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Bulte, Erwin; Kooten, G. Cornelis van

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“…The estimated values are for sea turtles and whales in two areas in Queensland, and specific species are not valued. The final non-U.S. study considered by Martín-López et al (2008) was a study by Bulte and van Kooten (1999) that used benefits transfer to value minke whales in the Northeast Atlantic. Minke whales are not a TER species 18 .…”

Section: Disaggregate Species Valuation Studiesmentioning

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“…This distinction is important to the extent that WTP varies with both the size of TER species population levels and with changes to their threatened or endangered status (Fredman, 1995). Bulte and van Kooten (1999) make the important point that CV studies often are not valuing marginal values that are useful or necessary for policy analyses. They argue for studies to focus on estimating marginal values, illustrating their importance in a study valuing minke whale preservation in the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean.…”

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“…Transferring value information across species, therefore, assumes that nonuse values are similar across species. This was an implicit assumption in Bulte and van Kooten (1999), for instance, which used gray whale values to value minke whale populations. However, Wallmo and Lew (2012) found statistical differences in WTP between a number of species, but generally found similarity in values between similar species (e.g., between TER right whale species and distinct salmon populations).…”

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Willingness to pay for threatened and endangered marine species: a review of the literature and prospects for policy use

Lew

2015

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Non-market valuation methods have been employed to estimate willingness to pay for numerous threatened, endangered, and rare (TER) species over the past few decades. While most of these efforts have focused on terrestrial species, over 30 published studies have been conducted to measure economic values associated with the preservation, protection, and enhancement of scores of marine species. In this paper, this literature is reviewed and assessed, and an evaluation of the suitability of existing TER species values as inputs for the analysis of marine and coastal policies, and the prospects and challenges for improving them, are discussed. The published literature is found to suffer from coverage issues, both geographical and in terms of species types. It includes stated preference valuation studies focused on marine species only in developed countries (United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, Spain, and Greece), with the highest concentration of studies occurring in the United States. The species valued primarily can be classified as charismatic megafauna-seals and sea lions, whales, and sea turtles-plus well-known fish species, like salmon. Only a small handful of lesser known species are included among those valued to date. Species value estimates were as much as $356 (2013 U.S. dollars), but differed in the frequency of payments (e.g., lump sum vs. annual), the entity paying (e.g., household, resident, or visitor), and the specific good being valued (e.g., species preservation or a type of enhancement). Potential sources of errors arising from the use of these values for policy analyses, and the temporal stability of them, provide reasons to be cautious in their application. Nevertheless, several trends in the literature appear to provide reasons to be optimistic about the literature, particularly the recent expansion of types of species valued and more policy-relevant values.

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2015

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“…Totally differentiating (6) and solving, we get the change in equilibrium poaching due to a small increase in the conÞscation rate (a decrease in the escape rate): …”

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“…and Heltberg (2001) both recognize that international consumer demand may shift in a switch from free trade to a trade ban regime, but they do not model separate types of markets with limited legal trade. Bulte and van Kooten (1999) consider separate domestic and international markets for ivory, the former not being subject to the trade ban and the latter displaying perfectly elastic demand. However, their model does not capture the complexities of stigma externalities or non-consumptive use values.…”

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The complex interactions of markets for endangered species products

Fischer

2004

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

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Economic models of trade in endangered species products often do not incorporate four focal arguments in the policy debate over trade bans: 1) Law-abiding consumers may operate in another market, separate from illegal consumers, that trade would bring online. 2) Legal trade reduces stigma, which affects demand of law-abiding consumers. 3) Laundering may bring illegal goods to legal markets when trade is allowed. 4) Legal sales may affect illegal supply costs. This paper analyzes systematically which aspects of these complicated markets, separately or in combination, are important for determining whether limited legalized trade in otherwise illegal goods can be helpful for achieving policy goals like reducing poaching.

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Mobilizing Resources for Marine Turtle Conservation in Asia: A Cross-Country Perspective

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Jia

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Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Valuation, Institutions, and Policy in Southeast Asia

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This article reports the results of a comparative study conducted in China, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam to assess households' willingness to pay for marine turtle conservation and the potential to mobilize funds. Results suggest that many people place a low priority on marine turtle conservation compared to other public policy issues. The referendum to impose a mandatory surcharge on residential electricity bills would only pass for the lowest surcharge of 0.02 USD/month. If the poor were to be exempted, this modest surcharge would only generate a sum of 1.52 million USD per year which is under 8% of the total global expenses for marine turtles conservation.Nevertheless, there is some potential for voluntary contributions. Based on the percentages of respondents who would voluntarily pay 1 USD/month, the potential revenue could reach 50 million USD/year. Mobilizing these also presents problems. The voluntary payment explored, asking people to 'check off' for marine turtle conservation program on monthly electricity bills might work once, but unlikely to be repeatable for other endangered species and environmental causes.The traditional prescription of 'raising awareness' is unlikely to yield results as urban Asians are already well informed about the existence and plight of marine turtles. Efforts to develop conservation financing mechanisms should therefore be directed in a different and more difficult direction to improve the trustworthiness of government tax collection and expenditure systems. Charities could explore potential for voluntary contributions focusing on the relatively small segment willing to voluntarily contribute and developing cost-effective ways of collecting payments. Finally, until Asia develops higher per capita incomes and trustworthy payment vehicles, the international community will need to play an important role in financing conservation in the region. 1 This article has been expanded from an earlier version under the same title published in the ASEAN

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Cited by 52 publications

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Willingness to pay for threatened and endangered marine species: a review of the literature and prospects for policy use

Willingness to pay for threatened and endangered marine species: a review of the literature and prospects for policy use

The complex interactions of markets for endangered species products

Mobilizing Resources for Marine Turtle Conservation in Asia: A Cross-Country Perspective

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