The value of endangered forest elephants to local communities in a transboundary conservation landscape
| Autor: | Philippe Delacote, Denis J. Sonwa, Jonas Ngouhouo Poufoun, Jens Abildtrup |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière (LEF), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech, Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Central Africa Regional Office, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), CEC, Chaire économie du Climat (CEC), Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) – grant no. QZA-12/0882, French Government and its Department for Cultural Action and Co-operation (SCAC), Laboratory of Forest Economics contributes to the Labex ARBREANR-11-LABX-0002-01, AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR)-Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] (CGIAR) |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Value (ethics)
Economics and Econometrics [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] indigenous people Biodiversity Endangered species population autochtone conflit 010501 environmental sciences Conflict avoidance 01 natural sciences WTP forest elephant extinction double-hurdle model species threatened with extinction congo Environmental protection 0502 economics and business Socioeconomics 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science Contingent valuation Extinction 05 social sciences espèce en danger éléphant d'afrique 15. Life on land interaction animal homme Geography échantillonnage stratifié Dichotomous choice 050202 agricultural economics & policy interval regression model contingent valuation |
| Zdroj: | Ecological Economics Ecological Economics, Elsevier, 2016, 126, pp.70-86. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.04.004⟩ |
| ISSN: | 0921-8009 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.04.004 |
| Popis: | This paper seeks to determine and characterize social and cultural preferences for the conservation of endangered forest elephants (EFEs) in the Congo Basins Tridom Landscape. Using unique data from a stratified, random, face-to-face survey with 1,035 households in 108 villages in 2014, we combine double-bounded dichotomous choice with open-ended elicitation formats to assess the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for EFE conservation. We find that local households are willing to pay CFA 1,139.4 (€1.74) per month to prevent EFE extinction. This totals CFA 753.9 million (€1.15 million) per year for all inhabitants. Indigenousness positively influences the WTP for EFE conservation. Spatial data suggest that local communities prefer that elephants remain far from their crops. The existence of human-elephant conflicts has a neutral effect on preferences for EFE conservation. Therefore, our study suggests that local communities would engage in biodiversity preservation when the public benefits of conservation are accompanied by private benefits, such as human-elephant conflict avoidance. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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