Indian Streams Research Journal

Volume : VI, Issue : II, March - 2016

ECONOMIC VALUATION OF WETLAND BIODIVERSITY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RURAL AND URBAN WETLANDS OF WEST BENGAL

Anwarul Haque, -

By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

The present study was devoted to delineate the significance of economic valuation of wetland-based biodiversity. This study attempted to achieve this objective by estimating the willingness to pay for the conservation and management of two selected wetlands of West Bengal. Along with this it tried to delineate factors which influence it. The comparative analysis of the two selected wetlands was undertaken to capture and explain differences and similarities in wetland values on different socio-economic and locational grounds. One of the most important factors which have heavily contributed to degradation of wetlands is the lack of understanding of their economic, ecological and socio-cultural values among all the stakeholders.

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• Willingness to Pay
• Willingness to Pay
• Willingness to Pay

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8. Das, T. K., Moitra, B., Raichaudhuri, A. and Jash, T. (2000). “Degradation of Water Bodies and Wetlands in West Bengal: Inter-action with Economic Development.” Final Report, Project funded by Environmental Economics Research Committee (EERC), World Bank Aided‘India: Environmental Management Capacity Building Programme’.
9. Bhatt, and Abdullah, (2013). “Valuing Biodiversity of Ramsar Wetlands of Kashmir-A Study of Hokera Wetland Reserve in North-Western Himalayas”. Asia Pacific Journal of Environment and development, 20v-21v: 57-76.
10. Bradley S. Jorgensen, Mathew A. Wilson and Thomas A. Heberlein. (2001). “Analysis Fairness in the Contingent Valuation of Environmental Public Goods: Attitude toward Paying for Environmental Improvements at Two Levels of Scope.” Ecological Economics, 36(2001):133 – 148.
11. Das, T. K., Moitra, B., Raichaudhuri, A. and Jash, T. (2000). “Degradation of Water Bodies and Wetlands in West Bengal: Inter-action with Economic Development.” Final Report, Project funded by Environmental Economics Research Committee (EERC), World Bank Aided‘India: Environmental Management Capacity Building Programme’.
12. Bhatt, and Abdullah, (2013). “Valuing Biodiversity of Ramsar Wetlands of Kashmir-A Study of Hokera Wetland Reserve in North-Western Himalayas”. Asia Pacific Journal of Environment and development, 20v-21v: 57-76.

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