Public perceptions of the ocean: lessons for marine conservation from a global research review

R Jefferson, E McKinley, H Griffin, A Nimmo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Insights into how public audiences perceive and relate to the ocean are pivotal to successful
societal engagement and integration of human dimensions in marine conservation …

A deeper dive into the blue economy: the role of the diving sector in conservation and sustainable development goals

MJ Forrest, F Favoretto, ZA Nisa… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Attaining an equitable Blue Economy requires reconsidering historical extractive usages of
natural ocean capital in favor of more sustainable activities. Scuba diving is an expanding …

Estimating willingness to pay air passenger duty

N Seetaram, H Song, S Ye, S Page - Annals of Tourism Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Carbon taxation on air travellers is widely considered an effective way of offsetting
environmental externalities and adjusting tourist flows. Despite the popularity of carbon …

Beach recreationalists' willingness to pay and economic implications of coastal water quality problems in Hawaii

M Peng, KLL Oleson - Ecological economics, 2017 - Elsevier
The economic value of water quality is poorly understood in Hawaii. Quantifying the
economic value of coastal water quality would inform policy decisions that impact the coast …

A scientific synthesis of marine protected areas in the United States: Status and recommendations

J Sullivan-Stack, O Aburto-Oropeza… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a key tool for achieving goals for biodiversity
conservation and human well-being, including improving climate resilience and equitable …

Crowdsourcing biodiversity data from recreational SCUBA divers using Dive Reporter

M Buzinkai, M Radeta, C Rodrigues, F Silva… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Monitoring spatiotemporal patterns in marine environments is crucial to ensure a better
understanding of ecosystem functioning and, ultimately, for adequate management and …

Evaluating management strategies to optimise coral reef ecosystem services

M Weijerman, JM Gove, ID Williams… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Earlier declines in marine resources, combined with current fishing pressures and
devastating coral mortality in 2015, have resulted in a degraded coral reef ecosystem state …

[PDF][PDF] Fisheries and tourism: Social, economic, and ecological trade-offs in coral reef systems

L Lachs, J Oñate-Casado - … 9-The Oceans: Our Research, Our …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Coastal communities are exerting increasingly more pressure on coral reef ecosystem
services in the Anthropocene. Balancing trade-offs between local economic demands …

Examination of tourists' willingness to pay under different conservation scenarios; Evidence from reef manta ray snorkeling in Fiji

SE Murphy, I Campbell, JA Drew - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Wildlife-focused tourism is often considered as having the potential to play an integral part of
threatened species conservation efforts, particularly through financial support. We focused …

Prioritising invasive species control actions: Evaluating effectiveness, costs, willingness to pay and social acceptance

M Roberts, W Cresswell, N Hanley - Ecological economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Island ecosystems are recognised as high priority for biodiversity conservation, with invasive
species a significant threat. To investigate prioritisation invasive species control, we …