Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism

Nature's contributions to people (NCP) are fundamental to human well-being. In particular, non-material NCP, defined as effects on personal perspectives which enhance people's quality of life, are currently the most abstract and least well-defined NCP. Avian scavengers are a globally threa...

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Autores: García-Jiménez, Ruth, Morales-Reyes, Zebensui, Pérez-García, Juan M., Margalida, Antoni
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Conservation economics
Cultural ecosystem services
Ecotourism
Vulture restaurant
Vultures
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spelling Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourismGarcía-Jiménez, RuthMorales-Reyes, ZebensuiPérez-García, Juan M.Margalida, AntoniConservation economicsCultural ecosystem servicesEcotourismVulture restaurantVulturesNature's contributions to people (NCP) are fundamental to human well-being. In particular, non-material NCP, defined as effects on personal perspectives which enhance people's quality of life, are currently the most abstract and least well-defined NCP. Avian scavengers are a globally threatened guild that plays a key role in our society but currently only valued for their NCP of disease control and carcass removal. We describe the first economic valuation of the recreational and educational experiences brought by avian scavenger-based tourism in Spain, concretely, at vulture supplementary feeding sites (SFS) in the Pyrenees and their important contribution to the incomes of the local human population. Between February 2018 and January 2020, we collected information on the management and characteristics of 53 (c. 80%) of the Pyrenean SFS using telephone interviews and questionnaires. We estimated that photography and avian scavenger-watching at SFS produce an average of US $4.90 ± 2.67 million annually, including US $2.53 ± 1.36 million in direct economic benefits to the local population. Using a conservative economic approach, this study is one of only a few to value some of the important non-material contribution provided by avian scavengers to our society. Our study also suggests that further research on non-material NCP provided by avian scavengers at SFS is needed. Finally, we discuss the delicate balance between recreational experiences arising from wildlife-based tourism and biodiversity conservation, contrasting the contribution of SFS to the income of local human populations against the problems they raise for vulture conservation.This study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (project CGL2015-66966-C2-2-R), Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (project RTI2018-099609-B-C22), and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG V - A - España - Francia - Andorra (POCTEFA 2014 - 2020 program, project ECOGYP EFA 089/15). RGJ was supported by a pre-doctoral grant (FPI/BES-2016-077510) granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. ZMR was supported by a postdoctoral contract cofunded by the Generalitat Valenciana and the European Social Fund (APOSTD/2019/016).Peer reviewedElsevierMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)InterregEuropean CommissionConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202220222021info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/259451reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2015-66966-C2-2-Rinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/RTI2018-099609-B-C22https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107088Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2594512026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism
title Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism
spellingShingle Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism
García-Jiménez, Ruth
Conservation economics
Cultural ecosystem services
Ecotourism
Vulture restaurant
Vultures
title_short Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism
title_full Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism
title_fullStr Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism
title_full_unstemmed Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism
title_sort Economic valuation of non-material contributions to people provided by avian scavengers: Harmonizing conservation and wildlife-based tourism
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García-Jiménez, Ruth
Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Pérez-García, Juan M.
Margalida, Antoni
author García-Jiménez, Ruth
author_facet García-Jiménez, Ruth
Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Pérez-García, Juan M.
Margalida, Antoni
author_role author
author2 Morales-Reyes, Zebensui
Pérez-García, Juan M.
Margalida, Antoni
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
Interreg
European Commission
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Conservation economics
Cultural ecosystem services
Ecotourism
Vulture restaurant
Vultures
topic Conservation economics
Cultural ecosystem services
Ecotourism
Vulture restaurant
Vultures
description Nature's contributions to people (NCP) are fundamental to human well-being. In particular, non-material NCP, defined as effects on personal perspectives which enhance people's quality of life, are currently the most abstract and least well-defined NCP. Avian scavengers are a globally threatened guild that plays a key role in our society but currently only valued for their NCP of disease control and carcass removal. We describe the first economic valuation of the recreational and educational experiences brought by avian scavenger-based tourism in Spain, concretely, at vulture supplementary feeding sites (SFS) in the Pyrenees and their important contribution to the incomes of the local human population. Between February 2018 and January 2020, we collected information on the management and characteristics of 53 (c. 80%) of the Pyrenean SFS using telephone interviews and questionnaires. We estimated that photography and avian scavenger-watching at SFS produce an average of US $4.90 ± 2.67 million annually, including US $2.53 ± 1.36 million in direct economic benefits to the local population. Using a conservative economic approach, this study is one of only a few to value some of the important non-material contribution provided by avian scavengers to our society. Our study also suggests that further research on non-material NCP provided by avian scavengers at SFS is needed. Finally, we discuss the delicate balance between recreational experiences arising from wildlife-based tourism and biodiversity conservation, contrasting the contribution of SFS to the income of local human populations against the problems they raise for vulture conservation.
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