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cje ›› 2011, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (02): 327-334.

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Nonmarket valuation of forest resources in Guiyang City of Guizhou Province based on comparative analysis of WTP and WTA.

HUANG Li-jun, ZHAO Cui-wei**   

  1. College of Geographical and Environmental Sciences, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou, China
  • Online:2011-02-08 Published:2011-02-08

Abstract: Contingent valuation method (CVM) was adopted to investigate the residents’ willingness to participate, to pay, and to accept the compensation in the process of protecting the forest resources in Guiyang City of Guizhou Province, Southwest China. Based on this investigation, the major socio-economic factors affecting the willingness to pay (WTP) and the willingness to accept compensation (WTA) were analyzed, and the models of the residents’ basic status and their WTP or WTA were built to estimate the nonmarket valuation of forest resources in the city. It was expected that this study could provide scientific basis for the establishment of the standards in protecting and eco-compensating the forest resources in Guiyang, and accordingly, lead to the decrease of the economic losses from environmental damage and the healthy and orderly evolvement of forest eco-environment.

Key words: Copper tailing yard, Vegetation state, Soil enzyme