Title |
The Economic Value of Environmental Services on Indigenous-Held Lands in Australia
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0023154 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Kerstin K. Zander, Stephen T. Garnett |
Abstract |
Australians could be willing to pay from $878m to $2b per year for Indigenous people to provide environmental services. This is up to 50 times the amount currently invested by government. This result was derived from a nationwide survey that included a choice experiment in which 70% of the 927 respondents were willing to contribute to a conservation fund that directly pays Indigenous people to carry out conservation activities. Of these the highest values were found for benefits that are likely to improve biodiversity outcomes, carbon emission reductions and improved recreational values. Of the activities that could be undertaken to provide the services, feral animal control attracted the highest level of support followed by coastal surveillance, weed control and fire management. Respondents' decisions to pay were not greatly influenced by the additional social benefits that can arise for Indigenous people spending time on country and providing the services, although there was approval for reduced welfare payments that might arise. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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France | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Mexico | 1 | <1% |
Argentina | 1 | <1% |
Japan | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 120 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 22% |
Researcher | 21 | 17% |
Student > Master | 16 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 8 | 6% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
Other | 17 | 14% |
Unknown | 30 | 24% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Environmental Science | 40 | 32% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 13% |
Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 11 | 9% |
Social Sciences | 10 | 8% |
Earth and Planetary Sciences | 5 | 4% |
Other | 3 | 2% |
Unknown | 40 | 32% |