Rapid ecosystem service assessment of the impact of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve on wetland benefits to local communities

Merriman, Jennifer C.; Gurung, Hum Bahadur; Adhikari, Sandeep; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Khatri, Top B.; Pandit, Ravi S.; Ram, Ashok Kumar; Thomas, D; Thapa, Ishana

doi:10.1007/s11273-017-9587-2

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“…This approach focuses on the travel costs associated with people's use of a natural area for recreational purposes and derives its economic value of recreation based on the actual behavior and preferences of visitors in terms of the frequency of their visits, travel cost, and time [4]. Recently, other rapid methodologies have been developed to valuate such ecosystem services, such as the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA v. 1.2), whose relevant module focuses on the direct expenditure of domestic and international visitors to a site [18,28,34,35]. Apart from individual TCM and TESSA (v. 1.2), there are many other techniques used to elicit the value of recreational ecosystem services in the context of protected areas with varying degrees of complexity.…”

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“…Such rapid techniques can be very useful in contexts with a high potential to deliver ecosystem services and little capacity for the deployment of more complicated techniques, as is the case in several developing countries [43]. Furthermore, due to their simplicity, these techniques can be useful tools for engaging with stakeholders and for highlighting the potential outcomes of land use decisions on ecosystem services [35].…”

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Economic Value of Cultural Ecosystem Services from Recreation in Popa Mountain National Park, Myanmar: A Comparison of Two Rapid Valuation Techniques

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Suzuki

Peh

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Protected areas offer diverse ecosystem services, including cultural services related to recreation, which contribute manifold to human wellbeing and the economy. However, multiple pressures from other human activities often compromise ecosystem service delivery from protected areas. It is thus fundamental for effective management to understand the recreational values and visitor behaviors in such areas. This paper undertakes a rapid assessment of the economic value of cultural ecosystem services related to recreation in a national park in Myanmar using two valuation techniques, the individual travel cost method (TCM) and the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA v.1.2). We focus on the Popa Mountain National Park, a protected area visited by approximately 800,000 domestic and 25,000 international tourists annually. Individual TCM estimates that each domestic visitor spent USD 20–24 per trip, and the total annual recreational value contributed by these visitors was estimated at USD 16.1–19.6 million (USD 916–1111 ha−1). TESSA estimated the annual recreational expenditure from domestic and international visitors at USD 15.1 million (USD 858 ha−1) and USD 5.04 million (USD 286 ha−1), respectively. Both methods may be employed as practical approaches to assess the recreational values of protected areas (and other land uses with recreational value), and they have rather complementary approaches. We recommend that both techniques be combined into a single survey protocol.

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Economic Value of Cultural Ecosystem Services from Recreation in Popa Mountain National Park, Myanmar: A Comparison of Two Rapid Valuation Techniques

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Suzuki

Peh

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“…Koshi Tappu WR became Nepal's first wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention [47]; the country has since listed seven more sites (e.g. [58]) and developed a wetlands policy to promote sustainable uses, in part due to the high ecosystem values associated with wetlands [61]. Sagarmatha and Chitwan NPs are world heritage natural sites and Nepal has many other potential WHC natural sites not yet listed including several of its other Himalayan PAs.…”

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On the Road to Sustainability? A Review of a Half-Century of Biodiversity Conservation Successes in Nepal and Some Thoughts on Future Needs

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Protected Areas, National Parks and Sustainable Future

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We review the history, over the past half-century, of biodiversity conservation legislation and programs in Nepal. We especially consider how they have evolved in light of some earlier concerns resulting from, for example, the strict "fines and fences" conservation approaches first implemented in the 1970s, to pressing issues that emerged over time such as park-people and wildlife-human conflicts, poaching and illegal wildlife trade. We also consider how the implementation of international conservation agreements and demographic and political changes have affected conservation programs in Nepal. We finish by discussing conservation in the context of sustainable development and conclude with some thoughts on future research and managerial needs in a rapidly-changing world.

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“…We found three studies that recently used TESSA to examine floodplain restoration measures and recommended its future application. Fazaa et al [17] analyzed a floodplain in Southern Iraq and Merriman et al [18] applied TESSA for the estimation of five wetland ES in Nepal, namely three provisioning ES, greenhouse gases sequestration, and nature-based recreation. A local, rapid analysis of a wetland restoration in the UK was conducted by Peh et al [19] and represents the only European application on the topic.…”

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Integrated Valuation of Nature-Based Solutions Using TESSA: Three Floodplain Restoration Studies in the Danube Catchment

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Floodplain restoration measures are among the most well-known nature-based solutions for flood risk reduction but practitioners see their limitations in comparison to technical measures when considering both their effectiveness and profitability. The aim of this study is to show the co-benefits (besides flood risk reduction) of floodplain restoration and handle them in terms of monetized ecosystem services (ES). Our work focused on six ES groups for three study areas in the Danube catchment along the Krka, Morava, and Danube rivers. ES mapping through stakeholder engagement is also considered. We applied the methodologies suggested in the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-Based Assessment (TESSA) complemented with alternative methodologies (e.g., questionnaires on social media). Results show annual combined benefits of floodplain restoration in a range from 237,000 USD2019 at Krka to 3.1 million USD2019 at Morava, suggesting the utility of ES assessment. The combination of stakeholder workshops and the TESSA guidelines, as well as the newly developed methods, were all central tools to provide decision-makers with arguments to use nature-based solutions for an integrated and holistic riparian land use management.

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Rapid ecosystem service assessment of the impact of Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve on wetland benefits to local communities

Cited by 14 publications

References 32 publications

Economic Value of Cultural Ecosystem Services from Recreation in Popa Mountain National Park, Myanmar: A Comparison of Two Rapid Valuation Techniques

Economic Value of Cultural Ecosystem Services from Recreation in Popa Mountain National Park, Myanmar: A Comparison of Two Rapid Valuation Techniques

On the Road to Sustainability? A Review of a Half-Century of Biodiversity Conservation Successes in Nepal and Some Thoughts on Future Needs

Integrated Valuation of Nature-Based Solutions Using TESSA: Three Floodplain Restoration Studies in the Danube Catchment

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