Distribution of benefits and costs among stakeholders of a protected area : an empirical study from China
Date
2004
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EEPSEA, Singapore, SG
Abstract
This report provides information on the
impact of a new conservation regime in the
Fanjingshan National Reserve (FNNR) in
Guizhou Province, China. It calculates the
economic and social effects that this
regime will have on the livelihoods of
people living inside the reserve. It shows
that, if local people are not compensated
for lost incomes, the new plans will
increase conflict between locals and the
reserve management.
To find a way to pay compensation, the
study investigated whether people living in
the province around the reserve would be
willing to pay for conservation in the
FNNR through an eco-tax. These people
benefit from conservation in the reserve,
but at present pay nothing towards it. The
report finds that they would be willing to
pay and that the amount that could be
collected would more than cover of
compensating those affected inside the
protected area.
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NATURE CONSERVATION, LAND USE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ECONOMIC ASPECTS, COMPENSATION, TAXES, FANJINGSHAN ZIRAN BAOHUQU, CHINA