TY - BOOK
T1 - The costs and benefits of managing wild geese in Scotland
AU - MacMillan, Douglas
AU - Hanley, Nick
AU - Wright, Robert
N1 - Research findings at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/157904/0042673.pdf
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In terms of general attitudes, the study finds that
people rate wildlife conservation as an important
component of rural policy. Wild geese conservation is
rated as less important than most other conservation
issues raised with the public. Despite this, there was
clear majority support for geese conservation policy,
even when this is costly. The willingness-to-pay
surveys found that different attributes of goose
conservation policy were valued differently by the
various groups. For instance, the general public and
visitors were willing to pay between £7-£19 per
household per year for a management policy that did
not involve shooting. Residents, on the other hand,
were not willing to pay anything for this type of policy.
The qualitative and quantitative research strongly
suggests that all groups favoured conservation
policies that target endangered species. Statistical
analysis of the willingness to pay results showed that
the general public were not prepared to pay
significantly higher levels of additional taxation for
polices that extended conservation measures to nonendangered
species. Both visitors and local residents
were actually prepared to pay more for a policy that
protected endangered species only, than one that
included all species.
AB - In terms of general attitudes, the study finds that
people rate wildlife conservation as an important
component of rural policy. Wild geese conservation is
rated as less important than most other conservation
issues raised with the public. Despite this, there was
clear majority support for geese conservation policy,
even when this is costly. The willingness-to-pay
surveys found that different attributes of goose
conservation policy were valued differently by the
various groups. For instance, the general public and
visitors were willing to pay between £7-£19 per
household per year for a management policy that did
not involve shooting. Residents, on the other hand,
were not willing to pay anything for this type of policy.
The qualitative and quantitative research strongly
suggests that all groups favoured conservation
policies that target endangered species. Statistical
analysis of the willingness to pay results showed that
the general public were not prepared to pay
significantly higher levels of additional taxation for
polices that extended conservation measures to nonendangered
species. Both visitors and local residents
were actually prepared to pay more for a policy that
protected endangered species only, than one that
included all species.
KW - wild geese
KW - conservation
KW - economic growth
KW - environmental economics
UR - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2001/07/9627/File-1
M3 - Other report
BT - The costs and benefits of managing wild geese in Scotland
CY - Edinburgh, Scotland
ER -