What gets measured managed is an axiom common to the business world that also applies management of environmental assets and processes. But what most adequate way measure ecosystem value optimise management? In this paper, we unpack three valuation frameworks often applied in understanding services their benefits: 1) Ecosystem Services framework, operationalised by United Nations System Environmental Economic Accounting - (SEEA-EA) framework; 2) value-centric approaches Total Value 3) First...

This paper reviews the progress made over past few years in evaluating and controlling for spatial heterogeneity stated preference valuation, focussing on applications to environmental valuation. Spatial can strongly impact value estimates, so failure account it compromise their validity reliability. Incorporating factors into valuation studies not only helps control some potential biases, but also produces more precise evaluation of amenities that have mixed use non-use values. For these...

Reducing nutrient runoff from sugarcane production into the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) has become a major policy focus for Queensland and Australian Governments. This study explores consumer willingness to pay (WTP) achieve higher environmental standards sugar originating GBR catchments, through use of GBR‐safe ecolabel. A Best‐Worst Scaling (BWS) Contingent Valuation (CV) experiment are conducted on random sample 1,100 residents. The BWS reveals that personal health considerations more...

Coastal and marine resources often require to be valued assess management options encourage sustainable policy-making. While numerous non-market valuation techniques are available, the complexity of biodiversity makes applications challenging. Typically, a small number proxy assets (e.g. coral reefs) used represent more complex natural processes in exercises. using proxies simplifies assessment process, it can challenging interpret what values represent. We conduct comprehensive review use...

In the climate change context, consumers are often urged to reduce meat consumption because of associated greenhouse gas emissions. However, it is unclear if would pay more for with lower carbon footprint, among other credence factors. This paper reports one first studies identify willingness-to-pay that has been carbon-footprint-labelled as an attribute. Four discrete choice experiments conducted about preferences beef, chicken, lamb and pork, on 1,200 Australian respondents. The results...

Report cards are increasingly popular tools communicating the condition of coastal and riverine environments to environmental managers, stakeholders public, synthesising complex data drawn from a range indicators. Mud crabs have not previously been included in ecosystem health report Australia or elsewhere but suggested as indicators for tropical marine Australia. support commercial, recreational Indigenous fisheries their biology is relatively well known. For these reasons due local...

Purpose In 2020, mechanisms to limit the chain of transmission coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Australia led widespread restrictions on population mobility and business operations. Such conditions provide a natural experiment that may help insights into consumer behaviour future trends food consumption. The overall objective this study is explore possible impacts COVID-19 meat consumption patterns Australia, both short medium term, whether there have been underlying drivers for...

This paper describes the methods used to produce accounts for recreational value of Natura 2000 areas in Flanders, Belgium. First, a biophysical account recreation supply and demand is compiled mapped. Demand based on data green visits per year inhabitant covers both nature-based tourism. It distinguishes local walking trips, cycling, trips with pre-transport by tourists. The number combination yearly statistics (for tourism, day trips) irregular surveys visits). modelling predicted visits....

There is substantial evidence that consumers prefer food to be produced at higher environmental standards. are two main options for improving demand signals environmentally sensitive production through markets: ecolabels, where can choose buy differentiated products, and standards, opt standards costs. Yet there limited information about the extent which would willing pay extra support these options. In this study we apply three separate parallel non-market valuation experiments (best worst...

Due to the steady reduction of nature sites in urbanised regions, restoration projects are now a focal point public interest. Policy-makers required balance preferences for sites, with high costs projects. Landscape are, general, positively correlated ecological preferences. However this relationship is far from straightforward. Past studies show that different factors, such as personal, site-specific and spatial characteristics, influence preferences, while at same time, little known about...

This paper investigates one specific cultural ecosystem service: outdoor recreation. We present a methodology to map the collective social value of recreation and identify substitutability among nature sites within spatial context. is applied province Antwerp, Belgium. propose an indicator areas, contrasting unique but poorly substitutable (hot spots) with highly (cold spots). Using combination survey information, public participation GIS (PPGIS) kernel density mapping, we produce surfaces...