Conservation value of environmental resources in Iran’s Gurgo and Maleshoure rangelands

N. Ebadi (), S. A. Javadi () and R. Moghaddasi ()
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N. Ebadi: Islamic Azad University
S. A. Javadi: Islamic Azad University
R. Moghaddasi: Islamic Azad University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 6, No 58, 9243-9259

Abstract: Abstract Informing people and valuing the environmental resources will ensure better resource protection, create a variety of jobs and improve the livelihoods of local people. Herein this research determines the conservation value of the rangelands and the factors affecting the individual’s willingness to pay (WTP) using the contingent valuation method and logit regression model in Boyer-Ahmad’s Maleshoure and Gurgo region, Iran. The parameters of the model were estimated using the maximum likelihood method through 380 questionnaires. Based on the results, the variables of accountability, age, income, household cost, education, membership of environmental organizations, distance to the region and bid had significant impacts on the individual’s WTP (P

Keywords: Willingness to pay; Contingent valuation method; Maleshoure and Gurgo rangelands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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