69
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Socioeconomics, Planning, and Management

Willingness of payment for forest environmental services: a systematic literature review for determinants

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon, , , , ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon show all
Received 30 Jun 2023, Accepted 08 May 2024, Published online: 29 May 2024

References

  • Acharya RP, Maraseni TN, Cockfield G. 2021. Estimating the willingness to pay for regulating and cultural ecosystem services from forested Siwalik landscapes: perspectives of disaggregated users. Ann For Sci. 78(2):51. doi: 10.1007/s13595-021-01046-3.
  • Aguilar FX, Obeng EA, Cai Z. 2018. Water quality improvements elicit consistent willingness-to-pay for the enhancement of forested watershed ecosystem services. Ecosyst Serv. 30:158–171. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.02.012.
  • Amarnath D, Komagal M. 2014. An economic analysis of sago pollution in Tamil Nadu, India. J Int Acad Res Multidiscip. 2(7):150–17.
  • Ariyo OC, Okojie LO, Ariyo MO. 2018. Villagers willingness to pay for forest conservation in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Asian J Agric Ext Econ Sociol. 23(4):1–14. doi: 10.9734/AJAEES/2018/40142.
  • Arriagada RA, Sills EO, Pattanayak SK, Ferraro PJ. 2009. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate participation in Costa Rica’s program of payments for environmental services. Journal Of Sustainable Forestry. 28(3–5):343–367. doi: 10.1080/10549810802701192.
  • Aslam U, Termansen M, Fleskens L. 2017. Investigating farmers’ preferences for alternative PES schemes for carbon sequestration in UK agroecosystems. Ecosyst Serv. 27:103–112. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.08.004.
  • Asmare E, Bekele K, Fentaw S. 2022. Households’ willingness to pay for the rehabilitation of wetlands: evidence from Gudera wetland, Northwest Ethiopia. Heliyon. 8(1):e08813. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08813.
  • Bamwesigye D, Hlavackova P, Sujova A, Fialova J, Kupec P. 2020. Willingness to pay for forest existence value and sustainability. Sustainability. 12(3):891. doi: 10.3390/su12030891.
  • Borzykowski N, Baranzini A, Maradan D. 2018. Scope effects in contingent valuation: does the assumed statistical distribution of WTP matter? Ecol Econ. 144:319–329. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.09.005.
  • Bremer LL, Farley KA, Lopez-Carr D. 2014. What factors influence participation in payment for ecosystem services programs? An evaluation of Ecuador’s SocioPáramo program. Land Use Policy. 36:122–133. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.08.002.
  • Carson RT. 2012. Contingent valuation: a practical alternative when prices aren’t available. Journal Of Economic Perspectives. 26(4):27–42. doi: 10.1257/jep.26.4.27.
  • Carson RT, Groves T. 2007. Incentive and informational properties of preference questions. Environ Environ Res Econ. 37(1):181–210. doi: 10.1007/s10640-007-9124-5.
  • The Center for People and Forests. 2015. Equity in forests and REDD+: an analysis of equity challenges as viewed by forestry decision-makers and practitioners in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam. Bangkok, Thailand. Equity in forests and REDD+.pdf (snrd-asia.org).
  • Chen M-F. 2014. An examination of the value-belief-norm theory model in predicting pro-environmental behaviour in Taiwan. Asian J Soc Psychol. 18(2):145–151. doi: 10.1111/ajsp.12096.
  • Choi H, Jang J, Kandampully J. 2015. Application of the extended VBN theory to understand consumers’ decisions about green hotels. Int J Hosp Manage. 51:87–95. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.08.004.
  • Climate Focus. 2015. Progress on the New York declaration on forest – an assessment framework and initial report. Prepared by climate focus, in collaboration with the alliance for clean cookstoves, environmental defense fund, forest trends, the global canopy.
  • Cranford M, Mourato S. 2014. Credit-based payments for ecosystem services: evidence from a choice experiment in Ecuador. World Dev. 64:503–520. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.019.
  • Dardanoni V, Guerriero C. 2021. Young people’s willingness to pay for environmental protection. Ecol Econ. 179:106853. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106853.
  • De Groot JIM, Steg L. 2008. Value orientations to explain beliefs related to environmental significant behavior: how to measure egoistic, altruistic and biospheric value orientations. Environ Behav. 40(3):330–354. doi: 10.1177/0013916506297831.
  • Diamond PA, Hausman JA. 1994. Contingent valuation: is some number better than no number? J Econ Perspect. 8(4):45–64. doi: 10.1257/jep.8.4.45.
  • Dunlap RE, Van Liere KD. 1978. The “new environmental paradigm”. J Environ Educ. 9(4):10–19. doi: 10.1080/00958964.1978.10801875.
  • Dunlap RE, Van Liere KD, Mertig AG, Jones RE. 2000. Measuring endorsement of the new ecological paradigm: a revised NEP scale. J Soc Issues. 56(3):425–442. doi: 10.1111/0022-4537.00176.
  • Endalew B, Assefa WB, Li F. 2019. Determinants of households’ willingness to pay for the conservation of church forests in northwestern Ethiopia: a contingent valuation study. Cogent Environ Sci. 5(1):1570659. doi: 10.1080/23311843.2019.1570659.
  • Farley J, Costanza R. 2010. Payments for ecosystem services: from local to global. Ecol Econ. 69(11):2060–2068. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.06.010.
  • Fisher AC. 2005. Investment under uncertainty and option value in environmental economics: reply. Resour Energy Econ. 27(1):89. doi: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2004.05.001.
  • Fisher B, Kulindwa K, Mwanyoka I, Turner RK, Burgess ND. 2010. Common pool resource management and PES: lessons and constraints for water PES in Tanzania. Ecol Econ. 69(6):1253–1261. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.008.
  • Getachew T. 2018. Estimating willingness to pay for forest ecosystem conservation: the case of Wof-Washa Forest, North Shewa Zone, Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia. J Res Dev Manage. 46:46–61.
  • Ghazali EM, Nguyen B, Mutum DS, Yap S-F. 2019. Pro-environmental behaviours and value-belief-norm theory: assessing unobserved heterogeneity of two ethnic groups. Sustainability. 11(12):3237. doi: 10.3390/su11123237.
  • Greiner R, Bliemer M, Ballweg J. 2014. Design considerations of a choice experiment to estimate likely participation by north Australian pastoralists in contractual biodiversity conservation. J Choice Model. 10:34–45. doi: 10.1016/j.jocm.2014.01.002.
  • Haile KK, Tirivayi N, Tesfaye W. 2019. Farmers’ willingness to accept payments for ecosystem services on agricultural land: the case of climate-smart agroforestry in Ethiopia. Ecosyst Serv. 39:100964. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100964.
  • Ha L, Mai N, Hung L, Hitoshi S. 2023. Implementation of payment for forest environmental services and its influence on the livelihood of ethnic minorities in Thua Thien Hue Province, Vietnam. Trees For People. 13:100404. doi: 10.1016/j.tfp.2023.100404.
  • Han H, Hwang J. 2015. Norm-based loyalty model (NLM): investigating delegates’ loyalty formation for environmentally responsible conventions. Int J Hospitality Manage. 46:1–14. doi: 10.1016/j.ijhm.2015.01.002.
  • Heckman JJ. 1979. Sample selection bias as a specification error. Econometrica. 47(1):153–161. doi: 10.2307/1912352.
  • Hoang CT, Kirby M, Tran LD. 2022. User willingness to pay for natural resource conservation at Bach Long Vy Island, Vietnam. Vietnam J Earth Sci. 44:239–256. doi: 10.15625/2615-9783/16969.
  • Hung VT, Thanh VN, Simioni M. 2020. Willingness to pay for mangrove preservation in Xuan Thuy National Park, Vietnam: do household knowledge and interest play a role? J Environ Econ Policy. 9(4):402–420. doi: 10.1080/21606544.2020.1716854.
  • Iqbal MH. 2020. Valuing ecosystem services of Sundarbans mangrove forest for improved conservation: approach of randomized conjoint experiment. For Econ Rev. 2(1):117–132. doi: 10.1108/FER-04-2020-0008.
  • Iranah P, Lal P, Wolde BT, Burli P. 2018. Valuing visitor access to forested areas and exploring willingness to pay for forest conservation and restoration finance: the case of small island developing state of Mauritius. Jf Environ Manage. 223:868–877. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.07.008.
  • Jindal R, Kerr JM, Ferraro PJ, Swallow BM. 2013. Social dimensions of procurement auctions for environmental service contracts: evaluating tradeoffs between cost-effectiveness and participation by the poor in rural Tanzania. Land Use Policy. 31:71–80. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.11.008.
  • Johnston RJ, Boyle KJ, Adamowicz W, Bennett J, Brouwer R, Cameron TA, Hanemann WM, Hanley N, Ryan M, Scarpa R, et al. 2017. Contemporary guidance for stated preference studies. J Assoc Environ Resour Econ. 4(2):319–405. doi: 10.1086/691697.
  • Jones KW, Foucat SA, Pischke EC, Salcone J, Torrez D, Selfa T, Halvorsen KE. 2019. Exploring the connections between participation in and benefits from payments for hydrological services programs in Veracruz State, Mexico. Ecosyst Serv. 35:32–42. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.11.004.
  • Jones KW, Powlen K, Roberts R, Shinbrot X. 2020. Participation in payments for ecosystem services programs in the Global South: a systematic review. Ecosyst Serv. 45:101159. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101159.
  • Kaczan D, Swallow BM, Adamowicz WL. 2013. Designing a payments for ecosystem services (PES) program to reduce deforestation in Tanzania: an assessment of payment approaches. Ecol Econ. 95:20–30. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.07.011.
  • Kaczan DJ, Swallow BM, Adamowicz WL. 2016. Forest conservation policy and motivational crowding: experimental evidence from Tanzania. Ecol Econ. 156:444–453. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.07.002.
  • Kaiser FG, Hubner G, Bogner FX. 2005. Contrasting the theory of planned behavior with the value-belief-norm model in explaining conservation behavior. J Appl Soc Psychol. 35:2150–2170. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2005.tb02213.x.
  • Kellen A, Robert K, Vincent BM, John RS, Tabuti DS. 2020. Determinants of participation in state and private PES projects in Uganda. Sci Afr. 8:e00370. doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00370.
  • Kiatkawsin K, Han H. 2017. Young travelers’ intention to behave pro-environmentally: merging the value-belief-norm theory and the expectancy theory. Tourism Manage. 59:76–88. doi: 10.1016/j.tourman.2016.06.018.
  • Lee CY, Heo H. 2016. Estimating willingness to pay for renewable energy in South Korea using the contingent valuation method. Energy Policy. 94:150–156. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.03.051.
  • Liu Y. 2020. The willingness to pay for ecosystem services on the tibetan plateau of China. Geogr Sustainability. 1(2):141–151. doi: 10.1016/j.geosus.2020.06.001.
  • Loft L, Le D, Thuy P, Yang A, Tjajad J, Wong G. 2017. Whose equity matters? National to local equity perceptions in Vietnam’s payments for forest ecosystem services scheme. Ecol Econ. 135:164–175. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.01.016.
  • Lopez-Mosquera N, Sanchez M. 2012. Theory of planned behavior and the value- belief-norm theory explaining willingness to pay for a suburban park. Journal Of Environmental Management. 113:251–262. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.08.029.
  • Mayer M, Woltering M. 2018. Assessing and valuing the recreational ecosystem services of Germany’s national parks using travel cost models. Ecosyst Serv. 31:371–386. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.12.009.
  • Mojiol AR, Hong KY, Saleh E. 2019. Willingness to pay for mangroves conservation by the local communities in Salut Mengkabong Lagoon, Tuaran Sabah. Trofical For J. 14(1):1–9. doi: 10.36873/jht.v14i1.310.
  • Muradian R, Arsel M, Pellegrini L, Adaman F, Aguilar B, Agarwal B, Corbera E, Ezzine de Blas D, Farley J, Froger G, et al. 2013. Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win–win solutions. Conserv Lett. 6(4):274–279. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00309.x.
  • Muradian R, Corbera E, Pascual U, Kosoy N, May PH. 2010. Reconciling theory and practice: an alternative conceptual framework for understanding payments for environmental services. Ecol Econ. 69(6):1202–1208. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.11.006.
  • Musa F, Fozi NM, Mohd DDH. 2020. Coastal communities’ willingness to pay for mangrove ecotourism in Marudu Bay, Sabah, Malaysia. J Sustain Sci Manag. 15(4):130–140. doi: 10.46754/jssm.2020.06.013.
  • Nielsen MR, Theilade I, Meilby H, Nui NH, Lam NT. 2018. Can PES and REDD+ match willingness to accept payments in contracts for reforestation and avoided forest degradation? The case of farmers in upland Bac Kan. Land Use Policy. 79:822–833. doi: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.09.010.
  • Nyongesa JM, Bett HK, Lagat JK, Ayuya OI. 2016. Estimating farmers’ stated willingness to accept pay for ecosystem services: case of Lake Naivasha watershed Payment for Ecosystem Services scheme-Kenya. Ecol Processes. 5:1–15. doi: 10.1186/s13717-016-0059-z.
  • Obeng EA, Aguilar FX. 2018. Value orientation and payment for ecosystem services: perceived detrimental consequences lead to willingness-to-pay for ecosystem services. Journal Of Environmental Management. 206:458–471. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.10.059.
  • Ojea E, Loureiro M. 2007. Altrustic, egoistic and biospheric values in willingness to pay for wildlife. Ecol Econ. 63(4):807–814. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.02.003.
  • Pham TD, Kaida N, Yoshino K, Nguyen XH, Nguyen HT, Bui DT. 2018. Willingness to pay for mangrove restoration in the context of climate change in the Cat Ba biosphere reserve, Vietnam. Ocean Coast Manag. 163:269–277. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.07.005.
  • Poudyal B, Upadhaya S, Acharya S, Khanal Chhetri BB. 2021. Assessing socio-economic factors affecting the implementation of payment for ecosystem services (PES) mechanism. World. 2(1):81–91. doi: 10.3390/world2010006.
  • Rakotomahazo C, Razanoelisoa J, Ranivoarivelo NL, Todinanahary GGB, Ranaivoson E, Remanevy ME, Ravaoarinorotsihoarana LA, Lavitra T. 2021. Community perceptions of a payment for ecosystem services project in Southwest Madagascar: a preliminary study. Land 2021. 10(6):597. doi: 10.3390/land10060597.
  • Rochon PA, Bero LA, Bay AM. 2002. Comparison of review articles published in peer-reviewed and throwaway journals. JAMA. 287(21):2853–2856. doi: 10.1001/jama.287.21.2853.
  • Sachin SM, Yadav VK, Pal S, Karmakar S, Bharti VS. 2020. Survey based economic evaluation of ecosystem services of mangrove from Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka, India. J Environ Biol. 41(5):980–986. doi: 10.22438/jeb/41/5/MRN-1216.
  • Salzman J, Bennett G, Carroll N, Goldstein A, Jenkins M. 2018. The global status and trends of payments for ecosystem services. Nat Sustain. 1(3):136–144. doi: 10.1038/s41893-018-0033-0.
  • Saptutyningsih E, Diswandi D. 2019. Application of choice modelling on mangrove forest valuation in West Lombok, Indonesia. IOP Conf Ser: Earth Environ Sci. 398(1):012012. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/398/1/012012.
  • Sardana K. 2019. Tourists’ willingness to pay for restoration of traditional agro-forest ecosystems providing biodiversity: evidence from India. Ecol Econ. 159:362–372. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.12.015.
  • Schwartz SH. 1970. Elicitation of moral obligation and self-sacrificing behavior: an experimental study of volunteering to be a bone marrow donor. J Pers Soc Psychol. 15(4):283–293. doi: 10.1037/h0029614.
  • Schwartz SH. 1992. Universals in the content and structure of values: theoretical advances and empirical tests in 20 countries. Adv Exp Soc Psychol. 25:1–65. doi: 10.1016/S0065-2601(08)60281-6.
  • Schwartz SH. 1996. Value priorities and behaviour: applying a theory of integrated value systems. Psychol Values. 8:119–144.
  • Schwartz SH, Howard JA. 1981. A normative decision-making model of altruism. In: Rushton J, and Sorrentino RM, editors. Altruism and helping behavior: social, personality, and developmental perspectives. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum; p. 89–211.
  • Smith S, Rowcroft P, Everard M, Couldrick L, Reed M, Rogers H, Quick T, Eves C, White C. 2013. Payments for ecosystem services: a best practice guide. London: Defra.
  • Spash CL. 2006. Non-economic motivation for contingent values: rights and attitudinal beliefs in the willingness to pay for environmental improvements. Land Econ. 82(4):602–622. doi: 10.3368/le.82.4.602.
  • Spash CL, Urama K, Burton R, Kenyon W, Shannon P, Hill G. 2009. Motives behind willingness to pay for improving biodiversity in water ecosystems: economics, ethics and social psychology. Ecol Econ. 68(4):955–964. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.09.013.
  • Stefano P. 2011. Using PES to implement REDD. Latin America and Caribbean sustainable development department. Washington (DC) (USA): World Bank.
  • Steg L, Dreijerink L, Abrahamse W. 2005. Factors influencing the acceptability of energy policies: a test of VBN theory. J Environ Psychol. 25(4):415–425. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2005.08.003.
  • Steg L, Vlek C. 2009. Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour: an integrative review and research agenda. J Environ Psychol. 29(3):309–317. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.10.004.
  • Steigenberger C, Flatscher-Thoeni M, Siebert U, Leiter M. 2022. Determinants of willingness to pay for health services: a systematic review of contingent valuation studies. Eur J Health Econ. 23(9):1455–1482. doi: 10.1007/s10198-022-01437-x.
  • Stern PC. 2000. Toward a coherent theory of environmentally significant behavior. J Soc Issues. 56(3):407–424. doi: 10.1111/0022-4537.00175.
  • Stern PC, Dietz T, Abel T, Guagnano GA, Kalof L. 1999. A value-belief-norm theory of support for social movements: the case of environmentalism. Hum Ecol. 6(2):81–97.
  • Stern PC, Kalof L, Dietz T, Guagnano GA. 1995. Values, beliefs, and proenvironmental action: attitude formation toward emergent attitude objects 1. J Appl Soc Psychol. 25(18):1611–1636. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1995.tb02636.x.
  • Sunoto YN, Ponrahono Z, Osman MM. 2020. Profiling the perceived mangrove forest use value and community’s willingness to pay for mangrove conservation. Plann Malays. 18(13):229–240. doi: 10.21837/pm.v18i13.788.
  • Taye FA, Vedel SE, Jacobsen JB. 2018. Accounting for environmental attitude to explain variations in willingness to pay for forest ecosystem services using the new environmental paradigm. J Environ Econ Policy. 7(4):420–440. doi: 10.1080/21606544.2018.1467346.
  • The BD, Ngoc HB. 2008. Payments for environmental services in Vietnam: an empirical experiment in sustainable forest management. ASEAN Econ Bull. 25(1):48–59. doi: 10.1355/AE25-1E.
  • Tran YL, Siry JP, Bowker JM, Poudyal NC. 2017. Atlanta households’ willingness to increase urban forests to mitigate climate change. Urban For Urban Greening. 22:84–92. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.02.003.
  • Tuan TH, My NHD, Anh LTQ, Toan NV. 2014. Using contingent valuation method to estimate the WTP for mangrove restoration under the context of climate change: a case study of Thi Nai lagoon, Quy Nhon city, Vietnam. Ocean Coast Manag. 95:198–212. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.04.008.
  • United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat. 2021. The Global Forest Goals Report 2021.
  • United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC]. 2016. The Paris Agreement. https://unfccc.int/sites/default/files/resource/parisagreement_publication.pdf.
  • Van Riper CJ, Kyle GT, Sherrouse BC, Bagstad KJ, Sutton SG. 2017. Toward an integrated understanding of perceived biodiversity values and environmental conditions in a national park. Ecol Indic. 72:278–287. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.07.029.
  • Vietnam Forest Protection and Development Fund [VNFF]. 2014. Payments for forest environmental services (PFES) in Vietnam findings from three years of implementation. Hanoi: VNFF. Online available at: 5066-factsheets.pdf (cifor.org).
  • Whitehead JC. 2018. A comment on “Three reasons to use annual payments in contingent valuation”. J Environ Econ Manag. 88:486–488. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2016.09.004.
  • Wunder S. 2015. Revisiting the concept of payments for environmental services. Ecol Econ. 117:234–243. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2014.08.016.
  • Xie B, Zhao W. 2018. Willingness to pay for green electricity in Tianjin, China: based on the contingent valuation method. Energy Policy. 114:98–107. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.11.067.
  • Xiong K, Kong F, Zhang N, Lei N, Sun C. 2018. Analysis of the factors influencing willingness to pay and payout level for ecological environment improvement of the Ganjiang River Basin. Sustainability. 10(7):2149. doi: 10.3390/su10072149.
  • Zaiton S, Huda-Farhana MM, Hasan-Basri B. 2019. Conservation of mangroves in Kuala Perlis, Malaysia – a case study of socio-economic attributes of fishermen driving valuation in sustaining livelihoods through forest management. J Trop For Sci. 31(4):433–442. doi: 10.26525/jtfs2019.31.4.433.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.