Valuing wetland conservation: A contingent valuation analysis among Iranian beneficiaries

Ghanian, Mansour; Ghoochani, Omid M.; Noroozi, Hossein; Cotton, Matthew

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126140

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“…Additionally, older household heads may perceive high opportunity cost of choosing improved management alternatives because they may expect a decline or loss of benefits that they have been deriving from the associated wetland resources in their lifetime [49]. On the contrary, studies [50,51] reported that an increase in the age of the household head has a positive influence on the WTP. This can be associated with more knowledge of the wetland and adaptive experience, such that older households may easily predict the consequence of deteriorating this wetland, hence, being willing to pay more for the rehabilitation intervention without hesitation [47].…”

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Household Willingness to Pay for Constructed Wetlands as Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment in Bayawan City, Philippines

Guila,

Agaton,

Rivera

et al. 2024

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Constructed wetlands are globally recognized as effective nature-based solutions to wastewater treatment providing significant ecological and socio-economic benefits. This study aims to identify the ecosystem services provided by the constructed wetlands and evaluate their economic value. This study administered a survey questionnaire to 270 households of Fishermen’s Gawad Kalinga Village in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental, Philippines and employed a contingent valuation method to investigate their willingness to pay for the constructed wetlands. Respondents identified several ecosystem services of the constructed wetlands including the provisioning (water supply and biomass), regulating (wastewater treatment, water purification, climate regulation, flood prevention), supporting (habitat formation, nutrient cycling, hydrological cycle), and cultural (tourism, educational and research, recreation, aesthetic) services. Results showed that 96.3% of the respondents were willing to pay for the ecosystem services, with a mean of PHP 107.28. In terms of socio-demographic characteristics, age group and sex have no significant impact on WTP; while positive, weak, monotonic association for highest educational attainment; and positive, very weak for monthly income. The findings hold a significant promise for the government and other stakeholders to adopt a constructed wetland in achieving more human ecological and sustainable peri-urban communities.

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Household Willingness to Pay for Constructed Wetlands as Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment in Bayawan City, Philippines

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Agaton,

Rivera

et al. 2024

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“…One of the most encompassing approaches is investigating willingness to pay when attempting to monetize the economic importance of geological resources and geopark conservation. The contingent valuation method (CVM), a survey-based instrument, seeks to evaluate intangible issues by eliciting individuals' willingness to pay in a hypothetical market [14,15]. When the value of conservation projects is indicated in exact monetary terms, it provides more explicit references for administrators to levy optimum entry fees that help to achieve geopark management on a sustainable basis [16,17].…”

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An Investigation of Willingness to Pay for Geopark Management and Conservation: A Case Study of Geotourists in the Greater China Region

Fang,

Gou,

Cheung

et al. 2024

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Willingness to pay (WTP) for geological protection is essential for market-based geopark conservation tactic formulations. Whether geotourists are willing to pay and how much they prefer to pay might be influenced by different determinants. The present study aims to (1) investigate the probability of paying and the payment amount for geopark conservation and (2) examine how factors influence the intention and amount to pay for the upkeep of geoparks. The results suggest that geotourists would contribute financially to geological conservation and geopark management. The findings also revealed that geotourists’ intentions and payment for conservation were associated with educational background and monthly income level. In addition, geotourist attachment and satisfaction concerning visiting geoparks positively affected intention and payment. This study might provide empirical references for geopark management and conservation in the Greater China Region.

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“…Understanding groundwater as set of overlapping hydrosocial and ecological systems [40] is explored in a range of empirical research studies [41][42][43][44]. These studies note the importance of farmer behavior in their role as water managers (i.e., through installing new irrigation technology, changing cropping patterns, wastewater use, etc.).…”

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Why Do Farmers Over-Extract Groundwater Resources? Assessing (Un)sustainable Behaviors Using an Integrated Agent-Centered Framework

Ghoochani,

Eskandari Damaneh,

Eskandari Damaneh

et al. 2023

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This study uses an Integrated Agent-Centered (IAC) framework to investigate the socio-psychological drivers of Iranian farmers’ unsustainable groundwater management practices. Empirical land use change analysis of US Geological Survey Landsat satellite images of the Jaz-Murian wetland region for 1990, 2010, and 2022, is combined with community surveys conducted with randomly selected farmers in five townships within the region (n = 356). Visual analysis reveals dramatic increases in agricultural land coverage, diminished water bodies, and increased salt lands over the 32-year sampled period. We use survey data to explain the socio-psychological drivers of unsustainable groundwater use that lead to these adverse environmental changes. In the IAC survey analysis, we find that variables for “expectation” and “subjective culture” have a negative influence on pro-environmental “intention”. “Intention” and “habit” have a positive influence and “contextual factors” have a negative influence on the drivers of “unsustainable water use behavior”. We conclude that situational influences, habitual process, intentional process, and normative processes must be considered together to alleviate pressure on wetland ecosystems. Policy makers must provide effective agricultural extension training, deliberative dialogue amongst farmer networks, well-governed local water markets and financial support to shift farmer short-termist economic gain-thinking towards socially-supported pro-environmental habits over the longer term.

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Valuing wetland conservation: A contingent valuation analysis among Iranian beneficiaries

Cited by 16 publications

References 49 publications

Household Willingness to Pay for Constructed Wetlands as Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment in Bayawan City, Philippines

Household Willingness to Pay for Constructed Wetlands as Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment in Bayawan City, Philippines

An Investigation of Willingness to Pay for Geopark Management and Conservation: A Case Study of Geotourists in the Greater China Region

Why Do Farmers Over-Extract Groundwater Resources? Assessing (Un)sustainable Behaviors Using an Integrated Agent-Centered Framework

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