Consumer Perceptions of the Commodification and Related Conservation of Traditional Indigenous Naxi Forest Products as Credence Goods (China)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Commodified Traditional Knowledge and Credence Goods
3. Methodology
3.1. Case Study
3.2. Survey Design
4. Survey Findings
4.1. Sample Description
4.2. Limited Knowledge of Local Conditions
4.3. High Support for TK Preservation, Relatively High WTP
4.4. Government Least Preferred to Manage TK Funds
4.5. Education Correlated to WTP and TK Support
5. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviation
CBD | Convention on Biological Diversity |
LATKA | Legal Aid for Traditional Knowledge and Arts |
NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
TK | Traditional Knowledge |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
WTP | Willingness to pay |
Appendix
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Corr_3 | Corr_4 | Corr_5 | Score | Suppor | Wilpay | Wilpay | Wilpaym | Sex | Age | Educ | Countr | |
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2 | 1 | 0.03 | −0.14 | 0.09 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.03 | 0.16 | −0.02 | 0.11 | −0.1 | −0.02 | 0 | −0.15 | 0.07 | −0.05 | −0.14 | −0.02 |
3 | 1 | 0.32 | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.05 | −0.72 | −0.26 | −0.06 | −0.56 | −0.22 | −0.14 | −0.02 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.05 | −0.08 | 0.03 | |
4 | 1 | 0.09 | 0.11 | −0.08 | −0.12 | −0.35 | −0.91 | 0.01 | −0.75 | −0.04 | 0 | 0.02 | −0.06 | −0.07 | 0 | 0.02 | −0.07 | ||
5 | 1 | 0.16 | 0.2 | 0.04 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.44 | −0.14 | −0.26 | −0.19 | −0.23 | −0.16 | −0.1 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.01 | |||
6 | 1 | 0.14 | 0.16 | −0.01 | −0.1 | −0.01 | −0.07 | −0.07 | −0.27 | 0.04 | −0.06 | −0.03 | 0 | −0.03 | 0 | ||||
7 | 1 | 0.14 | −0.17 | 0.03 | −0.05 | −0.09 | −0.35 | −0.3 | −0.36 | 0.06 | −0.05 | −0.21 | −0.15 | 0.05 | |||||
8 | 1 | −0.02 | 0.1 | 0.02 | 0.06 | −0.07 | −0.07 | −0.11 | −0.05 | 0.08 | 0.12 | −0.04 | 0.04 | ||||||
corr_3 | 1 | 0.38 | 0.08 | 0.79 | 0.2 | 0.12 | 0.1 | 0.02 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.07 | −0.05 | |||||||
corr_4 | 1 | −0.01 | 0.82 | 0.01 | −0.02 | −0.03 | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.01 | −0.03 | 0.05 | ||||||||
corr_5 | 1 | 0.29 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.01 | −0.02 | −0.07 | 0.04 | 0.02 | |||||||||
score | 1 | 0.13 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.02 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ||||||||||
support | 1 | 0.78 | 0.31 | 0.09 | −0.1 | 0.14 | 0.24 | −0.08 | |||||||||||
wilpay | 1 | 0.24 | 0.09 | −0.14 | 0.12 | 0.24 | −0.06 | ||||||||||||
wilpay2 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.18 | −0.11 | |||||||||||||
wilpaym | 1 | −0.06 | −0.01 | 0.02 | −0.02 | ||||||||||||||
sex | 1 | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.02 | |||||||||||||||
age | 1 | 0.09 | −0.06 | ||||||||||||||||
educ | 1 | −0.16 | |||||||||||||||||
country | 1 |
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(1) Pay Directly to Farmers Who Provide the Plant Material | (2) Provide Funds to a Naxi Dongba Paper Production Cooperative, Thus Ensuring the Preservation and Continuation of the Traditional Papermaking Skills | (3) Provide Funds to a Civic Organization to Be Used for the Preservation of Naxi Traditional Culture, Thus Ensuring That Preservation of the Cultural Environment | (4) Transfer the Funds to the Government, Leave It up to the Government to Allot the Funding to Particular Targets | (5) Other | |
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Percentage (number) of respondents who allocated all funds to only one stakeholder | 3.10% (9) | 0.34% (1) | 3.10% (9) | 2.07% (6) | 0.34% (1) |
Percentage (number) of respondents who did not allocate any funds for a particular stakeholder | 6.90% (20) | 11.38% (33) | 8.97% (26) | 46.55% (135) | 92.41% (268) |
(1) Pay Directly to Farmers Who Provide the Plant Material | (2) Provide Funds to a Naxi Dongba Paper Production Cooperative, Thus Ensuring the Preservation and Continuation of the Traditional Papermaking Skills | (3) Provide Funds to a Civic Organization to Be Used for the Preservation of Naxi Traditional Culture, Thus Ensuring that Preservation of the Cultural Environment | (4) Transfer the Funds to the Government, Leave It up to the Government to Allot the Funding to Particular Targets | (5) Other | |
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Sum of all allocated funds | 9,330,000 | 7,370,000 | 8,190,000 | 3,720,000 | 390,000 |
Median for person per category | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 10,000 | 0 |
Mode for person per category | 30,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 0 | 0 |
Mean for person per category | 32,200 | 25,400 | 28,200 | 12,800 | 1300 |
Std Dev | 17,500 | 13,000 | 17,600 | 17,300 | 8900 |
Variance | 30,800 | 16,900 | 31,100 | 29,900 | 8000 |
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Rokpelnis, K.; Ho, P.; Cheng, G.; Zhao, H. Consumer Perceptions of the Commodification and Related Conservation of Traditional Indigenous Naxi Forest Products as Credence Goods (China). Sustainability 2018, 10, 3801. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103801
Rokpelnis K, Ho P, Cheng G, Zhao H. Consumer Perceptions of the Commodification and Related Conservation of Traditional Indigenous Naxi Forest Products as Credence Goods (China). Sustainability. 2018; 10(10):3801. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103801
Chicago/Turabian StyleRokpelnis, Karlis, Peter Ho, Gong Cheng, and Heng Zhao. 2018. "Consumer Perceptions of the Commodification and Related Conservation of Traditional Indigenous Naxi Forest Products as Credence Goods (China)" Sustainability 10, no. 10: 3801. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10103801