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dc.contributor.authorArmstrong, Claire W.
dc.contributor.authorAanesen, Margrethe
dc.contributor.authorvan Rensburg, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorSandorf, Erlend Dancke
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-10T13:49:22Z
dc.date.available2019-12-10T13:49:22Z
dc.date.issued2019-08-16
dc.description.abstractThere 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. Choice‐experiment surveys were conducted in workshop settings and through the internet. Both survey approaches provided some similar results, such as preferences for protection. Our cross‐country comparison showed the general public in Norway and Ireland was willing, despite possible conflict with extractive and consumptive economic activities in the deep sea, to protect cold‐water corals as habitat for fish. On average, people were willing to pay NKr 341 and NKr 424 for a small and large increase in protected areas respectively, and NKr 880 if the area is important habitat for fish, all else held equal. However, there was large variation across individuals and countries. Norwegian respondents valued pure existence of cold‐water corals more than the Irish respondents, and the latter were less willing to trade off industrial activities than the former. Nonetheless, the findings support conservation of cold‐water corals and more generally of ocean environments that provide habitat for fish, which the current deep sea governance systems are not adequately designed or sufficiently well‐structured to secure.en_US
dc.descriptionThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Armstrong, C.W., Aanesen, M., van Rensburg, T.M. & Sandorf, E.D. (2019). Willingness to pay to protect cold water corals. </i>Conservation Biology, 33</i>(6), 1329-1337, which has been published in final form at <a href=https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13380>https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13380</a>. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArmstrong C, Aanesen M, van Rensburg T, Sandorf ED. Willingness to pay to protect cold water corals. Conservation Biology. 2019en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1722080
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cobi.13380
dc.identifier.issn0888-8892
dc.identifier.issn1523-1739
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/16876
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.journalConservation Biology
dc.relation.projectIDEC/H2020: 678760en_US
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 216485en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/RCN/MARINFORSK/216485/Norway/Habitat-fisheries interactions - Valuation and Bioeconomic modelling of Cold Water Coral//en_US
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020-EU.3.5, H2020-EU3.2/678760/UK/A Trans-AtLantic Assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based Spatial management plan for Europe/ATLAS/en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920en_US
dc.titleWillingness to pay to protect cold water coralsen_US
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dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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