Payments for environmental services to strengthen ecosystem connectivity in an agricultural landscape

This article investigates the use of payments for environmental services to support a wildlife corridor between two Priority Tiger Conservation Landscapes in central Sumatra, Indonesia. Several hundred smallholders operate within a Protection Forest linking the Tiger Conservation Landscapes. This st...

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Published in:Environment and development economics 2018-12, Vol.23 (6), p.635-654
Main Authors: Bateman, Laura, Yi, Dale, Cacho, Oscar J, Stringer, Randy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural ecosystems
Agricultural land
Bias
Compensation
Connectivity
Costs
Developing countries
Ecosystems
Environmental protection
Environmental services
Forest management
Forest protection
Forests
Habitats
Households
Infrastructure
Landscape preservation
LDCs
National parks
Opportunity costs
Payments
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Roads & highways
Rubber
Services
Statistical analysis
Valuation
Values
Wildlife
Wildlife conservation
Willingness to pay
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Summary:This article investigates the use of payments for environmental services to support a wildlife corridor between two Priority Tiger Conservation Landscapes in central Sumatra, Indonesia. Several hundred smallholders operate within a Protection Forest linking the Tiger Conservation Landscapes. This study explores the willingness of these smallholders to accept a payment requiring them to forgo access to their land for five years. In addition to asking households directly what they would be willing to accept (WTA), we also ask them to infer what their neighbour would accept. The study finds evidence of hypothetical bias in the conventional WTA values, with a statistically significant difference between what people say they would be willing to accept when surveyed, compared to what they say would actually be willing to accept in a ‘real life’ situation. We show how inferred valuation techniques can mitigate against this.
ISSN:1355-770X
1469-4395
DOI:10.1017/S1355770X1800030X