Economic Valuation of Mangrove Restoration in Indonesia

Mangrove forest is one of the important ecosystems in Karimunjawa, Indonesia. It provides a variety of services both ecologically and economically. However, over-exploited activity, such as timber theft, can be threatening the sustainability of mangrove forest in Karimunjawa now and in the future. T...

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Main Authors: Suprapto, Djoko, Kirana, Mayanggita, Susilowati, Indah, Fauzi, Akhmad
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author Suprapto, Djoko
Kirana, Mayanggita
Susilowati, Indah
Fauzi, Akhmad
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Susilowati, Indah
Fauzi, Akhmad
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description Mangrove forest is one of the important ecosystems in Karimunjawa, Indonesia. It provides a variety of services both ecologically and economically. However, over-exploited activity, such as timber theft, can be threatening the sustainability of mangrove forest in Karimunjawa now and in the future. Thus, the improved management for mangrove forest is necessary to ensure its sustainability, and it is depending on how people value the conservation from economic and environment consideration. This study examines the factors influencing on the willingness to pay (WTP) of respondents for mangrove restoration in Karimunjawa. A total of 502 respondents were interviewed using census method. The method employed is Contingent Valuation Method (CVM)Single Bounded. In CVM, the logit model was defined based on dichotomous choice method to estimate the willingness-to-pay (WTP) randomly with three different starting bid value. Findings showed that local awareness of the importance of the values given by mangroves was popularized among local communities. The findings also indicated that respondents who are higher education and have more income were more likely to pay for the mangrove restoration.
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spelling oai:ojs2.journals.ums.ac.id:article-1457 Economic Valuation of Mangrove Restoration in Indonesia Suprapto, Djoko Kirana, Mayanggita Susilowati, Indah Fauzi, Akhmad economic-valuation; mangrove; Karimunjawa; Indonesia Q51; Q57 Mangrove forest is one of the important ecosystems in Karimunjawa, Indonesia. It provides a variety of services both ecologically and economically. However, over-exploited activity, such as timber theft, can be threatening the sustainability of mangrove forest in Karimunjawa now and in the future. Thus, the improved management for mangrove forest is necessary to ensure its sustainability, and it is depending on how people value the conservation from economic and environment consideration. This study examines the factors influencing on the willingness to pay (WTP) of respondents for mangrove restoration in Karimunjawa. A total of 502 respondents were interviewed using census method. The method employed is Contingent Valuation Method (CVM)Single Bounded. In CVM, the logit model was defined based on dichotomous choice method to estimate the willingness-to-pay (WTP) randomly with three different starting bid value. Findings showed that local awareness of the importance of the values given by mangroves was popularized among local communities. The findings also indicated that respondents who are higher education and have more income were more likely to pay for the mangrove restoration. Muhammadiyah University Press 2015-12-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/JEP/article/view/1457 10.23917/jep.v16i2.1457 Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan: Kajian Masalah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan; Vol 16, No 2 (2015): JEP Desember 2015; 121-130 2460-9331 1411-6081 eng https://journals.ums.ac.id/index.php/JEP/article/view/1457/1008 Copyright (c) 2016 Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan: Kajian Masalah Ekonomi dan Pembangunan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Q51; Q57
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Kirana, Mayanggita
Susilowati, Indah
Fauzi, Akhmad
Economic Valuation of Mangrove Restoration in Indonesia
title Economic Valuation of Mangrove Restoration in Indonesia
title_full Economic Valuation of Mangrove Restoration in Indonesia
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title_full_unstemmed Economic Valuation of Mangrove Restoration in Indonesia
title_short Economic Valuation of Mangrove Restoration in Indonesia
title_sort economic valuation of mangrove restoration in indonesia
topic economic-valuation; mangrove; Karimunjawa; Indonesia
Q51; Q57
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Q51; Q57
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