WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR PAYMENT ENVIROMENTAL SERVICES OF RAWA BIRU LAKE IN MERAUKE DISTRICT
Maria Maghdalena Diana Widiastuti
Universitas Musamus Merauke
Jl. Kamizaun Mopah Lama Kabupaten Merauke
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ABSTRACT
Rawa biru is one of the clean water sources for community in Merauke district. Now, Rawa biru has decreasing water flow,narrowing the lack and water pollution because of human aktivities. Payment enviromental service will be used to overcome damage of water.This mechanism begins with the study of willingness to pay form water users. The purpose of this research to obtain how much willingness to pay water users, analyzing factor that affected the willingness to pay, iidentifies adaption mechanism community to overcome water shortage. The result show thats 90% of respondent have willingness to pay between Rp 4000-8000. The factors that affect the willingness to pay are gender, education, preferences of water quality and income. Adaptations mechanis, for lack of water issue is 92% of respondent has alternative water source, even their water source has low water quality such colored and brackish. 71% buys the gallon refill water for drinking and cooking water. The conslutioins of this research are payment enviromental service could be implemented in Rawa biru because many of respondent have willingness to pay with several factors influenced their decisions. The respondents also have an adaption to issue of water shortage.
Keyword : willingness to pay, payment enviromental service, water