Investigating the factors affecting the willingness to accept and willingness to reduce planting of the farmers in the west basin of Jazmourian wetland in order to restore the wetland

As one of the most important factors on the earth, water is important for drinking as well as other human and natural-related uses. Thus, in most countries, water scarcity has become a serious crisis. Therefore, management of and conservation of water resources have been of great importance. Iran is considered as an arid and semi-arid country in the world, which necessitates paying more attention to these valuable resources. Wetlands are one of the most important water sources in the country. Jazmoryan wetland is one of the important wetlands in the country, which has faced considerable damages because of several reasons such as insufficient rainfall, occurrence of drought in the region, upstream dam construction, and lack of providing water use right. Considering the importance and key role of this wetland in agriculture and preserving the ecosystem in the region, in this research the restoration and conservation value of Jazmourian wetland and the willingness to accept and willingness to reduce planting of the farmers in the western basin of this wetland was estimated in two separate patterns for the restoration and protection of the wetland using contingent valuation method. According to the results of both patterns, the variables of education and residential location have a positive impact on the probability of accepting the area under cultivation and the proposed monetary value in order to participate in reduced planting plan, while the variables of household size, household expenses, land ownership, marital status, and the value of area under cultivation have a negative impact on the probability of accepting the area under cultivation and the proposed monetary value. Also, the planting area which farmers voluntarily accept to reduce planting and participate in the reduced planting plan, is equivalent to 0.435 ha per farmer and 264 ha in the whole region. Also, willingness to accept in order to reduce area under planting per ha and participation in the reduced planting plan for each farmer and whole study area in the region was estimated to be 355.69 million Rails and 2030 billion Rails, respectively.