Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: evidence from a contingent valuation study
| dc.contributor.author | Muchapondwa, E | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-02T08:29:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-10-02T08:29:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-14T08:58:13Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | If communities living adjacent to the elephant see it as a burden, then they cannot be its stewards. To assess their valuation of it, a contingent valuation method study was conducted for one CAMPFIRE district in Zimbabwe. Respondents were classified according to their preferences over the elephant. The median willingness to pay for the preservation of 200 elephants is ZW$260 (US$4.73) for respondents who considered the elephant a public good and ZW$137 (US$2.49) for those favouring its translocation. The preservation of 200 elephants yields an annual net worth of ZW$10,828 (US$196) to CAMPFIRE households. However, the majority of households (62%) do not support elephant preservation. This is one argument against devolution of elephant conservation. External transfers constitute one way of providing additional economic incentives to local communities. | |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00182.x | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Muchapondwa, E. (2008). Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: evidence from a contingent valuation study. <i>South African Journal of Economics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28899 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Muchapondwa, E "Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: evidence from a contingent valuation study." <i>South African Journal of Economics</i> (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28899 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Muchapondwa, E., Carlsson, F., & Köhlin, G. (2008). Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: evidence from a contingent valuation study. South African Journal of Economics, 76(4), 685-704. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - AU - Muchapondwa, E AB - If communities living adjacent to the elephant see it as a burden, then they cannot be its stewards. To assess their valuation of it, a contingent valuation method study was conducted for one CAMPFIRE district in Zimbabwe. Respondents were classified according to their preferences over the elephant. The median willingness to pay for the preservation of 200 elephants is ZW$260 (US$4.73) for respondents who considered the elephant a public good and ZW$137 (US$2.49) for those favouring its translocation. The preservation of 200 elephants yields an annual net worth of ZW$10,828 (US$196) to CAMPFIRE households. However, the majority of households (62%) do not support elephant preservation. This is one argument against devolution of elephant conservation. External transfers constitute one way of providing additional economic incentives to local communities. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Economics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: evidence from a contingent valuation study TI - Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: evidence from a contingent valuation study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28899 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28899 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Muchapondwa E. Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: evidence from a contingent valuation study. South African Journal of Economics. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28899. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | School of Economics | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Unknown | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | South African Journal of Economics | |
| dc.source.uri | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00182.x/full | |
| dc.subject.other | CAMPFIRE | |
| dc.subject.other | contingent valuation | |
| dc.subject.other | double-bounded spike model | |
| dc.subject.other | elephant | |
| dc.subject.other | Zimbabwe | |
| dc.title | Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: evidence from a contingent valuation study | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
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| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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