Niels Jobstvogt|Nick Hanley|Stephen Hynes|Jasper O. Kenter|Ursula Witte
Twenty thousand sterling under the sea: Estimating the value of protecting deep-sea biodiversity
University of Aberdeen|University of Stirling|Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway|University of Aberdeen|University of Aberdeen
deepsea includes 90 worlds oceans thought one diverse ecosystems world supplies society valuable ecosystem services including provision food regeneration nutrients sequestration carbon technological advancements second half 20th century made largescale exploitation mineral hydrocarbon fish resources possible economic activities combined climate change impacts constitute considerable threat deepsea biodiversity many governments including uk therefore decided implement additional protected areas waters national jurisdiction support decision process improve understanding acceptance marine conservation plans across general public choice experiment survey asked scottish households willingnesstopay additional marine protected areas scottish deepsea study one first use valuation methodologies investigate public preferences protection deepsea ecosystems experiment focused elicitation economic values two aspects marine biodiversity existence value deepsea species ii option value deepsea organisms source future medicinal products