Twenty thousand sterling under the sea: Estimating the value of protecting deep-sea biodiversity

Ecological Economics

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-19

  Jobstvogt, Niels ^a   Hanley, Nick ^b   Hynes, Stephen ^c   Kenter, Jasper ^a   Witte, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Deep sea biodiversity; Economic value; Existence value; Marine protected areas; Option value

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPLOITATION; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MARINE PARK; MARINE RESOURCE; MEDICINE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VALUATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84887648732     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.10.019     Document Type: Short Survey

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