Research Article
Using the Contingent Grouping Method to Value Forest Attributes
Table 2
Attributes and levels used in the choice sets.
| | Attribute | Description | Levels |
| | Picnic | Picnicking allowed in the new forests
(BAU* = No) | Yes
No | | Drive | Driving by car allowed through the new forests would be allowed
(BAU = No) | Yes
No
| | Mushrooms | Picking mushrooms allowed in the new forests
(BAU = No) | Yes
No
| | CO2 | CO2 sequestered annually by the new forests. Equivalent to the pollution produced annually by a city of...
(BAU = 0) | 300.000 people
400.000 people
500.000 people
600.000 people | | Erosion | Erosion risk
(If not afforested, land would become unproductive....)**
(BAU = 100) | After 100 years
After 300 years
After 500 years
After 700 years | | Payment | The afforestation cost per person and year
(BAU = 0) | 6 euros
12 euros
18 euros
24 euros |
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BAU: business-as-usual alternative. **If afforested, erosion would be prevented indefinitely.
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