Profiling the perceived mangrove forest use value and community's willingness to pay for mangrove conservation

Sunoto, Yakin Nur and Abdul Aziz, Fatiah and Ponrahono, Zakiah and Mohamed Osman, Mariana (2020) Profiling the perceived mangrove forest use value and community's willingness to pay for mangrove conservation. Planning malaysia, 18 (3). 229 -240. ISSN 1675-6215 E-ISSN 0128-0945

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Abstract

A broad range of ecological services from mangrove forest encompasses a mixture of landward and seaward transition around tropical and subtropical areas in many regions that are threatened by humans. Among the issues highlighted in this research are i) the decline in mangrove areas due to development activities, and ii) zero price value of mangrove areas. This study reports on the direct use value of mangrove forest, willingness to pay for the conservation of mangrove forests, and satisfaction towards current mangrove management in Kampung Sungai Melayu, located at Johor state in Malaysia. A face-to-face survey was employed, targeting 111 heads of households and 219 individuals from the local community through a simple random sampling technique. This study concludes that the local community are willing to pay for mangrove conservation at RM17.84 per year. Based on the significant results from the Chi-Square analysis, three factors have a significant correlation with the “willingness to pay” for mangrove conservation which includes the length of residency (X2 = 11.780) and household income (X2 =13.463).

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	3833/83318
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Mangrove forest, Use-value, Willingness to Pay, Mangrove Conservation, Environmental Valuation
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races > HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Depositing User:	Dr Mariana Mohamed Osman
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2021 16:06
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2021 16:06
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/83318

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