to evaluate the effects of climate change on the willingness to pay for Santander’s coastal ecosystem.…”

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Establishment and Application of an Evaluation Model for Orchid Island Sustainable Tourism Development

Chen

2019

IJERPH

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Global warming and climate change increase the likelihood of weather-related natural disasters that threaten ecosystems and consequently affect the tourism industry which thrives on the natural attributes of island regions. Orchid Island, the study area, is home to the Yami (Tao) tribe—the only indigenous people of Taiwan with a marine culture. The island possesses rich geological and topographical features (such as coral reefs) and distinctive biological and ecological resources (such as the green sea turtle, flying fish, and Orchid Island scops owl), and organizes traditional festivals and activities (such as the flying fish festival) as well as tribal tourism activities. These factors contribute to its immense potential to become the new tourism hotspot. To study the factors enhancing tourist experiences, a random utility model was constructed using a choice experiment method (CEM) for the tourist resort on Orchid Island. The study results demonstrated that: (1) Limiting tourists to 600/day; employing professional tour guides; providing better recreational facilities; introducing additional experience-enhancing activities; and lowering contributions towards the professional ecosystem conservation trust fund will improve the overall effectiveness of attracting tourists to Orchid Island. The evaluation results from both conditional logit and random parameter logit models were similar; (2) the analysis results from the latent class model demonstrated that island tourism has significant market segmentation. The socioeconomic backgrounds of tourists, their experiences, and their preferences exhibit heterogeneity, with significant differences in willingness to pay for island tourism.

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Determining visitor preferences for rhinoceros conservation management at private, ecotourism game reserves in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa: A choice modeling experiment

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

The role of animal welfare values in the rhino horn trade debate

The role of animal welfare values in the rhino horn trade debate

Economic Valuation of Green Island, Taiwan: A Choice Experiment Method

Establishment and Application of an Evaluation Model for Orchid Island Sustainable Tourism Development

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