Willingness to pay for environmental services among slash-and-burn farmers in the Peruvian amazon : Implications for deforestation and global environmental markets
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Working paperPublication details: Norwich, GB Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Gobal Environment (CSERGE) 1997Description: 54 pSubject(s):- Environment
- Services
- Shifting cultivation
- Forest protection
- Socieconomic environment
- Econometric models
- Peru
- Medio ambiente
- Servicios
- Cultivo migratorio
- Protección forestal
- Entorno socioeconómico
- Modelos econométricos
- Perú
- Technical reports
- Informes técnicos
- CIAT Autor
- Kellogg-1
- Conservación de la naturaleza y recursos de la sierra
- Nature conservation and land resources
- Books and Monographs
- HD 75 .6 S65
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This study shows that the possibility of trade in carbon sequestration services exists between utility companies and slash-and-bum farmers in the Peruvian Amazon. A contingent valuation survey was, used to, elicit the compensation required by farmers to switch from slash-and-burn to forest preservation and agroforestry. An indirect willingness-to-pay format was used to quantify the value of environmental improvement to, farmers. Farmers positively valued the environmental services of forests, implying that slash-and-bum occurs because farmers cannot capture global benefits of forest preservation. Participatory market-based approaches could increase the effectiveness of resource conservation efforts, while benefiting farmers. eng