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Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia

Forest management practices directly influence the provision of ecosystem services from watershed, and are thus key factors for the development of environmental policy programs such as payment for ecosystem services. This study analyses farmers’ perception and attitude with respect to forest managem...

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Main Authors: Abdulkarim, Buhari, Yacob, Mohd Rusli, Abdullahi, Ahmad Makmom, Radam, Alias
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Language:English
Published: IJECM 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54294/1/Farmers%20willingness%20to%20pay%20for%20water%20ecosystem%20services%20toward%20forest%20conservation%20in%20North%20West%20Selangor%20Malaysia.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54294/
http://ijecm.co.uk/volume-iv-issue-7/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.542942018-03-12T07:07:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54294/ Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia Abdulkarim, Buhari Yacob, Mohd Rusli Abdullahi, Ahmad Makmom Radam, Alias Forest management practices directly influence the provision of ecosystem services from watershed, and are thus key factors for the development of environmental policy programs such as payment for ecosystem services. This study analyses farmers’ perception and attitude with respect to forest management and conservation at North West Selangor Peat Swamp watershed in Malaysia. This paper attempts to illustrate the use of a structured social psychology methodology, the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Decisions on payment for water irrigation water was elicited among farmers as a function of their attitudes toward forest ecosystem services, Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was also employed to developed farmers household survey. A descriptive research design was adopted. The survey questionnaire was administered to 380 paddy farmers at North West Selangor irrigation scheme, Malaysia. The result of the Mean WTP was estimated from the dichotomous choice contingent valuation (DC-CVM) was (RM 43.73ha/yr). The expected conservation benefit was estimated to be RM398,773.87/ha/per/yr. The analysis reveals positive attitudes toward ecosystem services. IJECM 2016 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54294/1/Farmers%20willingness%20to%20pay%20for%20water%20ecosystem%20services%20toward%20forest%20conservation%20in%20North%20West%20Selangor%20Malaysia.pdf Abdulkarim, Buhari and Yacob, Mohd Rusli and Abdullahi, Ahmad Makmom and Radam, Alias (2016) Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia. International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 6 (7). pp. 319-333. ISSN 2348-0386 http://ijecm.co.uk/volume-iv-issue-7/
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description Forest management practices directly influence the provision of ecosystem services from watershed, and are thus key factors for the development of environmental policy programs such as payment for ecosystem services. This study analyses farmers’ perception and attitude with respect to forest management and conservation at North West Selangor Peat Swamp watershed in Malaysia. This paper attempts to illustrate the use of a structured social psychology methodology, the Theory of Planned Behaviour. Decisions on payment for water irrigation water was elicited among farmers as a function of their attitudes toward forest ecosystem services, Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was also employed to developed farmers household survey. A descriptive research design was adopted. The survey questionnaire was administered to 380 paddy farmers at North West Selangor irrigation scheme, Malaysia. The result of the Mean WTP was estimated from the dichotomous choice contingent valuation (DC-CVM) was (RM 43.73ha/yr). The expected conservation benefit was estimated to be RM398,773.87/ha/per/yr. The analysis reveals positive attitudes toward ecosystem services.
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author Abdulkarim, Buhari
Yacob, Mohd Rusli
Abdullahi, Ahmad Makmom
Radam, Alias
spellingShingle Abdulkarim, Buhari
Yacob, Mohd Rusli
Abdullahi, Ahmad Makmom
Radam, Alias
Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia
author_facet Abdulkarim, Buhari
Yacob, Mohd Rusli
Abdullahi, Ahmad Makmom
Radam, Alias
author_sort Abdulkarim, Buhari
title Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia
title_short Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia
title_full Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia
title_fullStr Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in North West Selangor Malaysia
title_sort farmers willingness to pay for water ecosystem services toward forest conservation in north west selangor malaysia
publisher IJECM
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54294/1/Farmers%20willingness%20to%20pay%20for%20water%20ecosystem%20services%20toward%20forest%20conservation%20in%20North%20West%20Selangor%20Malaysia.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54294/
http://ijecm.co.uk/volume-iv-issue-7/
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