Forest owners' willingness to accept compensation for voluntary conservation: A contingent valuation approach
Forest owners' willingness to accept compensation for voluntary conservation: A contingent valuation approach
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10.1016/j.jfe.2012.06.004
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Mitani, Yohei
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作者：
Lindhjem, Henrik;Mitani, Yohei
为了避免经常与强制性法规相关的冲突，激励和激励森林所有者参与自愿保护计划至关重要。为了调查森林所有者的偏好和接受补偿 (WTA) 参与的意愿，我们对挪威的非工业私有森林所有者进行了或有评估调查。我们发现 WTA 与森林拥有量和缺席所有权的规模负相关。与生产性森林的比例呈正相关。每年每公顷的总体平均 WTA 估计为 1800 挪威克朗。通过首先针对小型且生产力相对较低的森林和不在场所有者，然后再考虑日益昂贵的森林面积，可以节省实现保护目标的成本。然而，只有当在这些区域中发现所需的生物特征的可能性大大降低时，该建议才成立。结果对于我们了解森林所有者的偏好以及许多国家目前使用的自愿森林保护计划的成本都具有潜在的重要意义。 (C) 2012 年瑞典农业科学大学森林经济系，于默奥。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。版权所有。
To avoid conflicts often associated with mandatory regulations, it Is crucial to motivate and incentivize forest owners to participate in voluntary conservation programs. To investigate forest owner preferences and willingness to accept compensation (WTA) to participate, we conduct a contingent valuation survey of non-industrial private forest owners in Norway. We find that WTA is negatively related to the size of the forest holding and absentee ownership. and positively related to the share of the forest classified as productive. The overall mean WTA per year per hectare is estimated at NOK 1800. Costs of reaching conservation goals can be saved by targeting small and relatively less productive forests and absentee owners first, before considering increasingly expensive forest areas. However, this recommendation only holds if desirable biological characteristics are not substantially less likely to be found in such areas. Results are potentially important both for our understanding of forest owner preferences and the costs of voluntary forest conservation schemes currently in use in many countries. (C) 2012 Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea. Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.