TY - JOUR
T1 - Multi-country Willingness to Pay for Transborder Migratory Species Conservation
T2 - A Case Study of Northern Pintails
AU - Haefele, Michelle A.
AU - Loomis, John B.
AU - Lien, Aaron M.
AU - Dubovsky, James A.
AU - Merideth, Robert W.
AU - Bagstad, Kenneth J.
AU - Huang, Ta Ken
AU - Mattsson, Brady J.
AU - Semmens, Darius J.
AU - Thogmartin, Wayne E.
AU - Wiederholt, Ruscena
AU - Diffendorfer, Jay E.
AU - López-Hoffman, Laura
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) award (DEB-1118975) to López-Hoffman and NSF award (DEB-1518359) to López-Hoffman and Loomis. Additional support was received from the U.S. Geological Survey's John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis working group, Animal Migration and Spatial Subsidies: Establishing a Framework for Conservation Markets. Support for Bagstad, Semmens, and Diffendorfer's time was provided by the USGS Land Change Science Program. Any use of trade, product, or firm names are for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Funding Information:
This work was funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) award ( DEB-1118975 ) to López-Hoffman and NSF award ( DEB-1518359 ) to López-Hoffman and Loomis. Additional support was received from the U.S. Geological Survey 's John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis working group, Animal Migration and Spatial Subsidies: Establishing a Framework for Conservation Markets. Support for Bagstad, Semmens, and Diffendorfer's time was provided by the USGS Land Change Science Program. Any use of trade, product, or firm names are for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Using contingent valuation, we estimated willingness to pay (WTP) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States to protect habitat for Northern Pintails (hereafter pintails), a migratory waterfowl species that provides benefits to and requires habitat in the three countries. Our study contributes to research on spatial subsidies by measuring the value of migratory species habitat. While WTP to protect pintail habitat is highest in the household's own country, there also is substantial WTP to protect pintail habitat in the other two countries. Canadian households’ annual WTP is US$12 (all dollar values are in 2016 US dollars) to stabilize the pintail population in Canada, US$4 in Mexico, and US$5 in the U.S. Mexican households would pay US$8 in Mexico, US$5 in the U.S., and US$5 in Canada. U.S. households would pay US$28 in the U.S., US$18 in Canada, and US$16 in Mexico. WTP is statistically significantly higher in all three countries to increase the pintail population. WTP as a percentage of household income is statistically significantly higher for respondents in Mexico. WTP is logically related to explanatory variables such as respondent income, interest in hunting waterfowl, and financial support of wildlife conservation organizations. This study has important implications for conducting economic analyses of habitat issues of transboundary migratory species’ conservation and to more effectively and equitably achieve conservation goals.
AB - Using contingent valuation, we estimated willingness to pay (WTP) in Canada, Mexico, and the United States to protect habitat for Northern Pintails (hereafter pintails), a migratory waterfowl species that provides benefits to and requires habitat in the three countries. Our study contributes to research on spatial subsidies by measuring the value of migratory species habitat. While WTP to protect pintail habitat is highest in the household's own country, there also is substantial WTP to protect pintail habitat in the other two countries. Canadian households’ annual WTP is US$12 (all dollar values are in 2016 US dollars) to stabilize the pintail population in Canada, US$4 in Mexico, and US$5 in the U.S. Mexican households would pay US$8 in Mexico, US$5 in the U.S., and US$5 in Canada. U.S. households would pay US$28 in the U.S., US$18 in Canada, and US$16 in Mexico. WTP is statistically significantly higher in all three countries to increase the pintail population. WTP as a percentage of household income is statistically significantly higher for respondents in Mexico. WTP is logically related to explanatory variables such as respondent income, interest in hunting waterfowl, and financial support of wildlife conservation organizations. This study has important implications for conducting economic analyses of habitat issues of transboundary migratory species’ conservation and to more effectively and equitably achieve conservation goals.
KW - Canada
KW - Contingent valuation
KW - Ducks
KW - Habitat
KW - Mexico
KW - Pintails
KW - United States
KW - Waterfowl
KW - Willingness to pay
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.11.024
DO - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.11.024
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85058211973
VL - 157
SP - 321
EP - 331
JO - Ecological Economics
JF - Ecological Economics
SN - 0921-8009
ER -