Compensatory payment to Hunters to protect biodiversity of the Fereydunknar wetland

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Professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo, Canada

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The main reason for the decline and extensive change use of wetland resources is often the lack of proper calculation of the environmental (non-market) values of wetlands in development decisions. Fereydunkenar area has a local management system‏. Due to the condition of the wetland, protecting bio diversity of ecosystems, especially migratory birds, it is not possible managing the wetland without the participation of the local communities, therefore, in this study; we used a price tool to Estimate reduced income and attract predator’s participation. For this purpose, a choice model was used to estimate the ecosystem value of Fereydunkenar wetland as a value that the operators favor for the benefits of the wetland and also to estimate the reduced income we used a conditional logit model. Then, this calculated income was used as a Incentive to engagement of predators and landowners. The results of the Logit model for each region, show that willingness to accept of the hunters in Sorkhroud, Ezbaran and Ferydoonkenar area are 2386217, 2547214, and 3542100 Rials respectively‏. The variable coefficient of the wildlife habitat and the cost of payment for all three regions is one percent significant and positive‏. This means that there is a positive and significant impact on the willingness or marginal utility of predators‏. In other words, by improving the wildlife habitat status or increasing shelter, and as a result of a decrease in the level of hunting, the desire to get hunters to avoid hunting increases‏. However, with the improvement or shortening of the hunting season, the final utility of predators is reduced, which means that there is a negative impact on the willingness of people to hunt in the Fereydunknar area of Mazandaran province.

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Journal of Applied Economics Studies in Iran
Volume 8, Issue 32
January 2020
Pages 221-238

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