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标题：Public Valuation of and Attitudes towards the Conservation and Use of the Hawksbill Turtle: An Australian Case Study
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作者：Tisdell, Clement A. ; Swarna Nantha, Hemanath ; Wilson, Clevo 等
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2005
卷号：36
期号：6
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Managing hawksbill turtle populations for use and conservation requires (i) adequate scientific understanding of their population status and dynamics and (ii) consideration of the public’s attitudes to this species. This study employs experimental surveys to assess the Australian public’s attitudes towards the hawksbill turtle, their knowledge of it, their views about its sustainable commercial harvesting, and their support and financial contribution for the species’ conservation. Contingent valuation reveals that the Australian public’s willingness to contribute to the conservation of the hawksbill turtle is high even in comparison to threatened Australian bird and mammal fauna. Most of this stated contribution is based on the intrinsic (non-use) value associated with the hawksbill turtle. It seems that the Australian public will only accept its harvesting if the sustainability of this is assured and its population is more secure. The CITES categorisation of the hawksbill as an Appendix I species hampers the development of techniques for its sustainable use.
关键词：attitudes;CITES;economics of conservation;Eretmochelys imbricata;hawksbill turtle;non-use economic value;sustainable use