USING CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR MANGROVE FOREST: A STUDY IN WEST LOMBOK,INDONESIA
Abstract
Mangrove ecosystem provides a range of market and non-marketed goods and services. It serves as a
natural protection from storm, flood and abrasion. It also plays an important role in reducing the impact of
land pollution to the sea. However, the total value of mangrove products is not easily recognized, thus they
often neglected. As a result, mangrove forests often be converted in order to generate directly marketable
products, such as aquaculture that might lead to massive economic lost for the surrounding community once
natural disaster such as storm happen in the location