Paying for Environmental Services: Using the Contingent Valuation Method to Estimate Willingness to Pay for Conservation in the Sho’llet Forest, Peru

In Sho’llet Forest, Peru, the contingent valuation survey method was used to assess low-income people’s willingness to pay for ES, especially in addressing the impact of construction of high voltage electricity towers on the forest. After clearance thirteen years ago, no vegetation has grown in the cleared path