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Willingness to pay for the conservation of the Mauritian flying fox
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences, Social Sciences.
Open University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
International Proximity, Cybercity, Ebene., Mauritius.
2021 (English)In: Global Ecology and Conservation, ISSN 2351-9894, Vol. 26, article id e01504Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The threatened Mauritian Flying Fox (Pteropus niger) has been facing repeated mass-culling since 2015 due to the perceived damage to commercial fruits. The significant reduction in numbers from that period had led to its International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Status being up-listed to endangered status. The purpose of the study is to employ a contingency valuation method (CVM) to determine the factors influencing the decision to contribute and how much to contribute for conserving the Mauritian Flying Fox by the Mauritian public in the midst of the human-wildlife conflict (HWC). A household drop-off survey with a sample size of 525 observations was employed. Favourable environmental attitudes, higher perceived ability to contribute (PAC), better knowledge about bats, higher aesthetic value of bats and lower negativistic attitudes towards bats were found to increase the probability of contributing to the conservation of the species. Conditional on these results, individuals with higher knowledge about bats and perceived ability to contribute were found willing to pay more for conserving the species. The findings help us to draw attention on the perspective of supporting a preservation fund for the Mauritian Flying Fox.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2021. Vol. 26, article id e01504
Keywords [en]
Contingent valuation, culling, fruit bats, human-wildlife conflict
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Economics
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Economics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-83094DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01504ISI: 000641413000020Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85102436141OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-83094DiVA, id: diva2:1531667
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Validerad;2021;Nivå 2;2021-03-23 (johcin)

Available from: 2021-02-26 Created: 2021-02-26 Last updated: 2021-05-20Bibliographically approved

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