Public willingness to pay for gray wolf conservation that could support a rancher-led wolf-livestock coexistence program

Eeden, Lily M. van; Bogezi, Carol; Leng, Danyan; Marzluff, John M.; Wirsing, Aaron J.; Rabotyagov, Sergey S.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109226

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“…To ensure the success of these plans and programs, a two-way dialogue is necessary between residents and policy makers and vice versa, allowing for residents to learn what they can do and for policy makers to learn what residents want [1,23,67]. One key example that appeared in our study, as well as other studies (e.g., [68,69]), is the need for and importance of further carnivore education. Notably, a small portion of respondents (6-7%) from the Thornton and Quinn [57] study in Calgary were aware of wildlife and conservation issues in their area, a finding that was uncovered in our interviews as well.…”

Section: Considerations For Creating Inclusive Environmental and Carn...mentioning

confidence: 82%

Evaluating Attitudes towards Large Carnivores within the Great Bear Rainforest

2021

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Cohabitation between humans and carnivores is vital to the continued existence and integrity of ecosystems, often playing a large role in the success of large carnivore conservation. We focus on interactions between humans and carnivores in the world’s largest, relatively intact temperate rainforest—The Great Bear Rainforest (GBR), British Columbia, Canada. Specifically, we focus on residents of Prince Rupert, a city within the GBR, and examine its residents’ ecological and relational attitudes towards the surrounding area of protected rainforest and the large carnivores present in the area. We aim to determine the strength of public attitudes and values of the environment and carnivores in the GBR, and to examine whether they differ between First Nations and non-First Nations residents of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. We conducted 28 semi-structured interviews of Prince Rupert residents. At the start of the interview, respondents self-administered a survey consisting of statements from the Social Ecological Relational Value and the New Ecological Paradigm scales. We find no significant difference between First Nations and non-First Nations respondent attitudes. This is possibly due to three factors: (1) cultural influence from the local First Nations, (2) the fact that these carnivores are important for the local economy through tourism, and (3) a strong sense of place associated with the area and the carnivores that inhabit it regardless of positive or negative encounters with these animals. While we find positive attitudes towards carnivores and little evidence of human–wildlife conflict, feelings towards carnivores encountered in town or while hiking tend to be negative, especially when they involve wolves. In order to mitigate these effects in a way that protects these valuable creatures, respondents overwhelmingly clamored for a conservation officer to be assigned to Prince Rupert. We conclude that policy and management might alleviate human–carnivore conflicts in the area should our results be corroborated by studies with larger sample sizes.

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Section: Considerations For Creating Inclusive Environmental and Carn...mentioning

confidence: 82%

Evaluating Attitudes towards Large Carnivores within the Great Bear Rainforest

2021

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“…In Greece, WTP increased with income for the conservation of Balkan chamois ( Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica ) (Liordos et al 2023 ), northern white-breasted hedgehogs ( Erinaceus roumanicus ) (Kontsiotis et al 2023 ), and snakes (Liordos et al 2024 ) but income did not affect WTP for the conservation of bats (Liordos et al 2021 ). In other countries, WTP also increased with income for managing damage caused by African elephants, African buffalos, African lions, and spotted hyenas in Zimbabwe (Mhuriro-Mashapa et al 2017 ) and Asian elephants in Nepal (Neupane et al 2017 ) and for the conservation of grey wolves ( Canis lupus ) in the U.S.A. (van Eeden et al 2021 ) and giant pandas ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca ) in China (Ma et al 2016 ). However, income did not affect WTP for managing damage caused by brush-tailed possums in New Zealand (Kerr and Cullen 1995 ) and for the conservation of Bengal tigers ( Panthera tigris tigris ) in Nepal (Bhattarai et al 2021 ) and Mauritian flying foxes ( Pteropus niger ) in Mauritius (Jaunky et al 2021 ).…”

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“…Although everyone in general could be impacted by foxes as they carry diseases, it is mostly farmers (when livestock are attacked) and hunters (when game species are killed) who are mostly affected by foxes (Harris and Lloyd 1991 ; Reynolds and Tapper 1996 ; Tapper et al 2010). Previous studies have shown that farmers are more willing to accept and pay for impact management than non-farmers when wildlife attack their livestock or damage their crops (Liordos et al 2017b ; Mhuriro-Mashapa et al 2017 ; van Eeden et al 2021 ). Furthermore, hunters are more willing to accept impact management than non-hunters when wildlife reduce their favorite game (Frank et al 2015 ; Kontsiotis et al 2020 ; Liordos et al 2017b , 2020a ).…”

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Economic valuation of a mesocarnivore’s impact management

Kontsiotis,

Emmanouilidou,

Liordos

2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) have interacted with humans during their common history. We used a contingent valuation method to assess the economic value of the management of this mesocarnivore’s negative impacts. We carried out face-to-face interviews with 746 Greek residents, using a multiple-bounded discrete choice approach to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for red fox management under three impact situations: attack domestic animals, reduce game, carry disease. About 51.9%, 33.0%, and 81.1% of the respondents stated a mean WTP of €34.1, €44.9, and €72.1 for each situation, respectively. The total annual amounts of €18.7 million, €15.7 million, and €61.7 million could be collected from the target population for red fox management when they attack domestic animals, reduce game, and carry disease, respectively. Attitudes and likeability toward foxes were negatively associated while knowledge about foxes and fear of them were positively associated with WTP. The younger, richer, less educated, rural, farmers, hunters, and pet owners were generally more willing to pay for red fox management across situations. Females were more willing to pay for managing predation on domestic animals, while males were more willing to pay for managing predation on game. Our findings showed that the Greek residents highly value the management of red foxes in all impact situations and would be valuable for further advising the management process.

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“…Although many of the proposed studies were designed to address policies for conservation, there are examples where valuation does not result in economic preferences for conservation (e.g. van Beukering et al 2014). This may happen when people are not familiar enough with ecosystems to express robust values for their protection (McMillan et al 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

Economic valuation of wildlife conservation

Martino

Kenter

2023

Eur J Wildl Res

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This paper reviews concepts and methods for the economic valuation of nature in the context of wildlife conservation and questions them in light of alternative approaches based on deliberation. Economic valuations have been used to set priorities, consider opportunity costs, assess co-benefits of conservation, support the case for conservation in public awareness and advocacy, and drive novel schemes to change incentives. We discuss the foundational principles of mainstream economic valuation in terms of its assumptions about values, markets, and human behaviour; propose a list of valuation studies in relation to wildlife protection; and explain the methods used. We then review critiques of these approaches focusing on the narrow way in which economics conceives of values, and institutional, power, and equity concerns. Finally, we complement conventional approaches commonly used for wildlife valuation with two forms of deliberative valuation: deliberated preferences and deliberative democratic monetary valuation. These are discussed in terms of their potential to address the drawbacks of mainstream economics and to realise the potential of valuation in bridging conservation of nature for its own sake and its important contributions to human well-being.

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Public willingness to pay for gray wolf conservation that could support a rancher-led wolf-livestock coexistence program

Cited by 15 publications

References 45 publications

Evaluating Attitudes towards Large Carnivores within the Great Bear Rainforest

Evaluating Attitudes towards Large Carnivores within the Great Bear Rainforest

Economic valuation of a mesocarnivore’s impact management

Economic valuation of wildlife conservation

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