Heterogeneity Impacts of Farmers’ Participation in Payment for Ecosystem Services Based on the Collective Action Framework

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  • Qi, Yunyun
    • Other Affiliation: Anhui Agricultural University
  • Zhang, Tianye
    • Other Affiliation: Anhui Agricultural University
  • Cao, Jing
    • Other Affiliation: Anhui Agricultural University
  • Jin, Cai
    • Other Affiliation: Anhui Agricultural University
  • Chen, Tianyu
    • Other Affiliation: Beijing Forestry University
  • Su, Yue
    • Other Affiliation: Anhui Agricultural University
  • Su, Chong
    • Other Affiliation: Zhejiang University
  • Sannigrahi, Srikanta
    • Other Affiliation: University College Dublin Richview
  • Maiti, Arabinda
    • Other Affiliation: Vidyasagar University
  • Tao, Shiqi
    • Other Affiliation: Clark University
  • Zhang, Qi
    • Affiliation: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography
  • Li, Tan
    • Other Affiliation: Anhui Agricultural University
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  • Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are designed to reduce the impact of human activities on eco-sensitive areas. PES programs often adopt economic-incentive and command-control strategies. Increasing the enthusiasm of farmers’ participation is crucial for the sustainability of PES programs and ecosystem restoration. The watershed ecological compensation in Xin’an River Basin is the first horizontal ecological compensation pilot in China. In this study, economic-incentive strategy and command-control strategies in living and farming are implemented simultaneously to improve water quality. Under the collective action framework, we analyze the drivers of farmers’ participation in three concurrent strategies using hierarchical linear models (HLM). The results show: (1) Overall, 81.79%, 76.26%, and 79.11% of farmers are willing to participate in economic-incentive strategy, command-control strategy in living, and command-control strategy in farming, respectively, while 18.21%, 23.74%, and 20.89% are from the village level. (2) Among statistically significant (p < 0.01) factors at the farmer level, social trust (β = 0.305), and social participation (β = 0.134) have positive effects on the economic-incentive strategy; the number of communication and entertainment equipment has a positive effect on the willingness to participate in command-control strategy in living (β = 0.287) and command-control strategy in farming (β = 0.336). (3) At the village level, village characteristics have a direct impact on the farmers’ willingness to participate in strategies. Village woodland area is positively correlated with strategies participation. In addition, village characteristics play a moderating role by influencing farmers’ sustainable livelihood capital. We conclude that different concurrent strategies and collective actions need to be considered in the design of PES programs, particularly in ecologically sensitive areas, which can enrich the theory of collective action and the connotation of PES.
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  • Attribution 4.0 International
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  • Land
Journal volume
  • 11
Journal issue
  • 11
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  • 2007
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  • English
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  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (71873003, 71503004, 42201281, 32201346)
  • Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, China (Grant No. 2208085QD102)
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  • 2073-445X

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