Shifted Baselines Reduce Willingness to Pay for Conservation

A loss of memory of past environmental degradation has resulted in shifted baselines, which may result in conservation and restoration goals that are less ambitious than if stakeholders had a full knowledge of ecosystem potential. However, the link between perception of baseline states and support f...

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Main Authors: Loren McClenachan, Ryunosuke Matsuura, Payal Shah, Sahan T. M. Dissanayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00048/full