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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
The Net Benefit of Saving the Asian Elephant: A Policy and Contingent Valuation Study
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| Autores: |
Bandara, Ranjith
Tisdell, Clement A.
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| Data: |
2009-04-14
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| Ano: |
2003
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| Palavras-chave: |
Asian elephant
Elephas maximus
Elephant conservation
Willingness to pay
Contingent valuation
Sri Lanka.
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
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| Resumo: |
Reports results from a contingent valuation survey of willingness to pay for the conservation of the Asian elephant of a sample of urban residents living in three selected housing schemes in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Face–to–face surveys were conducted using an interview schedule. A non-linear logit regression model is used to analyse the respondents’ responses for the payment principle questions and to identify the factors that influence their responses. We investigate whether urban residents’ willingness to pay for the conservation of elephants is sufficient to compensate farmers for the damage caused by elephants. We find that the beneficiaries (the urban residents) could compensate losers (the farmers in the areas affected by human–elephant conflict) and be better off than in the absence of elephants in Sri Lanka. Therefore, there is a strong economic case for the conservation of the wild elephant population in Sri Lanka. However, we have insufficient data to determine the optimal level of this elephant population in the Kaldor-Hicks sense. Nevertheless, the current population of elephant in Sri Lanka is Kaldor-Hicks preferable to having none.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
ISSN: 1327-8231
http://purl.umn.edu/48968
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| Relação: |
University of Queensland>School of Economics>Economics, Ecology and Environment Working Papers
Economics, Ecology and the Environment Working Paper
87
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| Formato: |
29
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