Funding Conservation Locally: Insights from Behavioral Experiments in Indonesia

• Published in: Conservation letters Vol. 11; no. 2
• Main Authors: Nelson, Katherine M., Schlüter, Achim, Vance, Colin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Behavior; Behavioral economics; Community; Conservation; Coral reefs; corals; Developing countries; donation; Donations; Earnings; Ecosystems; Experiments; field experiment; funding; Hypotheses; Indonesia; LDCs; Marine resources; people; public services and goods; villages; volunteer; willingness to pay; Sulawesi; Indonesia

Proximate stressors such as destructive fishing are key drivers of coral reef degradation. Conservation strategies that marshal local action and are tailored to the preferences of the target group are thus needed to sustain coral resources. We experimentally analyze the behavior of marine resource u...