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Selected Works of Sahan Dissanayake
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Valuing Grassland Restoration: Proximity to Substitutes and Trade-offs among Conservation Attributes
Land Economics (2014)
  • Sahan T.M. Dissanayake, Portland State University
  • Amy W. Ando
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Abstract
We demonstrate how choice experiment survey methods can be used to guide ecosystem restoration efforts. We use a choice experiment survey to estimate willingness to pay (WTP) for different attributes of restored grassland ecosystems. We find that the presence of nearby grasslands increases a respondent’s WTP and that species richness, population density, and the presence of endangered species are all significant factors that contribute to the respondent’s WTP. This implies that all these conservation success measures should be taken into account in planning and in research. To our knowledge this is the first study to calculate the WTP for grasslands. 
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Publication Date
2014
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© 2014 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
Citation Information
Dissanayake, S. T., & Ando, A. W. (2014). Valuing grassland restoration: proximity to substitutes and trade-offs among conservation attributes. Land Economics, 90(2), 237-259.