Investigating the level of willingness to pay and assessing ecosystem services are among fundamental steps for achieving sustainable development. This study aimed to assess the local stakeholders’ willingness to pay for preserving and restoring of Rameh rangelands, Aradan district of Semnan province using the logit model. The number of questionnaires was determined 67 by using Michael and Carson's relationship, but to improve the results, 120 questionnaires were completed. We proposed 15,000 Rials as an initial value for willingness to pay for the conservation and rehabilitation of rangelands by local stakeholders based on a pre-test. The final willingness to pay was 81530 Rials based on the conditional valuation method and the completion of a two-dimensional questionnaire. The logit model determined the factors that affect the probability of accepting the proposed amount. Results indicated that the size of proposed amount, age, gender, occupation, education, proposition (moralization or interest-seeking), the number of visitors and family’s income could be effective on the probability of accepting the proposed amount for protecting the Ramah rangelands.

Keywords: Willingness to pay, Rameh, Logit model, Conditional valuation, Range conservation.

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