Non-market values of forest biodiversity and the impact of informing the general public: Insights from generalized multinomial logit estimations

Rambonilaza, Tina; Brahic, Élodie

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2016.06.008

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“…In comparison with other recent studies on the value of cultural ecosystem services, especially with regard to the existence values of biodiversity conservation, the WTP elicited in this study is well within the current literature (see e.g., [11,24,25,[27][28][29]). Program B would lead to an increase of naturalness of about 10%; this corresponds to an additional value of € 108.25 per hectare per year compared with the status quo.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…The examined attributes were as follows: the forest stand structure and age distribution, the volume of fallen deadwood, and the presence of trees of high ecological value. The mean estimated welfare effect for biodiversity-friendly forest management in state-owned forests, compared with an even-age one-species coniferous forest with no deadwood, was € 90-100 per household [29].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Willingness to Pay for Nature Conservation Policies in State-Owned Forests: An Austrian Case Study

Getzner

Meyerhoff

Schläpfer

2018

Forests

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The Austrian Federal Forests (ÖBf), the Republic of Austria’s state-owned company, manages 15% of the Austrian forests; about 50% of the land is devoted to nature conservation. This paper presents the results of a representative survey of Austrian households ascertaining the acceptance of, preferences regarding, and willingness to pay for three different management scenarios. One program would increase commercial forestry, while two other programs would significantly enhance biodiversity conservation. The majority of respondents considers it an important task of state-owned forests to enhance biodiversity conservation. The study reveals that the preferences of the respondents are very heterogeneous. For instance, in addition to socio-economic characteristics, the willingness to pay for nature conservation depends on personal experiences and perceptions (e.g., whether respondents feel anxious in forests), political views (e.g., the acceptance of strict legal protection of natural resources), and opinions on forest policy issues (e.g., preferences regarding privatization of public land). The study places special emphasis on the thorough description and presentation of the scenarios to the respondents and is one of the first European studies to elicit opinions on forest policies regarding public land in an environmental valuation framework.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Section: A Brief Literature Review Of the Empirical And Methodologicamentioning

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Willingness to Pay for Nature Conservation Policies in State-Owned Forests: An Austrian Case Study

Getzner

Meyerhoff

Schläpfer

2018

Forests

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“…Nielsen et al [12] used a choice experiment to assess the willingness to pay for species composition, height structure, and standing and fallen dead trees in Danish forests. Rambonilaza and Brahic [13] used a choice experiment to estimate the willingness to pay for forest attributes in publicly owned forests representing 15% of all the forests in France. Tilahun et al [14] valued rural households' willingness to pay for frankincense forest conservation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Undergraduate Students Willingness to Pay for Social Services of Trees at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Ancha

Ikyaagba

Nongov

2019

IJECC

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The study was conducted to provide information on students Willingness to Pay (WTP) for social services provided by tree species on the campus of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM), Benue State, Nigeria. Random sampling technique was used to select 200 students from 10 Departments of the University. The semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from the students. Vegetation survey was conducted to indentified tree species present in the selected colleges. The result of the study shows that Albizia zygia was the dominant tree species on the campus. Majority of the students (86.5%) were willing to pay (WTP) for social services of the tree species while (23.5%) were not WTP. Provision of shade (WMS= 4.19>3.00) and beautification (WMS=3.64>3.00) were the most social services provided by tree species. The mean amount the students were WTP for social tree services was N46 per month. Sex of the students differed significantly (P<0.05) from their WTP for the trees social services. Also, there was a significant difference (P<0.10) between the students level of study and their willingness to pay for the trees social services. The major reasons responsible for the insufficiency of trees on the campus as stated by the students were clearance for construction purposes (WMS4.15>3.00) and bush burning (WMS=3.62>3.00). It was recommended that harnessing of human, financial and material resources to address issues of sustainability of forest goods and services on the campus of FUAM should be prioritized. School administration, Departmental Staff and students should promote tree planting on campus.

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“…The SLM perspective on protected areas includes both "nature conservation" and "social welfare" [15,16,18,20,23,27,[29][30][31][32][33]. The concept of biodiversity, which refers to the variety of plant and animal species [34], has been identified not only as an important attribute of nature conservation [23], but as one which reflects the value derived from natural land use in protected areas [15], including wetland management [16] and forest parks [23].…”

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“…Second, we conducted on-site interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs) with members of non-governmental organizations, managers of forest parks, and economists specializing in nonmarket evaluation [18,23,38]. Based on suggestions and feedback from the FGDs and the literature review, we chose the following attributes of this study; farming method [29][30][31]35], biodiversity [15,16,20,39], land use type [15,18,32,33,[39][40][41], ecotourism mode [18,27,34,37], WTD, and WTPT [15,18,23,39,42]. The key factors of SLM are summarized in Table 1.…”

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Evaluating the Public’s Preferences toward Sustainable Planning under Climate and Land Use Change in Forest Parks

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Balancing the goals of sustainable planning under climate and land use change (CLUC) with ecosystem service functions is a huge challenge for the management and programming of protected areas today. We construct a new evaluation framework towards the perspectives of sustainable land management based on the choice experiment (CE) model, and apply it to investigate the public's preferences for the forest parks in Taiwan. This study found that implementing organic farming, increasing species populations, increasing the acreage of secondary forest area, and developing an integrated framework for ecotourism would best satisfy the public's preferences for sustainable land use management. Second, we identify that the heterogeneity of the public's preferences for forest park management varies depending on whether individuals are (1) members of environmental groups, (2) agricultural landowners, and (3) residents of the municipality. Third, we find integrated land use programs generate the highest welfare values among scenarios comprising different financial attributes.

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Non-market values of forest biodiversity and the impact of informing the general public: Insights from generalized multinomial logit estimations

Cited by 21 publications

References 26 publications

Willingness to Pay for Nature Conservation Policies in State-Owned Forests: An Austrian Case Study

Willingness to Pay for Nature Conservation Policies in State-Owned Forests: An Austrian Case Study

Undergraduate Students Willingness to Pay for Social Services of Trees at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Evaluating the Public’s Preferences toward Sustainable Planning under Climate and Land Use Change in Forest Parks

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