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Bequest Motive for Conservation in Forest Production Communities

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  • Juan Manuel Torres Rojo

    (Division of Economics, CIDE)

  • A. Guevara
  • D.B. Bray

Abstract

The study confirms the existence of a bequest motive, or intergenerational value, closely related to the conservation of forests in poor rural communities with communal forests under logging. A survey with contingent valuation type of questions was applied to the households of two populations living in two contrasting forest communities. Results show that 83% and 71% of head of households declared a willingness to make an altruistic sacrifice for the subsequent enjoyment of their children from this forest resource, measured in different ways. Variables such as age, gender, income, education and forest type are closely related to the bequest motive, as other literature has found to be the case regarding private forest owners. Differences among communities show that the larger the benefits they obtain from the forest resources they own, the larger the bequest motive.

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  • Juan Manuel Torres Rojo & A. Guevara & D.B. Bray, 2006. "Bequest Motive for Conservation in Forest Production Communities," Working papers DTE 359, CIDE, División de Economía.
    • Handle: RePEc:emc:wpaper:dte359
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    Keywords

    Bequest Motive; Conservation; Forest Production Communities;
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    JEL classification:

    • L73 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - Forest Products
    • Q27 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Issues in International Trade

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