• Willingness to pay for unfamiliar public goods: Preserving cold-water coral in Norway 

      Aanesen, Margrethe; Armstrong, Claire W.; Czajkowski, Mikolaj; Falk-Andersson, Jannike; Hanley, Nick; Navrud, Ståle (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-17)
      The world's largest concentration of cold-water coral (CWC) is found off the Norwegian coast. Most CWC discoveries are recent, posing new challenges for Norwegian coastal and fishery authorities regarding the management of deep-sea resources. Scientific knowledge of CWC is limited, and many citizens have not even heard about them. This creates problems for the application of the stated preference ...
    • Willingness to pay to protect cold water corals 

      Armstrong, Claire W.; Aanesen, Margrethe; van Rensburg, Thomas; Sandorf, Erlend Dancke (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-16)
      There is increasing pressure to use currently untapped resources in the deep sea, raising questions regarding ecosystem service trade‐offs in these often unknown areas. We assessed the trade‐offs between protection of cold‐water coral reefs and economic activities, such as fisheries and petroleum extraction, through a survey of a representative sample of the populations of Norway and Ireland. ...
    • Økonomisk verdsetting av havmiljø : Anvendelse på havområdet utenfor Nordland 

      Armstrong, Claire W.; Kahui, Viktoria; Aanesen, Margrethe (Working paper; Arbeidsnotat, 2008-10)
      I sommer har konflikten om havområdene utenfor Lofoten-Vesterålen toppet seg, med sterke utspill fra fiskerhold om seismikkskyting på fiskefelt. Økende bruk av havet til ulike aktiviteter, det være seg fiske eller petroleumsvirksomhet, oppdrett, transport eller turisme, gjør at en bredere forståelse av hvilke verdier havet tilbyr er et viktig innspill i politiske avgjørelser. I dette arbeidet ...