The Analysis of Farmers' Willingness to Accept and Its Influencing Factors for Ecological Compensation of Poyang Lake Wetland

摘要

Based on the household-level survey data, the authors adopt the contingent valuation method (CVM) and Ordinal Logistic model to study the farmers' willingness to accept and its influencing factors for ecological compensation of Poyang Lake Wetland. Results show that 87.80% of farmers are willing to accept ecological compensation, with an average price of $858.81/household per year. The influencing factors that significantly influence farmers' WTA include household education years, number of family members, Source of income, residential location, emphasis on improvement of wetland resources, arable land area, and contracted water area.