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Are Charcoal Makers Willing to Participate in a Scheme of Payment for Environmental Services: A Choice Experiment in the Coastal Forest of Tanzania

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dc.creator Kahyarara, Godius W.
dc.date 2016-03-24T13:34:40Z
dc.date 2016-03-24T13:34:40Z
dc.date 2010
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T09:04:49Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T09:04:49Z
dc.identifier Kahyarara, Godius W.; (2010). Are Charcoal Makers Willing to Participate in a Scheme of Payment for Environmental Services: A Choice Experiment in the Coastal Forest of Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation. ISSN: 1856-0315, Vol 80, No 2.
dc.identifier 1856-0315
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1371
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4552
dc.description Full text can be accessed at http://www.ajol.info/index.php/tjfnc/article/view/89361
dc.description Economic instruments such as Payment for Environmental Services (PES) have become very popular to jointly address poverty alleviation and sustainable management of natural resources. In this paper we focus on the suppliers of the environmental services in a case study in the Coastal Belt Forests of Tanzania. A Choice Experiment is conducted to determine charcoal makers' willingness to participate in a PES scheme and the compensation necessary to make them give up their destructive – but vital income generating – forest activities, mainly charcoal production. We find that this willingness does exist, especially if other cash generating alternatives are offered. However we also conclude that a PES alone will not be sufficient to halt the destruction of the Coastal Forests if nothing is done to curb the growing urban demand for charcoal.
dc.language en
dc.subject charcoal makers
dc.subject environmental services
dc.subject oastal forest
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.title Are Charcoal Makers Willing to Participate in a Scheme of Payment for Environmental Services: A Choice Experiment in the Coastal Forest of Tanzania
dc.type Journal Article


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