Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea
Tropical rainforests habitat has been home for many animal and plant species, it displays vast array of visual beauty and ecological diversity. In recent years, economic hardship and rapid population growth have eroded living standards for millions of people in the developing world. To survive, many...
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SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre
2006
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| author | Ezebilo, Eugene Ejike |
| author_browse | Ezebilo, Eugene Ejike |
| author_facet | Ezebilo, Eugene Ejike |
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| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | Tropical rainforests habitat has been home for many animal and plant species, it displays vast array of visual beauty and ecological diversity. In recent years, economic hardship and rapid population growth have eroded living standards for millions of people in the developing world. To survive, many people have taken steps that are devastating the environment. This paper reports a study focused on the extent of interest people have for the natural environment and willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Kegsugl and Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea respectively. The study indicates that very low-income earners are very much concerned, while medium income earners are not much concerned about the natural environment. Primary School leavers in Kegsugl and High School leavers in kundiawa are very much concerned, while Post Secondary School graduates are not much concerned about the natural environment. Furthermore, it was found that income has no statistical significant effect on willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Kegsugl, while it has a statistical significant positive effect for Kundiawa. Literacy level has statistical significant positive effect, while sex has no effect for both Kegsugl and Kundiawa respectively. |
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| id | RepoSLU11250 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2006 |
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| publisher | SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre |
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| spelling | RepoSLU112502017-10-12T08:57:21Z Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea Ezebilo, Eugene Ejike biological diversity environment Simbu Province willingness to pay Tropical rainforests habitat has been home for many animal and plant species, it displays vast array of visual beauty and ecological diversity. In recent years, economic hardship and rapid population growth have eroded living standards for millions of people in the developing world. To survive, many people have taken steps that are devastating the environment. This paper reports a study focused on the extent of interest people have for the natural environment and willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Kegsugl and Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea respectively. The study indicates that very low-income earners are very much concerned, while medium income earners are not much concerned about the natural environment. Primary School leavers in Kegsugl and High School leavers in kundiawa are very much concerned, while Post Secondary School graduates are not much concerned about the natural environment. Furthermore, it was found that income has no statistical significant effect on willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Kegsugl, while it has a statistical significant positive effect for Kundiawa. Literacy level has statistical significant positive effect, while sex has no effect for both Kegsugl and Kundiawa respectively. SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre 2006 L3 eng https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/11250/ |
| spellingShingle | biological diversity environment Simbu Province willingness to pay Ezebilo, Eugene Ejike Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea |
| title | Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea |
| title_full | Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea |
| title_fullStr | Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea |
| title_short | Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea |
| title_sort | willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in simbu province, papua new guinea |
| topic | biological diversity environment Simbu Province willingness to pay |