Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands

The inclusion of both non-use values and values placed by non-users provide more reliable results about the real values of wetlands. A choice experiment method was conducted to estimate the willingness to pay for environmental conservation in non-users’ communities adjacent to the Shadegan Internati...

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Main Authors: Kaffashi, Sara, Shamsudin, Mad Nasir, Radam, Alias, Abdul Rahim, Khalid, Yacob, Mohd Rusli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2013
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28290/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28290/1/Non.pdf
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author Kaffashi, Sara
Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Radam, Alias
Abdul Rahim, Khalid
Yacob, Mohd Rusli
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Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Radam, Alias
Abdul Rahim, Khalid
Yacob, Mohd Rusli
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description The inclusion of both non-use values and values placed by non-users provide more reliable results about the real values of wetlands. A choice experiment method was conducted to estimate the willingness to pay for environmental conservation in non-users’ communities adjacent to the Shadegan International Wetland (SIW) in Iran. A random parameter logit (RPL) model was developed to derive the marginal value and compensating surplus of the respondents for five attributes of the non-market values of SIW. The trade-off between five different wetland attributes showed that water quality improvement and biodiversity conservation were the most highly valued attributes. The results demonstrated that about 66 % of non-users were willing to donate money for the contribution in SIW conservation, suggesting that non-users have the potential to contribute to SIW conservation programs.
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spelling upm-282902015-09-18T06:38:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28290/ Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands Kaffashi, Sara Shamsudin, Mad Nasir Radam, Alias Abdul Rahim, Khalid Yacob, Mohd Rusli The inclusion of both non-use values and values placed by non-users provide more reliable results about the real values of wetlands. A choice experiment method was conducted to estimate the willingness to pay for environmental conservation in non-users’ communities adjacent to the Shadegan International Wetland (SIW) in Iran. A random parameter logit (RPL) model was developed to derive the marginal value and compensating surplus of the respondents for five attributes of the non-market values of SIW. The trade-off between five different wetland attributes showed that water quality improvement and biodiversity conservation were the most highly valued attributes. The results demonstrated that about 66 % of non-users were willing to donate money for the contribution in SIW conservation, suggesting that non-users have the potential to contribute to SIW conservation programs. Springer 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28290/1/Non.pdf Kaffashi, Sara and Shamsudin, Mad Nasir and Radam, Alias and Abdul Rahim, Khalid and Yacob, Mohd Rusli (2013) Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands. Environment Systems and Decisions, 33 (2). pp. 251-260. ISSN 2194-5403; ESSN: 2194-5411 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10669-013-9436-7 10.1007/s10669-013-9436-7
spellingShingle Kaffashi, Sara
Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
Radam, Alias
Abdul Rahim, Khalid
Yacob, Mohd Rusli
Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands
title Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands
title_full Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands
title_fullStr Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands
title_full_unstemmed Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands
title_short Non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands
title_sort non-users’ trade-off between natural scenery, water quality, ecological functions and biodiversity conservation: a way to preserve wetlands
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28290/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28290/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28290/1/Non.pdf