Environmental values and resource management options: a choice modelling experience in Malaysia

Othman, Jamal; Bennett, Jeffrey; Blamey, Russell K.

doi:10.1017/s1355770x04001718

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“…Several other studies also found positive relationship between these variables. For example, positive impact of income on WTP is witnessed in studies by Westerberg et al, 2010;Ghosh and Mondal, 2012;Birol et al, 2006;Othman et al, 2004;Birol et al, 2011;Hanley et al, 2006;Oglethorpe and Miliadou, 2000;Bliem et al, 2012 andNuva et al, 2011.The positive effect of membership in NGO on WTP also reported by Oglethorpe and Miliadou 2000;Pattison et al 2011. The negative interaction between number of people per household with the level 3 of natural scenery indicates that large families have lower WTP compare to small size families. Our results were similar to some other previous studies (Perez-Verdin et al, 2011;Hammitt et al, 2001;Pattison et al, 2011).…”

Section: Results Of the Choice Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Users and Non-users of Wetland Area; Willingness to Pay and Demand Elasticity

Kaffashi¹,

Shamsudin²,

Radam³

et al. 2015

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The present paper uses error component model to elicit respondents preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) for wetland conservation. The main objective of this research was to estimate the difference between preferences and WTP of respondents who are users of wetland and those who consider as non-users. The results of structural equation modelling (SEM) and error component logit model (ECM) showed significant difference between WTP and attitudinal factors of two groups. The results of SEM indicated that respondents' management concerns, income, and their employment status had positive and direct effect on their WTP. Results of ECM showed that user model is slightly better predictor of respondents' choice. The non-market values of the wetland for users are estimated approximately US$ 3.67 per household per month meanwhile this value for nonusers was about US$ 2.80. The overall results indicated that familiarity and previous knowledge on wetland has significant effect on respondnets' perception, attitudes and WTP. Results also showed that demand for better conservation and management of wetland is relatively price inelastic. This study conclude that improvement in Shadegan International Wetland management will bring higher utility for both users and nonusers society and hence will be supported by them.

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Section: Results Of the Choice Experimentsmentioning

confidence: 93%

Users and Non-users of Wetland Area; Willingness to Pay and Demand Elasticity

Kaffashi¹,

Shamsudin²,

Radam³

et al. 2015

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“…34 See, for example Randall (1994) on the travel cost method and Day et al (2007) on the hedonic pricing method. 35 The stated preference literature is vast but for a few examples focussed upon ecosystem services Naylor and Drew (1998), Banzhaf et al (2006), Carlsson et al (2003), Othman et al (2004), Hanley et al (2003), Hearne and Salinas (2002), Huybers and Bennett (2003), Mansfield et al (2008), Naidoo and Wiktor (2005), Rolfe et al (2000). 36 Notice that we deliberately eschew the term 'intrinsic value'.…”

Section: Valuing Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Service Assessments

Bateman

Mace

Fezzi

et al. 2010

Environ Resource Econ

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The paper seeks to contribute to the expanding literature on ecosystem service assessment by considering its integration with economic analyses of such services. Focussing upon analyses for future orientated policy and decision making, we initially consider a single period during which ecological stocks are maintained at sustainable levels. The flow of ecosystems services and their contribution to welfare bearing goods is considered and methods for valuing resultant benefits are reviewed and illustrated via a case study of land use change. We then broaden our time horizon to discuss the treatment of future costs and benefits. Finally we relax our sustainability assumption and consider economic approaches to the incorporation of depleting ecological assets with a particular focus upon stocks which exhibit thresholds below which restoration is compromised.

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“…Provides unique and aesthetic landscape, suitable habitat for diverse fauna and flora Tourism, recreation, education, and research Creel and Loomis (1992), Bergstrom and Stoll (1993), Cooper and Loomis (1993), King and Lester (1995), Bateman and Langford (1997), Hammitt et al (2001), Johnston et al (2002), Carlsson et al (2003), Othman et al (2004), Brouwer and Bateman (2005), Birol et al (2006), Birol and Cox (2007), Do and Bennet (2008), Jenkins et al (2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Various examples include: balancing agricultural conversion with riverine wetland conservation in South Africa (Jogo and Hassan 2010); managing environmental change in the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads of the UK (Turner et al 2004); comparing flood control regimes to natural floodplain production in Bangladesh (Islam and Braden 2006); examining rural land-use changes and floodplain management scenarios in the UK (Posthumus et al 2010); valuing changes in ecosystem services from various wetland management regimes in Greece (Birol et al 2006); evaluating preferences for alternative restoration options for the Greater Everglades ecosystem in the USA (Milon and Scrogin 2006); valuing ecosystem services from wetlands restoration in the Mississippi Valley, USA (Jenkins et al 2010); and assessing different mangrove management options in Malaysia (Othman et al 2004).…”

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Wetlands as natural assets

Barbier

2011

Hydrological Sciences Journal

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As the services of wetlands are uniquely related to hydrological processes, they result in a wide range of benefits to humankind. Although this facilitates the characterization of wetlands as natural assets, there are measurement problems. Because wetland services are nearly always non-marketed, they need to be explicitly valued to determine the trade-offs between development and conservation of wetlands. Two case studies, a floodplain in northern Nigeria and mangroves in southern Thailand, illustrate the issues involved. In the case of Nigeria, the natural capital is the river floodplain, and the trade-off is the upstream water diversion compared to the downstream flooding benefits to farming, fishery and forestry, as well as groundwater recharge. In the case of Thailand, the natural capital is the mangrove system, and the trade-off is the conversion to shrimp farms, as opposed to the mangrove benefits of locally harvested products, habitat-fishery linkages and storm protection.Key words economic valuation; ecosystem services; floodplain; mangrove; hydrological services; natural asset; Nigeria; Thailand; wetlands Les zones humides en tant que biens naturelsRésumé Bien que les services des zones humides soient particulièrement associés aux processus hydrologiques, ils produisent toute une gamme de bénéfices pour l'humanité. Si cela facilite la caractérisation des zones humides en tant que biens naturels, il y a cependant des problèmes de mesure. Parce que les services rendus par les zones humides ne sont presque jamais sur des marchés, ils doivent être évalués de façon explicite pour déterminer le compromis entre le développement et la conservation des zones humides. Deux études de cas, une zone inondable au nord du Nigéria et des mangroves au sud de la Thaïlande, illustrent les problèmes rencontrés. Dans le cas du Nigéria, le bien naturel est la zone inondable et le compromis est le détournement d'eau en amont comparé aux bénéfices, apportés par les inondations en aval, pour l'agriculture, la pisciculture et l'exploitation forestière, ainsi que la recharge des nappes. Dans le cas de la Thaïlande, le bien naturel est le système de mangroves et le compromis est la conversion à l'élevage de crevettes opposé aux bénéfices venant des mangroves : récoltes locales de produits, liens entre habitat et pisciculture et protection contres les tempêtes.

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Environmental values and resource management options: a choice modelling experience in Malaysia

Cited by 101 publications

References 12 publications

Users and Non-users of Wetland Area; Willingness to Pay and Demand Elasticity

Users and Non-users of Wetland Area; Willingness to Pay and Demand Elasticity

Economic Analysis for Ecosystem Service Assessments

Wetlands as natural assets

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