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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2023, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (12): 152-166.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20230015

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Wildlife Accident, Compensation for Damage Caused by Wildlife and Farmers’ Willingness to Protect Wildlife

Junfeng Chen,Yi Xie*   

  1. School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University Beijing 100083
  • Received:2023-01-11 Online:2023-12-25 Published:2024-01-08
  • Contact: Yi Xie

Abstract:

Objective: The willingness of farmers to protect wildlife is related to the effectiveness of wildlife protection, and is the endogenous driving force for the harmonious coexistence between human and nature. To explore the impact of wildlife accident and wildlife damage compensation on farmers’ willingness to protect wildlife, to provide theoretical support for preventing and controlling wildlife accident, optimizing wildlife damage compensation mechanism and improving farmers’ willingness to protect wildlife, and to provide decision-making reference for promoting the modernization of harmonious coexistence between human and nature. Method: A theoretical analysis framework was constructed around the wildlife accident, wildlife damage compensation and farmers’ wildlife protection intention. Based on the survey data of 837 farmers in active wildlife areas of Yunnan Province, the effects of wildlife accident and wildlife damage compensation on farmers’ wildlife protection intention were empirically tested using the multiple ordered Logit model. The regulating effect of wildlife damage compensation on the relationship between wildlife damage and farmers’ willingness to protect wildlife was further investigated. Result: 1) The wildlife accident had a negative effect on farmers’ wildlife protection intention. The more severe the wildlife accident, the lower the farmers’ wildlife protection intention; 2) With the increase of wildlife damage compensation level, the impact of wildlife damage compensation on farmers’ wildlife protection intention was first "promoted" and then "inhibited", and the impact mechanism was "inverted U-shaped", with an inflection point at 53.39% of the compensation level; 3) Wildlife damage compensation can regulate the negative impact of wildlife accidents on farmers’ wildlife protection intentions, and play a regulatory role of "weakening" and then "strengthening"; 4) The effects of wildlife accident and wildlife damage compensation on farmers’ wildlife protection intentions are heterogeneous in different regions, different cultural beliefs and different income levels. The regulatory effects of wildlife accident and wildlife damage compensation have a greater impact on farmers in areas with abundant wildlife resources, strong cultural beliefs in wildlife and higher income levels. Conclusion: Wildlife accidents reduce farmers’ willingness to protect wildlife, and wildlife damage compensation plays a nonlinear regulating role of first "weakening" and then "strengthening" in the negative impact of wildlife accidents on farmers’ willingness to protect wildlife. It is suggested that in the process of promoting harmonious coexistence between human and wildlife, we should strengthen the prevention and control of wildlife accidents, optimize the compensation mechanism of wildlife damage, and build a sustainable wildlife protection mechanism.

Key words: wildlife accidents, compensation for damage caused by wildlife, farmer, willingness to protect wildlife, regulatory effect

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