Assessment of non-monetary facilities in Urmia Lake basin under PES scheme: a rehabilitation solution for the dry lake in Iran

Alireza Daneshi, Mostafa Panahi, Saber Masoomi, Mehdi Vafakhah, Hossein Azadi (), Muhammad Mobeen, Pinar Gökcin Ozuyar and Vjekoslav Tanaskovik
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Alireza Daneshi: Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Mostafa Panahi: Islamic Azad University
Saber Masoomi: University of East Anglia
Mehdi Vafakhah: Tarbiat Modares University
Hossein Azadi: Ghent University
Muhammad Mobeen: University of Hamburg
Pinar Gökcin Ozuyar: Istinye University
Vjekoslav Tanaskovik: Cyril Methodius University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 23, issue 7, No 25, 10172 pages

Abstract: Abstract The decline in Urmia Lake basin’s water resources has resulted in a severe drought of the lake. The drought of this hyper-saline lake has put lives of 6.4 million inhabitants at risk. This study was conducted to assess the technical and economic employability of a payment for ecosystem services (PES) method as a policy tool to improve water resources management of Siminehroud river basin which is the most important tributary of Urmia Lake basin. For this purpose, the target areas were identified after the development of a land-use map for the basin. Then, by recruiting the integrated interview method and distributing 398 questionnaires, the required data were collected to assess the employability of the proposed PES method. Among various PES schemes, two methods including a) payment for shifting irrigation methods and b) payment to change cropping patterns in the frame of “Willingness to Accept” (WTA) were proposed to farmers. The results suggest that farmers highly welcomed both proposed methods. The benefit–cost ratio (BCR) for the change in irrigation system was 3.98, whereas the changes for the cropping pattern were 0.8 (for rapeseed), 0.72 (for soybean), and 1.09 (for safflower). As a result, shifting irrigation methods and changing cultivation patterns to safflower are both economically justifiable.

Keywords: Urmia Lake; Payment for ecosystem services; Willingness to accept; Benefit–cost ratio; Irrigation system; Cropping pattern (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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