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Protection of mangrove forests entails the decrease and restriction of their injudicioususes by local people and therefore imposes opportunity costs on poor local communities,which often depend on these forest resources for their subsistence. This study aims toquantify the economic opportunity cost of conservation for coastal communities living inareas adjacent to mangrove forests in the southern coasts of Iran. The main commercialuses of the mangrove forests in this area are restricted to fishing, tourist boatingtrips, and limited leaves cutting. We applied a choice experiment method to measure thecosts of the forest exploitation reduction under hypothetical protection scenarios inwhich local users would receive monetary compensation to lessen or forgo mangrove forestutilization. The results showed that local communities are willing to accept lowercompensation when the protection is meant to decrease the frequency of Hara cutting andfishing, as opposed to banning recreational opportunities. The mean WTA was estimated tobe 55 662 500 IRR.hsld-1.yr-1 (2026 USD), which was generally lower than opportunitycosts in the form of foregone income. Before implementing any policies related to equity,our findings can provide policymakers with useful prior knowledge and prescription

Coastal Communities WTA Compensation for conservation of mangrove forests: a choice experiment approach