A Model to Estimate Willingness to Pay for Harvest Permits for Wild Edible Mushrooms: Application to Andalusian Forests
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Date
2016
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Frutos, Pablo deMartínez Peña, Fernando
Aldea, Jorge
Campos, Pablo
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Public demand for harvesting wild edible mushrooms has risen in recent decades and
currently affects many forested areas around the world. The idea of introducing permits for users
has been conceived as a tool for ecosystem management. The problem is that policy-makers lack the
necessary means to help guide them when establishing prices for such harvesting permits. Valuing
the recreational benefits which mushroom harvesters derive from harvesting wild edible mushrooms
may provide certain guidelines as to how much people would be willing to pay and may also justify
future payments levied on harvesters. The aim of the present article is to estimate a model for
determining citizens’ willingness to pay for a harvesting permit in a forest in Andalusia (Spain) using
contingent valuation methods. Results show that mean willingness to pay is 22.61 Euros (USD28.18)
per harvester and season. This amount depends on several socioeconomic factors and preferences
related to harvesters’ experiences
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Forests, 7 (12), p. 292
AGROVOC subjects
Setas comestiblesEncuestas
Opinión pública
Análisis estadístico
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Recursos forestalesDirección
Andalucía