scholarly journals Water quality improvements elicit consistent willingness-to-pay for the enhancement of forested watershed ecosystem services

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 158-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Xavier Aguilar ◽  
Elizabeth Asantewaa Obeng ◽  
Zhen Cai
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Forested Watershed ◽  
Quality Improvements

Social preferences and willingness-to-pay for forest ecosystem services : implications for payments for ecosystem services schemes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Elizabeth Asantewaa Obeng
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Flood Control ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Forested Watershed ◽  
Economic Values ◽  
Threatened Plant ◽  
Baseline Information ◽  
The U.S

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Progressively, there has been a substantial shift in emphasis with regards to forest governance and management. Forests management policies are directed toward conserving biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem services rather than the traditional approach of maximizing and sustaining yield. PES has therefore become an essential tool for achieving the new trend of managing forests for ecosystem services. Fundamental to any PES initiative, is the understanding of perceived economic values of services provided by forest ecosystems. Economic values of ecosystem services provide information on public demand for these services which serve as baseline information for designing PES programs. Notwithstanding, information on public perceptions and attitudes toward PES is still limited. The objective of this research was to better understand how environmental attitudes, beliefs, value orientations and preferences for ecosystem attributes affect willingness-to-pay (WTP) for forested watershed ecosystem services under PES programs. Survey data from 1002 individual U.S. residents were analyzed. The results revealed a relatively stronger predictive power of attitudinal variables on WTP than socio-demographic variables. The findings provided evidence of heterogeneity in individual preferences for different ecosystem services provided by forested watersheds. Increase water quality and improvement in habitat for threatened plant and animal species were found to be the highly preferred and valued ecosystem services among four ecosystem services assessed (water quality, flood control, landscape beauty and habitat for threatened plant and animal species). On average U.S. households were willing to pay between US$ 43.92 - 77.16 and 50.16 - 77.16 per year for five years for water quality and habitat improvement services respectively at a local residence level. The study further showed that U.S. households could be willing to participate in a PES program and pay on average, between US$116.82 to 123.21 per year in income tax to restore a distant degraded forested watershed in the U.S. and between US$ 137.14 to 148.39 for a distant tropical forested watershed outside the U.S. for improved ecosystem services. The findings of this study offer useful baseline information that can inform policy decisions on design and implementation of forested watershed PES programs.

Demand and supply of agricultural ES: towards benefit-based policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 1223-1249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Tienhaara ◽  
Emmi Haltia ◽  
Eija Pouta ◽  
Kyösti Arovuori ◽  
Ioanna Grammatikopoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Discrete Choice ◽  
Choice Experiment ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Experiment Method ◽  
Almost All

Abstract In order to integrate ecosystem services (ES) in designing agri-environmental policy, we investigated both the demand for, and supply of, ES from agricultural environments in Finland. Using the discrete choice experiment method, we measured citizens’ willingness to pay (WTP) for four different ES and analysed farmers’ compensation request (willingness to accept [WTA]) for producing these services. Biodiversity and water quality gathered the highest WTA of farmers, but also the highest WTP of citizens. Overall, the average WTA exceeded the WTP for almost all attributes and levels, but 20–27 per cent of farmers were willing to produce the ES with the compensation lower than citizens’ WTP.

scholarly journals Willingness to Pay for Water Quality Improvements in the United States and Canada: Considering Possibilities for International Meta-Analysis and Benefit Transfer

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Johnston ◽  
Paul J. Thomassin
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Stated Preference ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Benefit Transfer ◽  
Quality Improvements ◽  
Aquatic Life

This paper presents a multinational meta-analysis estimated to identify systematic components of willingness to pay for surface water quality improvements, developed to support benefit transfer for Canadian policy development. Metadata are drawn from stated preference studies that estimate WTP for water quality changes affecting aquatic life habitats—a type of study with few Canadian examples. The goals of this paper are to assess the properties of a multinational (United States/Canada) meta-analysis compared to a single-country (U.S.) analog; illustrate the potential information that may be derived as well as the analytical challenges; and assess the performance of resulting meta-functions for benefit transfer.

scholarly journals Preferences for policy attributes and willingness to pay for water quality improvements under uncertainty

2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 2627-2642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey D. Mullen ◽  
Kayla C. Calhoun ◽  
Gregory J. Colson
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Quality Improvements

scholarly journals Public Attitudes, Preferences and Willingness to Pay for River Ecosystem Services

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (19) ◽  
pp. 3707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khan ◽  
Lei ◽  
Ali ◽  
Ali ◽  
Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Ecological Restoration ◽  
Water Resource ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Wei River Basin

River basins are key sources of ecosystem services, with a wide range of social and economic benefits and many effects on human well-being. However, intensified land use and other dramatic variations in river ecosystems can alter ecosystem functions and services. In this study, we explored the public awareness, attitude and perception regarding environmental and water resource issues and assessed the willingness to pay (WTP) for improving selected attributes of the Wei River basin. Various rankings, Likert scales and random parameter logit (RPL) models were used to analyze data obtained from 900 surveyed respondents. Most respondents were more concerned about environmental and water resource management issues rather than socioeconomic attributes. From a policy perspective, 83.32% and 50.50% of the residents ranked “improvement in water quality” and “improving irrigation conditions,” respectively, as their main priorities regarding ecological restoration. Moreover, the results obtained using RPL models showed that the coefficients were significant for all ecological attributes and monetary attributes, as expected. The positive and significant coefficient for the alternative specific constant demonstrated that the respondents preferred restoration alternatives to the status quo. Furthermore, the highest WTP was found for water quality (91.99 RMB), followed by erosion intensity (23.59 RMB) and water quantity (11.79 RMB). Our results are relevant to policy development and they indicate that ecological restoration is the favored option.

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