Public preferences for endangered species recovery: an examination of geospatial scale and non-market values

Abstract

Non-market valuation allows society to express their preferences for goods and services whose economic value is not reflected in traditional markets. One issue that arises in applying non-market values in policy settings is defining the extent of the economic jurisdiction-the area that includes all people who hold values-for a good or service. In this paper, we estimate non-market values for recovering eight threatened and endangered marine species in the US for two geographically embedded samples: households on the west coast of the US and households throughout the nation. We statistically compare species values between the two samples to help determine the extent of and variation in the economic jurisdiction for endangered species recovery. Our findings offer support to the tenet that the summation of non-market values across the country is appropriate when evaluating alternative policies for endangered species recovery.

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

“…The eight species included those valued in Lew and Wallmo (2011) and Wallmo and Lew (2011), as well as the North Atlantic right whale, North Pacific right whale, leatherback sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, and Upper Willamette River Chinook salmon 20 . The most recent CEbased study is a follow-up to the Wallmo and Lew (2012) study that presents the public's WTP for recovering each of eight additional TER marine species, including several noncharismatic species (Wallmo and Lew, 2015). Specifically, the study examines whether there are differences in recovery values between a large national sample and a geographicallyembedded (i.e., a subset) sample for the hawksbill sea turtle, southern resident killer whale, humpback whale, Southern California steelhead, Central California coast coho salmon, black abalone, elkhorn coral, and Johnson's seagrass.…”

Factors Influencing Willingness to Donate to Marine Endangered Species Recovery in the Galapagos National Park, Ecuador

“…Tisdell and Wilson 2 These methods typically involve asking people questions that reveal either directly or indirectly for their preferences or the value they place on a good or service, such as protection of an endangered species (see Lew, 2015). 3 However, there are several studies that estimate WTP related to the conservation of marine species (e.g., Lew et al, 2010;Boxall et al, 2012;Wallmo and Lew, 2012;Lew, 2015;Wallmo and Lew, 2015) and marine parks (e.g., Peters and Hawkins, 2009) using stated preference methods. 4 The literature also contains studies that examine factors influencing the intention to carry out environmental friendly activities for the conservation of marine species [e.g., manatees (Aipanjiguly et al, 2003), sea turtle (Kamrowski et al, 2014)]; as well as studies on behavioral intention for topics beyond marine conservation, including conservation of terrestrial threatened and rare fauna (e.g., Jacobson et al, 2003;Perry-Hill et al, 2014), water (e.g., Yazdanpanah et al, 2014), soil (e.g., Lynne and Rola, 1988), and energy ( Abrahamse and Steg, 2009).…”