Does an Environmental Disaster Influence the Tourists’ Willingness to Pay for a Wetland? The case of the Cruces River Wetland in Southern Chile

Báez, Andrea; Echeverria, Rodrigo; Sepúlveda, Eugenia; Calcagni, Valentina

doi:10.1007/s13157-022-01600-3

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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

JHES

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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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Section: Willingness To Pay For Ecosystem Services Of Constructed Wet...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Guila,

Agaton,

Rivera

et al. 2024

JHES

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What is the price of wetlands? Educational experience of economic valuation in Chile

Araya-Piñones,

Bakit,

Flores

et al. 2023

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Coastal wetlands are important habitats for human well-being due to their ecosystem services, which require tools to ensure their conservation. Environmental management proposes to estimate the economic value of environmental resources that make decisions in both the ecological and economic spheres. A learning experience was carried out in the context of postgraduate students, addressing the contents of the Economic Aspects of Sustainable Development subject, to then give way to the implementation of two economic valuation methods. The valuation of El Culebrón Wetland was carried out using Contingent Valuation (CV) and Defensive Expenditure (DE) estimation methods in an academic framework. The 20-year valuation results were US$5,750,000 (CV) and US$3,050,009 (DC). The experience allowed us to estimate the economic value of wetlands and reflect on the opportunities and complexities that the application of these methodologies implies, linked to decision-making with an emphasis on the conservation of these vulnerable and productive ecosystems, leaving ethical questions about economic valuation.

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Does an Environmental Disaster Influence the Tourists’ Willingness to Pay for a Wetland? The case of the Cruces River Wetland in Southern Chile

Cited by 2 publications

References 46 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

What is the price of wetlands? Educational experience of economic valuation in Chile

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