Linking social norms to efficient conservation investment in payments for ecosystem services

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23316673
AutoresXiaodong Chen (0000-0003-2419-1836, Advanced Neural Dynamics (United States)), Frank Lupi (0000-0003-2287-2259, Advanced Neural Dynamics (United States)), Guangming He (Advanced Neural Dynamics (United States)), Jianguo Liu (0000-0001-6344-0087, Advanced Neural Dynamics (United States))
Ano2009
Volume106
Fascículo28
Páginas11812-11817
Data de publicação2009-07-14
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0027-8424 • E-ISSN: 1091-6490
EditoraNational Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1073/pnas.0809980106
PMID19564610
PMCIDPMC2703664
OpenAlexW2134301151
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas72
Referências citadas54

An increasing amount of investment has been devoted to protecting and restoring ecosystem services worldwide. The efficiency of conservation investments, including payments for ecosystem services (PES), has been found to be affected by biological, political, economic, demographic, and social factors, but little is known about the effects of social norms at the neighborhood level. As a first attempt to quantify the effects of social norms, we studied the effects of a series of possible factors on people's intentions of maintaining forest on their Grain-to-Green Program (GTGP) land plots if the program ends. GTGP is one of the world's largest PES programs and plays an important role in global conservation efforts. Our study was conducted in China's Wolong Nature Reserve, home to the world-famous endangered giant pandas and >4,500 farmers. We found that, in addition to conservation payment amounts and program duration, social norms at the neighborhood level had significant impacts on program re-enrollment, suggesting that social norms can be used to leverage participation to enhance the sustainability of conservation benefits from PES programs. Moreover, our results demonstrate that economic and demographic trends also have profound implications for sustainable conservation. Thus, social norms should be incorporated with economic and demographic trends for efficient conservation investments.

Biology · Business · Economics · Ecosystem · Ecosystem services · Endangered species · Environmental resource management · Investment (military) · Leverage (statistics) · Natural resource economics · Payment · Payment for ecosystem services · Political science · Politics · Public economics · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Finance · Land Use and Ecosystem Services