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Re-meander, rewet, rewild! Overwhelming public support for restoration of small rivers in the three Baltic Sea basin countries

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  • Marek Giergiczny

    (Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw)

  • Sviataslau Valasiuk

    (Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw)

  • Wiktor Kotowski

    (University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology)

  • Halina Galera

    (University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology)

  • Jette Bredahl Jacobsen

    (University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Science)

  • Julian Sagebiel

    (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics)

  • Wendelin Wichtmann

    (University of Greifswald, Institute for Botany and Landscape Ecology)

  • Ewa Jabłońska

    (University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Biology)

Abstract

Baltic Sea belongs to World’s most oxygen-depletes seas, so the region requires urgent mitigation measures to significantly reduce nitrogen and phosphorus inputs from land through rivers, which cannot be achieved without large-scale restoration of wetland buffer zones. The manuscript summarises the findings of the discrete choice experiment aimed at assessment of the preferences of Danish, German, and Polish citizens towards ecosystem services of lowland small rivers of the Baltic Sea basin. Our results suggest that respondents in all the studied countries are willing to pay substantial amounts to improve water quality in rivers and the Baltic Sea, as well as to restore naturally meandering rivers and natural riparian vegetation. Wild marshes and Wetland agriculture were equally valued as the most desirable options. Respondents systematically cared about the appearance of small rivers in their neighbourhood. We conclude that re-meandering, re-wetting of floodplains, and restoration of wild marshes or development of wetland agriculture could gain a lot of public support in Europe.

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  • Marek Giergiczny & Sviataslau Valasiuk & Wiktor Kotowski & Halina Galera & Jette Bredahl Jacobsen & Julian Sagebiel & Wendelin Wichtmann & Ewa Jabłońska, 2021. "Re-meander, rewet, rewild! Overwhelming public support for restoration of small rivers in the three Baltic Sea basin countries," Working Papers 2021-15, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.
    • Handle: RePEc:war:wpaper:2021-15
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    Keywords

    Baltic Sea; discrete choice experiment; ecosystem services; restoration; small rivers; willingness to pay;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q51 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Valuation of Environmental Effects
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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