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标题：An analysis of willingness to pay for community-based conservation activities at the Ghodaghodi Lake Complex, Nepal
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作者：Pramod Lamsal ; Kishor Atreya ; Krishna P. Pant 等
期刊名称：Ecosystems and People
印刷版ISSN：2639-5908
电子版ISSN：2639-5916
出版年度：2015
卷号：11
期号：4
页码：341-348
DOI：10.1080/21513732.2015.1055338
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：Wetlands comprise an important ecosystem but are under threat in developing countries due to increasing human encroachment. Community-based conservation is an approach for sustainable management of the wetlands near settlements. This study investigated willingness to pay of local people for community-based conservation activities and the variables affecting it in the Ghodaghodi Lake Complex, Nepal. A sample of 217 households residing near the lake complex was surveyed. The result showed that households were willing to pay for community-based conservation activities, at an average of NPR 378 (US$5.4) per annum. The age of the household head, wetland income, agricultural income and prior experiences on participation in conservation activities positively affected household’s willingness to pay. Government expenditure of at least the amount of willingness to pay estimated by this study for the community-based conservation activities would be economically and environmentally justified.
关键词：wetland;willingness to pay;participation;community-based conservation;Ghodaghodi Lake Complex