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Revista Chapingo serie ciencias forestales y del ambiente
versión On-line ISSN 2007-4018versión impresa ISSN 2007-3828
Resumen
TELLO, Diego Sebastián; PRADA, Jorge Dante de y CRISTECHE, Estela Raquel. Economic valuation of the calden (Prosopis caldenia Burkart) forest in the south of Córdoba, Argentina. Rev. Chapingo ser. cienc. for. ambient [online]. 2018, vol.24, n.3, pp.297-312. Epub 19-Feb-2021. ISSN 2007-4018. https://doi.org/10.5154/r.rchscfa.2017.03.027.
Introduction:
The native forest of calden is a natural ecosystem that produces valuable ecosystem goods and services for society; however, it has been replaced for the production of commercial, agricultural and livestock goods.
Objective:
To estimate the economic value of a conservation program for ecosystem services of the remnant of the native calden (Prosopis caldenia Burkart) forest in the south of the province of Córdoba, Argentina.
Materials and methods:
The study area corresponds to a remnant forest of 37 648 ha. The willingness to pay (WTP) was obtained from a contingent valuation survey; 361 questionnaires were applied. The sampling unit was the household. A multistage cluster sampling was used in the city of Río Cuarto and a simple random sampling in Villa Huidobro.
Results and discussion:
The estimated WTP showed goodness of fit and most of the estimated coefficients were statistically significant (P < 0.05) and consistent with what was theoretically expected. The WTP increases with household income and decreases as the consulted amount of money to pay increases. The average WTP for a conservation program of the native calden forest is 52 ± 8 ARS (11.45 ± 1.76 USD) monthly per household.
Conclusion:
The majority of the urban population of southern Córdoba does not use forest ecosystem services; however, they are willing to pay to maintain or increase forest ecosystem services.
Palabras llave : Contingent valuation; dry native forest; ecosystem services; willingness to pay.