Essays about: "WTA and WTP"

Found 3 essays containing the words WTA and WTP.

1. 1. The role of information and behavioral biases in consumer choice for climate friendly proteins

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Madina Alieva; [2021]
   Keywords : climate friendly food; legume-based proteins; sustainable consumption; willingness to accept; willingsness to pay; WTA-WTP disparity;

   Abstract : The transition from animal towards alternative proteins can help reduce the negative impact of the food systems on the environment and human health. To promote healthier and more sustainable food systems, consumers around the world are encouraged to explore alternative diets and switch towards more environment-friendly protein sources. READ MORE

3. 2. Costs and benefits of a mining project in Rönnbäck : a CBA on the social and environmental impacts of mining

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Kornelia Johansson; [2017]
   Keywords : cost-benefit analysis; transfer method; external effects; environmental effects; pollution; mining; indigenous people; local community; contingent valuation; WTA; WTP;

   Abstract : This study aims to give an overview of the costs and benefits from establishing a nickel mine in Rönnbäck, in the municipality of Storuman, Sweden. The mining industry is known to have both positive and negative effects on the society. READ MORE

4. 3. Reliability of Payment for water Resources as an Environmental Service towards the sustainable management of watershed forests in Zanzibar, Tanzania : A Case study of Kiwengwa - Pongwe Forest Reserve

   University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

   Author : Iddi Hussein Hassan; [2007]
   Keywords : Zanzibar; Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest Reserve; Payment for Watershed Environmental Services; Sustainable Management; CVM; WTA and WTP;

   Abstract : Currently, there is a great rampage among conservationists looking for useful approaches that can be used to bring efficiency towards conservation of global natural ecosystems. But which approach can be really effective to halt destruction of a particular natural ecosystem where the local people depend on the same ecosystem resources for their livelihoods? Do the local communities accept to refrain themselves from using natural ecosystem resources (loss of free access), which they believe is under their local territory since they are born, without having alternatives that will replace and improve economic gain of their livelihoods? Are the consumers who benefited from the ecosystem services always willing to compensate local communities around natural ecosystem as a means of replacing what they lose? This study looks at the reliability of Payment for Water Environmental Services (PWES) approach at Kiwengwa-Pongwe Forest Reserve (KPFR) as a device aimed at promoting the sustainable management of KPFR watershed resources without undermining livelihoods of the Kiwengwa-Pongwe local communities. READ MORE