Willingness to pay for biodiversity conservation in Dachigam National Park, India

Bhat, Mohammad Younus; Sofi, Arfat Ahmad

doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126022

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“…The positive signs suggest that wealthier and bettereducated respondents would be willing to pay more entrance fees for the QNP. Similar results could also be found in most WTP studies of natural attractions such as Samdin et al [18] and Bhat et al [19]. Regarding the influence of trip, this has a positive effect on WTP.…”

Section: Model Estimation Resultssupporting

confidence: 86%

“…The literature has analyzed the differences in people's WTP for recreational parks from the aspect of certain demographic and attitudinal factors. As for the demographic factors, a number of studies have found that income and education positively affect WTP, while age is negatively related to WTP [18,19]. Previous studies found the influences of gender [5,9,20,21], place of residence [5,22], visiting experience [23,24], and staying time [4,25] could be positive, negative, or insignificant, and need to be tested further.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The first section consisted of prelude general questions about the respondents' experience and attitudes of the tourist and resort zones of the Qinling Mountains. Respondents' travel experience proved to be influential variables in explaining recreation activity in previous studies [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. Thus, the travel experience variables in our questionnaire involved visitors' duration of stay, visitor group, previous visit experience to the Qinling Mountains, and intention of a future visit to the Qinling Mountains.…”

Section: Survey Instrumentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Visitor’s Willingness to Pay for National Park Entrance Fees in China: Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Method

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Jing

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China has been making efforts in nature conservation by developing a new national park system. Setting a fee-based entrance policy for the newly established national parks can be challenging without information on visitors’ willingness to pay (WTP). Thus, this study aims to evaluate visitors’ WTP entrance fees with a dataset of 1215 visitors collected in China’s planned Qinling National Park (QNP). Using the double bounded dichotomous choice format of the contingent valuation method, we obtained the mean WTP for the entrance fee of QNP of 200 yuan. Visitors’ demand becomes relatively inelastic at the recommended entrance fee of 160 yuan when the expected ticket revenue will reach its maximum of 13.8 billion yuan. Our study also indicates that visitors’ WTP is significantly influenced by their gender difference, education level, income, number of trips to natural attractions, duration of stay, the intention of a future visit, and concern about commercial exploitation. Our empirical study provides insights into developing effective pricing policies and appropriate marketing strategies for China’s new national park system.

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Visitor’s Willingness to Pay for National Park Entrance Fees in China: Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Method

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Jing

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“…These outcomes collaborate with well-known the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) theories and similar types of outcomes stated by others in CVM research (e.g. Bhatt et al, 2014;Zambrano-Monserrate, 2020;Bhat et al, 2021). As expected, the coefficient of household monthly income was found positive, indicating that the likelihood of WTP for conservation of elephant attributes increases with increase in income.…”

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Willingness to Pay for Conservation of the Asian Elephant in Nakai Nam Theun National Protected Area in Laos

Chanthasene¹,

Phimmavong²,

Baral³

et al. 2022

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The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) is an ecologically important species in the forest ecosystem of Laos. The species is endangered and on the edge of extinction owing to illegal hunting, destruction of elephant habitat, and forest degradation. Payment for conservation could be one of the potential mechanisms to enhance Asian Elephant conservation efforts. This paper aims to estimate local residents' Willingness to Pay (WTP) for conservation of the Asian elephant in Nakai-Nam Theun National Park (NNT NP) in Laos, which is a recognised "Key Biodiversity Area" within the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. The data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire survey, with a total of 490 respondents living adjacent to the NNT NP, covering seven villages in two districts in Khammouane Province, Laos. The study employed the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to identify the factors affecting WTP. The results showed that respondents were willing to pay a significant amount of money in the form of increasing activities for conservation and protection of NNT NP. Mean WTP for the conservation of the Asian elephant was $8 per household per year. Approximately 62% (303 local people) of the respondents were willing to pay for the conservation of the Asian elephant. The research findings will be helpful for planners and decision makers to formulate better future strategies for conservation of Asian elephants in Laos and in similar developing countries in the Southeast Asia region.

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“…In the current study, people were found to be willing to make additional financial expenditures for nature conservation in their home region if they could have a say in where and how their money was used. People usually invest in nature conservation based on personal preferences (such as charismatic species or favorite habitats), so the results of this study are similar to those noted in other countries [173][174][175]. As studies in Spain and India have shown, the reasons for refusal in the current study were also very similar to other national parks: The management of biodiversity in the park was seen as the sole responsibility of the state and central government, the park was seen as a public good and should therefore be funded accordingly, and the rest just opposed new payments [173,175].…”

Section: Willingness To Pay (Wtp) For Nature Conservationsupporting

confidence: 85%

Socio-Economic Effects of National Park Governance and Management: Lessons from Post-Socialist Era Estonia

Järv

Ward

Raet

et al. 2021

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Despite the significant increase in protected territory globally, there is a common understanding that the designation of protected areas alone does not guarantee their effectiveness nor halt the loss of biodiversity. In addition to biodiversity conservation, protected areas are expected to perform a number of other functions, such as provide ecosystem services and improve local socio-economic conditions. Therefore, the need to strive towards mixed, decentralized conservation management and stakeholder involvement is increasingly emphasized. Although there is limited research, it has been noted that protected areas have not served wider objectives effectively enough. The current study provides insight concerning socio-economic effects of different governance and management practices of protected areas based on perceptions of residents and stakeholders of five national parks of Estonia. It was found that conservation status has an important impact on local socio-economic conditions largely depending on governance and management practices, resulting in both, positive and negative effects. It was concluded that the centralization of nature conservation and the abolition of protected area administrations have led to a gradual distancing of nature conservation from local conditions and the population, causing concern about the preservation of the living environment.

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Willingness to pay for biodiversity conservation in Dachigam National Park, India

Cited by 24 publications

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Visitor’s Willingness to Pay for National Park Entrance Fees in China: Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Method

Visitor’s Willingness to Pay for National Park Entrance Fees in China: Evidence from a Contingent Valuation Method

Willingness to Pay for Conservation of the Asian Elephant in Nakai Nam Theun National Protected Area in Laos

Socio-Economic Effects of National Park Governance and Management: Lessons from Post-Socialist Era Estonia

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