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4.7.2.2 Bequest Value
The bequest value is the measure of the willingness of the respondents to reduce the consumption of products that are usually derived from the forest area, combined with
their regular annual consumption of forest products. Table 4.2 shows the research results for the individual household preferences of willingness to reduce the forest products
consumption. Table 4.3 The Willingness to Reduce the Consumption at Three Villages
Factors Tepulang Benung
Dingin A B C A B C A B C
Number 2 15 7 3 12 6 5 24 12 Percentage 8 60 28 12 48 24 11 53 29
Where A = Reduce up to 25 percent
B = Reduce from 26 to 50 percent
C = Reduce from 56 to 100 percent
According to Table 4.2, 8 percent of the total households in the Tepulang Village are willing to reduce their consumption of forest products up to 25 percent. Another 60
percent of the village’s total households are willing to reduce their consumption of forest products up to 50 percent of their regular consumption. Further, 28 percent of this
village’s total household population is even willing to reduce their forest product consumption up to 100 percent. Regularly, the Tepulang Village consumes an average of
6,297,970 rupiah per year per household in forest products. The village consumes 403,070,092 rupiah per year U.S. 44,785 per year. When the percentage is applied to
the regular household consumption per year and after considering the size of the village,
113 the Tepulang Village will save at least 2,743,502 rupiahhectareyear U.S.
304.83hectareyear. This number is called the bequest value. In the Benung Village, almost 12 percent of the total households are willing to
reduce their regular forest product consumption up to 25 percent. Another 48 percent of the total household population is willing to reduce their consumption up to 50 percent.
Further, 24 percent of the total households are even willing to reduce their consumption up to 100 percent. Regularly, the Benung Village consumes an average of 15,691,528
rupiah worth of forest products yearly per household. The village consumes 847,342,512
rupiah per year U.S. 94,149 per year. From the percentages above, the estimation of
the Benung Village’s bequest value after considering the size of the village; is 7,850,294 rupiahhectareyear U.S. 872.26hectareyear.
In the Dingin Village, about 11 percent of the total household population is willing to reduce their regular forest product consumption up to 25 percent. Another 53
percent are willing to reduce their consumption up to 50 percent. The percentage of households that are willing to reduce their regular forest product consumption up to 100
percent is 29 percent. Regularly, the Dingin Village consumes an average of 7,837,624 rupiah worth of forest products yearly per household. The village consumes
1,826,166,496 rupiah per year U.S. 202,907 per year. From the percentages above and
after considering the size of the village, the estimation of the Dingin Village’s bequest value is about 6,553 rupiahhectareyear U.S. 0.73hectareyear.
The average willingness of the three villages to reduce the consumption of forest products, called bequest value for the Benuaq Dayak tribe, is 3,533.45 rupiah per year
U.S. 392.61 per year.
114 Table 4.4 shows summary of the bequest value calculation at three villages and
the Benuaq Dayak tribe. Table 4.4 Summary of the Bequest Value for Three Villages and the Benuaq Dayak
Village Bequest Value U.S.
Tepulang 304.83
Benung 872.26
Dingin 0.73
The Benuaq Dayak tribe 392.61
4.7.2.3 Existence Value
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