| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中興大學 === 應用經濟學系所 === 105 === Taiwan, for the past fifty years, the rapid economic growth and land over-exploitation, led to the gradual expansion of the scope of human’s activities into the mountains areas. Many wild animals are facing a serious crisis of survival because the habitat is destroyed. One of the endangered species is the Eurasian otter. In the past two decades, there have been no official reports of the otters in the wild areas of Taiwan, except for Kinmen. However, recent infrastructure development in Kinmen is leading to the destruction of the original environment of otter.
Moreover, otter belongs to non-market goods. In this study, we use the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) to evaluate the Taiwanese people’s willingness to pay (WTP) for the conservation of Eurasian otter. The interviewees were randomly selected from a population sample to answer the questionnaire. The inquiry method is single-bounded dichotomous choice and double-bounded dichotomous choice of closed-ended bidding method. We use STATA in the empirical model to evaluate the personal per year WTP of Taiwanese ranges from NT 935 to NT 1,142.
In recent years, there is a high awareness of Taiwanese people regarding environmental protection. Conservation groups are involved in the issue by submitting petitions in favor of conservation of otter’s natural environment. The government is also actively promoting conservation knowledge. Therefore, a dynamic cooperation between government, scholars, conservation groups and people would greatly contribute to strengthen the environmental impact assessment, and to conservation and sustainable development of wildlife natural resources.
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