Publications [#154852] of Randall Kramer

Book Chapters

1. R.A. Kramer, E.O. Sills, and S.K. Pattanayak, National Parks as Conservation and Development Projects: Gauging Local Support, in chapter 7 Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity-Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges, edited by K.N. Ninan (2009), London: Earthscan Press
   (last updated on 2010/01/30)

   Abstract:
   Over the past 25 years, many millions of dollars have been invested in integrated conservation and development projects associated with parks in developing countries. These projects count on local support, but the degree and distribution of such support is difficult to gauge. Using the contingent valuation method, we found strong local support for two projects that were being launched in Indonesia. Household support for the projects varied with both socioeconomic characteristics and use of park resources. Given the high cost of survey implementation, we explored ways to predict support for park projects at other sites based on a survey at a single site. Potential for such benefit transfer is limited by the difficulty of accounting for households who do not support the project.

   Keywords:
   forest dependence, attitudes, willingness to pay, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, integrated conservation and development, benefits transfer, survey methods