The Impact of Deforestation on Nature-Based Recreation: Evidence from Citizen Science Data in Mexico

IF 1.3 4区经济学 Q3 ECONOMICS

Land Economics Pub Date : 2021-10-20 DOI:10.3368/le.98.1.031020-0036r1

Wei Chen, J. E. Flatnes, D. Miteva, H. Klaiber

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Abstract

We use citizen science eBird data to investigate the effect of deforestation on birdwatching across Mexico. Using detailed data on individual trips reported to eBird, we construct annual count data on visits to 1,810 Mexican municipalities from 2008 to 2016 to examine how deforestation affects visitation patterns. We find that a municipality, experiencing an increase in deforestation equivalent to the average deforestation over our study period, would see birdwatching visits decrease by 4.4% a year. The results also provide an application of citizen science data using an underused source of information on economic behavior in an otherwise limited data environment.

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森林砍伐对基于自然的娱乐的影响:来自墨西哥公民科学数据的证据

我们使用公民科学eBird数据来调查砍伐森林对墨西哥观鸟的影响。利用向eBird报告的个人旅行的详细数据，我们构建了2008年至2016年1,810个墨西哥城市的年度访问量数据，以研究森林砍伐如何影响游客模式。我们发现，在我们的研究期间，一个城市的森林砍伐速度相当于平均森林砍伐速度，观鸟人数每年会减少4.4%。研究结果还提供了公民科学数据的应用，在有限的数据环境中，利用未充分利用的经济行为信息源。

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