Economic Valuation for Cidanau Watershed Area, Indonesia
Abstract: The paper describes economic valuation for the Cidanau
watershed area of West
Java in Indonesia.
In this area natural resources
deterioration has occurred even faster after the Asian Financial Crisis. The
deforestation area and pronounced soil erosion seems to go unhindered because
of land use competition among the residents for agricultural space, housing,
etc. In order to prevent the area from further degradation, the purpose of this
paper is to carry out quantitative evaluation which also attempts to raise the
environmental awareness of residents, as well as visitors to the area. Questionnaire
surveys were conducted and analyzed according to the Contingent Valuation
Method (CVM) and the Travel Cost Method (TCM). The results show all respondents
held good attitudes towards the efforts of environmental conservation, but
responded negatively if they had to contribute to the environmental service
payment. Visitors to the Anyer Beach acted differently because most of them
come from faraway locations and have little knowledge of the watershed.
However, the Anyer Beach recorded an environmental valuation of about Rp840
billion, which is a potential source for the service payment of Cidanau
watershed.
Author: Kunihiko Yoshino, Budi Indra
Setiawan, and Hideki
Furuya
Journal Code: jpkehutanangg100002
