Should we pay, and to whom, for biodiversity enhancement in private forests? An empirical study of attitudes towards payments for forest ecosystem services in Poland

Bartczak, Anna; Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.05.027

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“…The presented results allow us to quantify for the first time the amount of hypothetical monetary compensation accepted by forest owners in Poland for lost benefits in forest management in relation to restrictions on timber harvesting. The utility of this kind of research in Poland is evidenced by the fact that 77% of Polish society agrees with providing compensation for the provision of FES other than wood production, and indicates the budgets of local governments or the central budget as the source of financing [56]. The research shows that in the case of total restrictions, the expected value of compensation for timber harvesting is higher when the respondent's farm and share of forest in its area is larger.…”

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confidence: 91%

How Much Is the Abandonment of Forest Management in Private Forests Worth? A Case of Poland

Gołos

Ukalska

Wysocka-Fijorek

et al. 2021

Forests

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The provision of forest ecosystem services (such as biodiversity, water and soil protection, and recreation) is often associated with a reduction in timber harvesting. In the case of private forests, such a situation requires institutional solutions that allow the economic balance of forest management to be maintained. The aim of the study was to find out the average value of monetary compensation private forest owners would expect in case of timber harvesting restrictions. The study was conducted with a random sample of 1003 forest landowners. The average value of expected compensation ranged from PLN 2300/year/ha (which corresponds to the price of about 12 m3 of wood in Poland) under the condition of no restrictions on timber harvesting but the need to apply indicated of forest management methods, to PLN 4900/year/ha in the model assuming a total ban on harvesting. In general, higher compensation was expected by farmers who stated that they sold timber and those whose agricultural area was larger than the average in Poland. When harvesting restrictions are low, the expected compensation is influenced by the age and gender of the respondent, or the number of people in the household.

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confidence: 91%

How Much Is the Abandonment of Forest Management in Private Forests Worth? A Case of Poland

Gołos

Ukalska

Wysocka-Fijorek

et al. 2021

Forests

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“…The choice experiment, originally developed by Louviere and Hensher and Louviere and Woodworth [ 29 ], belongs to the statement preference method. However, it is different from the direct bidding method commonly used by the statement preference method.…”

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Estimating the Cultural Value of Wild Animals in the Qinling Mountains, China: A Choice Experiment

Hou

Liu

Zheng

et al. 2020

Animals

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In this study, we use the choice experiment method to evaluate the value of wild animals in the surrounding areas of the Changqing National Nature Reserve in China. For areas focused on biodiversity conservation, the results of wild animal value evaluation can provide a basis for the formulation of local ecological compensation standards. We identified wild animals, natural landscape features, infrastructure and facilities, and ticket price as major attributes determining the utility and value of the reserve area. The results of our field survey suggest that the cultural value of wild animals is significantly higher than the value of the infrastructure and other natural landscapes. Tourists indicated a willingness-to-pay of 31.4 Yuan to see wild animals in captivity, compared to 71.9 Yuan to see wild animals in the field. Moreover, tourists with different characteristics have different preferences for the cultural value of wildlife. Female tourists have a higher willingness-to-pay than male tourists. In addition, as age, education, and income level increase, tourists’ willingness-to-pay also increases. These conclusions can provide a reference for local government to formulate wildlife protection compensation and ecotourism ticket pricing.

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“…The successful development of CSF calls for policymakers to create incentives for investments needed to activate forest management and finance mitigation and adaption measures, which include protecting biodiversity and other ES (Verkerk et al 2020). A possible solution in that sense is the implementation of PES in CSF (Bartczak and Metelska-Szaniawska 2015;Matthies et al 2015). According to Wunder (2005), PES are defined as voluntary transactions where a well-defined ES is bought by a buyer (i.e., someone who is willing to pay for it), if and only if the provider secures the provision of such service.…”

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confidence: 99%

Economic and Social Perspective of Climate-Smart Forestry: Incentives for Behavioral Change to Climate-Smart Practices in the Long Term

Gežík

Brnkaľáková

Baštáková

et al. 2021

Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions

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In this volume, the concept of climate-smart forestry (CSF) has been introduced as adaptive forest management and governance to address climate change, fostering resilience and sustainable ecosystem service provision. Adaptive forest management and governance are seen as vital ways to mitigate the present and future impact of climate change on forest. Following this trajectory, we determine the ecosystem services approach as a potential adaptive tool to contribute to CSF. Ecosystem services as public or common goods face the traditional social dilemma of individual versus collective interests, which often generate conflicts, overuse, and resource depletion. This chapter focuses on the ecosystem servicegovernance approach, especially on incentive tools for behavioral change to CSF in the long term, which is a basic precondition for the sustainability of ecosystem integrity and functions, as well as ensuring the continuous delivery of ecosystem goods and services, as per the CSF definition. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are seen as innovative economic instruments when adding a social dimension by involving local communities and their values to ensure the long-term resilience and adaptation of forest ecosystems to climate change. We argue that tackling climate changeadaptation requires the behavioral change of ecosystem service providers to a collaborative and integrated PES approach, as also emphasized by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda 2030.

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Should we pay, and to whom, for biodiversity enhancement in private forests? An empirical study of attitudes towards payments for forest ecosystem services in Poland

Cited by 24 publications

References 27 publications

How Much Is the Abandonment of Forest Management in Private Forests Worth? A Case of Poland

How Much Is the Abandonment of Forest Management in Private Forests Worth? A Case of Poland

Estimating the Cultural Value of Wild Animals in the Qinling Mountains, China: A Choice Experiment

Economic and Social Perspective of Climate-Smart Forestry: Incentives for Behavioral Change to Climate-Smart Practices in the Long Term

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