Out of sight, not out of mind: The effect of access to conservation sites on the willingness to pay for protecting endangered species

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dc.contributor.authorHenriquez, Makarena
dc.contributor.authorVasquez-Lavin, Felipe
dc.contributor.authorBarrientos, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorOliva, Roberto D. Ponce
dc.contributor.authorLara, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorFlores-Benner, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorRiquelme, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T16:14:01Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T16:14:01Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractAccording to the latest global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services, nature and biodiversity have experienced a global decline, making the development of conservation policies urgent. Herein, we used a contingent valuation survey to estimate the economic value of a reintroduction program for the huemul ( Hip- pocamelus bisulcus ), an endangered charismatic species in Chile. Our novel approach exploits changes in the access to the site to disentangle nonuse value from use value. We use parametric and nonparametric models to estimate the willingness to pay for the program. Our findings consistently indicate that the conservation of the huemul is valued more when tourist access is restricted, as opposed to allowing visitors access to reintroduction areas. We also analyze the sensitivity of this main finding to different cut-off points of a certainty scale, showing that the results are robust. We hypothesize that people are willing to pay a "premium" to keep the conservation site "out of sight" from tourist activities. This could also be related to the belief that a reintroduction program would be more effective if access was not allowed. A cost -benefit analysis using the most conservative assumptions suggests that social benefit significantly outperforms cost.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108280
dc.identifier.eissn1873-6106
dc.identifier.issn0921-8009
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108280
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/90418
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001259514100001
dc.language.isoen
dc.revistaEcological economics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectNonuse value
dc.subjectSpecies conservation
dc.subjectWillingness to pay
dc.subjectIUCN
dc.subject.ods03 Good Health and Well-being
dc.subject.odspa03 Salud y bienestar
dc.titleOut of sight, not out of mind: The effect of access to conservation sites on the willingness to pay for protecting endangered species
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen224
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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