Integrating Aspects of Ecosystem Dimensions into Sorghum and Wheat Production Areas in Kinmen,Taiwan |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Business Administration, National Quemoy University, No. 1, University Rd., Jinning Township, Kinmen, 892, Taiwan, ROC;2. Department of Long-term Care, National Quemoy University, No. 1, University Rd., Jinning Township, Kinmen, 892, Taiwan, ROC;3. Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Ecology and Sustainability, College of Environmental Studies, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Rd. Shoufeng, Hualien, 97401, Taiwan, ROC;4. Department of Business Administration, MingDao University, Wen-Hua Rd., Pitou, Changhua, Taiwan, ROC;1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA;2. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA;3. Delta Electronics Foundation, Taipei 114, Taiwan;4. Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan;5. Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada L7R 4A6;6. Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;7. Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan;1. Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern, Switzerland;2. Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) University of Bern, Switzerland and CETRAD (Centre for Training and Integrated Research In ASAL Development), Nanyuki, Kenya;3. CETRAD (Centre for Training and Integrated Research In ASAL Development), Nanyuki, Kenya;4. French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) and International Land Coalition (ILC), Rome, Italy;1. Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Maribor, Koro?ka 160, Maribor, Slovenia;2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Koro?ka 160, Maribor, Slovenia;3. DOPPS-BirdLife Slovenia, Tr?a?ka cesta 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia;4. Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Pivola 10, Ho?e, Slovenia;1. Laboratory of Ecology and Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems, UNISINOS, Av. Unisinos, 950, CEP 93.022-750, São Leopoldo, Brazil;2. Wetlands Section, Regional Center of Water Studies, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain;1. Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Bělidla 986/4a, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic;2. Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), Helsinki, Finland;3. Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, NR4 Norwich, England, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Balancing conservation and development with ecosystem services is a popular topic for the sustainable development of agricultural land today. This study establishes an evaluation framework to explore the heterogeneous preferences of tourists and residents for the ecosystem functions of agricultural land in Kinmen, Taiwan. The results showed that respondents preferred to transform the current farming type into sustainable agriculture, increase species habitats, plan wheat and sorghum landscape areas, and combine ecotourism with local cultural activities. Tourists had a higher marginal willingness to pay for farmland conservation than residents. People who supported the conservation program of agricultural land in sorghum and wheat production areas tended to 1) be female, 2) be tourists, 3) have higher education, and 4) have higher monthly income. The results suggest that policymakers must improve ecosystem functions with agricultural ecosystem function support funds, consistent with the guaranteed-price purchase policy in the Kinmen sorghum and wheat areas, for sustainable development. |
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| Keywords: | Ecosystem services Policy making Sustainable land management Economic evaluation Heterogeneity |
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