Contingent valuation of the Natura 2000 nature conservation programme in Finland

Pouta, Eija; Rekola, Mika; Kuuluvainen, Jari; Tahvonen, Olli; Li, Chuanzhong

doi:10.1093/forestry/73.2.119

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“…Coincidently, the Finnish government, after some protests from the public, revised in 1998 its initial 1997 proposal with a lower level of increase in the nature preservation area. The result of a satiated value function after a 3% increase is also consistent with the findings in Pouta et al (2000) based on the binary choice contingent valuation data in which only one of the three increase programs is presented to each respondent. In general, we expect that the choice experimental design with several programs presented to the same respondent would facilitate the ranking of alternatives, but the stated preferences still do not differ among the three different increase programs.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Of these, 2400 were presented with a binary choice contingent valuation question, and 1600 with a choice experimental table. In addition, the sample was also equally divided into two different conservation planning methods, one as the EU Natura 2000 method (termed as a bureaucratic planning method in Pouta et al 2000) and the other as a participatory planning (with various communication vehicles and public hearings).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Each individual in the sample was asked to make a choice between the status quo and the increase alternative. For this part of the survey, we have analyzed the data in Pouta et al (2000Pouta et al ( , 2002 and Rekola et al (2000). The main findings are that people do have a positive willingness to pay for an increase in the nature conservation area and that the planning method per se has a significant effect on the estimated willingness-to-pay amount.…”

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Using Choice Experiments to Value the Natura 2000 Nature Conservation Programs in Finland

Kuuluvainen

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Environmental and Resource Economics

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This paper is concerned with the preferences of the Finnish households for a controversial nature conservation program – the European Union's Natura 2000 Network. Since the program was mainly based on biological considerations, it met strong public opinions from different interest groups in Finland. Using the choice experimental method, we attempt to estimate the values that the Finnish households would place on different preservation levels. It is found that the mean willingness to accept for a decrease in the nature preservation area is much greater than the mean willingness to pay for an increase by the same amount. Also, the marginal willingness to pay becomes zero after an initial increase in the natural preservation area, which is consistent with our earlier findings in a binary choice valuation study. Policy implications of these results are also discussed in relation to different decision criteria. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2004choice experiment, nature conservation, willingness to pay,

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Using Choice Experiments to Value the Natura 2000 Nature Conservation Programs in Finland

Kuuluvainen

Pouta

et al. 2004

Environmental and Resource Economics

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“…A diferencia de otros estudios realizados con el MVC (Hidano et al, 2005;Bandara y Tisdell, 2004;León y Vázquez-Polo, 2000;Pouta et al, 2000;Melo y Donoso, 1995), este trabajo emplea la técnica para valorar el servicio hídrico en la cuenca de Tapalpa, Jalisco, México.…”

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Demanda, disponibilidad de pago y costo de oportunidad hídrica en la Cuenca Tapalpa, Jalisco

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RESUMENPara conocer la factibilidad de la creación de un mercado de servicios ambientales hidrológicos, se requiere contar con información sobre la oferta y demanda hídrica del lugar. Este estudio pretende aportar información sobre el último aspecto, al estimar la demanda hídrica en la cuenca de Tapalpa, Jalisco, México, en cuya superficie de 21 000 ha, la mitad es forestal. Adicionalmente, se estimó la disponibilidad a pagar (DAP) por el recurso hídrico (RH), además de un análisis del costo de oportunidad del uso del suelo para "producción" de agua. El análisis indicó que el RH utilizado asciende a 23 171 885 m 3 /año. El 93% de éste se utiliza en el sector agrícola, principalmente en la producción de hortalizas y cultivos básicos. La DAP calculada por el RH es mayor en el sector servicios (76,7% de los casos dijeron estar dispuestos), en comparación con los otros sectores encuestados. Sin embargo, la mayor participación monetaria en la DAP total estuvo dada por el sector doméstico, con 46,5% del total, con $3 064 301 pesos al año. Adicionalmente se determinó que la escolaridad tiene una relación directa con la DAP por RH, mientras que la edad presentó una relación inversa. El valor estimado de la DAP total fue menor que el costo de oportunidad para conservar la superficie boscosa de la cuenca, presentando un déficit anual de $27 201 313 pesos, y sólo cubre el 10% de dicho costo de oportunidad. Al agregar el costo asociado a la recuperación de la superficie forestal actualmente en otro uso (áreas en conflicto), el déficit anual se incrementaría a $45 130 988 pesos y la DAP se reduce a sólo 6% del costo de oportunidad total.PALABRAS CLAVE: Costo de oportunidad, disponibilidad a pagar, mercado de servicios ambientales, uso del suelo, valor del uso del agua. ABSTRACTThe creation of a hydrological environmental services market implies to have information about the hydric supply and demand in a watershed. With the purpose to contribute on the last aspect, this study estimated the hydric demand in Tapalpa watershed in Jalisco, Mexico. Additionally, the water use value that was estimated by using the willingness to pay (WTP) technique and also by the opportunity cost analysis on the forest land use for water "production" is presented. The watershed has an area of 21 000 ha and half of it is forested. The demand analysis indicated that the hydric resource (HR) used is about 23 171 885 m 3 /year. 93% of this total is used in the agricultural sector, mainly for vegetable production (50%) and basic crops (23%). When compared to other sectors, the calculated willingness to pay (WTP) value for the HR is higher in the service sector (76,7% of the interviewers said to be welldisposed). However, the biggest contribution to the total WTP was given by the domestic sector (46,5%) with $3 064 301 Mexican pesos/year. Additionally, a direct relationship between study level and WTP for HR was determined. Age showed an inverse relationship with WTP. The estimated total WTP value resulted to be smaller than the estimated opportunity co...

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“…Various studies on benefit-cost analysis has been conducted to assess benefits of conservation with opportunity costs (Kriström, 1990;Mattsson & Chuanzhong, 1993;Van Kooten, 1995;Swanson & Loomis, 1996;Ninan et al 2007;Wilson et al, 2010). Earlier studies used non-market valuation method such as contingent valuation method (CVM) to quantify social benefits of forest conservation (Macdonald & McKenney, 1996;Rollins & Lyke, 1998;Pouta et al, 2000;Lehtonen et al, 2003;Wilson et al, 2010) while social cost of forest conservation have been quantified by lost producer and consumer surplus (Van Kooten & Wang, 1998) and wood supply models (see Khajuria et al, 2008;Wilson et al, 2010). Several studies have shown that poor people mostly living in rural areas, inside forest or at forest margins are highly dependent on natural resources particularly forest for their livelihood (Gunatilake, 1996; It is necessary to know to what extent the forest dwellers depend on forest for their livelihood and it is also essential to make a comparative assessment of the benefits earned from conservation of forest and benefits forgone from other land use option such as agriculture, sericulture and horticulture.…”

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Opportunity Cost of Biodiversity Conservation and Attitudes Towards it in Assam

Mahanta¹

2014

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The study assesses the extent of dependence on forest by the dwellers of village forests and encroachers and estimate the opportunity cost of biodiversity conservation in terms of benefits foregone as well as external cost. The study showed the attitudes of dwellers of village forests and encroachers towards biodiversity conservation through Forest Rights Act 2006. During the study period, 190 households were surveyed in four village forests and two encroached villages under reserved forests of Sonitpur and Golaghat districts of Assam. It was observed that both village-types earned a significant portion of their total income from forest which demands livelihood diversification to reduce their dependency on forest. The benefits of conservation outweighed opportunity cost of biodiversity conservation for encroached villagers. Though the dwellers of village forests and encroachers had positive attitudes towards biodiversity conservation but they were more concern about their personal rights rather than biodiversity conservation through this Act. It is recommended that environmental education program, co-management mechanism by all stakeholders and self monitoring systems by the right-holders on their use of forest resources are necessary for biodiversity conservation.

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Contingent valuation of the Natura 2000 nature conservation programme in Finland

Cited by 70 publications

References 15 publications

Using Choice Experiments to Value the Natura 2000 Nature Conservation Programs in Finland

Using Choice Experiments to Value the Natura 2000 Nature Conservation Programs in Finland

Demanda, disponibilidad de pago y costo de oportunidad hídrica en la Cuenca Tapalpa, Jalisco

Opportunity Cost of Biodiversity Conservation and Attitudes Towards it in Assam

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