Determinants of households’ willingness to pay for the conservation of church forests in northwestern Ethiopia: A contingent valuation study

Endalew, Birara; Wondimagegnhu, Beneberu Assefa

doi:10.1080/23311843.2019.1570659

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“…The respondent has extra income takes better capability to pay for utilizing the conservational benefits that can be derived from the forest than their counterpart part of lower income. This result is consistent report of Endalew and Assefa (2019), Seifu andAlemu (2017), andTolera et al (2019).…”

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The Economic Valuation Of Gedo Natural Forest Conservation Benefits, Ethiopia

Tolera

2022

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Forest ecosystem economic valuation is responsible for ecologically aware and reasonable gains to the country and particularly to the surrounding groups through different means. Thus, the central objective of this study was to analyze the economic valuation Gedo Natural Forest conservation benefits of using the contingent valuation method. Both primary and secondary data were employed in this study. The interview responses of 342 households nominated from three kebeles around Gedo natural forest were collected in purpose and random sampling procedures through a semi-structure questionnaire. The mean willingness to pay calculated by means of Krinsky Robb technique after running of Seemingly Unrelated Bivariate Probit Regression from the dichotomous choice format and open-ended questions was 24.97 and 23.91 birr per year, respectively. The outcomes of Tobit model shown that the total livestock unit, total annual income of the household, and the amount of credit utilization are meaningful variables positively and significantly related to the likelihood of willingness to pay for the conservation benefits of Gedo natural forest. On the other hand, the households’ family size, the households’ age, and initial bid value were other important variables negatively and significantly influence households’ willingness to pay for the conservation benefits of Gedo natural forest. The liable body could, therefore, apply the scenario of willingness to pay in the study area, so that the Gedo natural forest could be conserved, measurable benefit to the households could be practical, and future awareness of respective household could be raised.

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The Economic Valuation Of Gedo Natural Forest Conservation Benefits, Ethiopia

Tolera

2022

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“…A significant positive impact was found between the visitors' income and visitors' education on the acceptance of the park entrance fee. These are the main factors that encourage the visitors to come to Kabudval forest park, so the findings were approved by Endalew et al (2019). In other words, people with a high level of education and income have a great demand to use the recreational area for leisure and show their positive tendency to preserve their environmental and natural resources from damaging factors.…”

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Estimating the recreational values of forest park using the contingent valuation method (case study: Kabudval Forest Park, Golestan Province of Iran)

Yuzbashkandi¹,

Mehrjo²

2019

J. For. Sci.

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Forest parks are the main tourism sources in Iran. Growing population, traditional patterns changing, urban environmental contamination and emergent need of leisure times highlighted the importance of this issue. This study aimed to estimate the willingness to pay (WTP) and non-market values of Kabudval Forest Park of Golestan province. For this purpose, the contingent valuation (CV) method based on the maximum likelihood logit regression model was used. The required data were obtained from 152 visitors to the park that were randomly selected in different seasons. Results indicated that the average of WTP for each individual to protect the park was calculated to be 34,850 Rials. Also, considering the total area of the park to be 109 hectares and 400,000 annual visitors, the recreational value of each hectare has been obtained 12,787,400 Rials annually. Also, the elasticities of income, education, age, and household size variables showed a significant effect on the WTP for the recreational use of the aforementioned study area. The location of the Negarestan storage dam and the Kabudval full moss waterfall in this park has increased the attractiveness of this park compared to other forest parks.

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“…Following [21], the mean WTP for social services of trees on campus was expressed as: The Mann-Whitney U test (U) as used by [27] was used to test for the significant difference between Gender and willingness to pay for trees social services on the campus.…”

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Undergraduate Students Willingness to Pay for Social Services of Trees at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

Ancha

Ikyaagba

Nongov

2019

IJECC

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The study was conducted to provide information on students Willingness to Pay (WTP) for social services provided by tree species on the campus of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM), Benue State, Nigeria. Random sampling technique was used to select 200 students from 10 Departments of the University. The semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from the students. Vegetation survey was conducted to indentified tree species present in the selected colleges. The result of the study shows that Albizia zygia was the dominant tree species on the campus. Majority of the students (86.5%) were willing to pay (WTP) for social services of the tree species while (23.5%) were not WTP. Provision of shade (WMS= 4.19>3.00) and beautification (WMS=3.64>3.00) were the most social services provided by tree species. The mean amount the students were WTP for social tree services was N46 per month. Sex of the students differed significantly (P<0.05) from their WTP for the trees social services. Also, there was a significant difference (P<0.10) between the students level of study and their willingness to pay for the trees social services. The major reasons responsible for the insufficiency of trees on the campus as stated by the students were clearance for construction purposes (WMS4.15>3.00) and bush burning (WMS=3.62>3.00). It was recommended that harnessing of human, financial and material resources to address issues of sustainability of forest goods and services on the campus of FUAM should be prioritized. School administration, Departmental Staff and students should promote tree planting on campus.

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Determinants of households’ willingness to pay for the conservation of church forests in northwestern Ethiopia: A contingent valuation study

Cited by 19 publications

References 24 publications

The Economic Valuation Of Gedo Natural Forest Conservation Benefits, Ethiopia

The Economic Valuation Of Gedo Natural Forest Conservation Benefits, Ethiopia

Estimating the recreational values of forest park using the contingent valuation method (case study: Kabudval Forest Park, Golestan Province of Iran)

Undergraduate Students Willingness to Pay for Social Services of Trees at the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria

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