Fink & Ratter (2024): Blurring societal acceptance by lack of knowledge—insights from a German coastal population study on blue carbon
Michael Fink, Beate Ratter IN: Frontiers in Climate, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2024.1283712
Blue carbon ecosystems are under anthropogenic pressure and, to help these ecosystems to thrive and realize their carbon storage potentials, interventions require acceptance from society, in general, and adjacent coastal communities, in particular. Through a random street survey along the German coasts in 2022, quantitative and qualitative data were collected from more than 200 participants. A questionnaire comprising 50 open and closed questions was designed to assess the status quo of German coastal residents’ norms and values concerning blue carbon ecosystems. Focus was put on nature conservation and climate change perceptions.