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Torsten Krause

Torsten Krause

Senior Lecturer, Director of PhD Studies

Torsten Krause

Survey data of public awareness on climate change and the value of marine and coastal ecosystems

Author

  • Catarina Fonseca
  • Louisa E. Wood
  • Mialy Andriamahefazafy
  • Gema Casal
  • Tomas Chaigneau
  • Cindy C. Cornet
  • A. Karima Degia
  • Pierre Failler
  • Gianluca Ferraro
  • Elisa Furlan
  • Julie Hawkins
  • Silvia de Juan
  • Torsten Krause
  • Tim McCarthy
  • Géraldine Pérez
  • Callum Roberts
  • Ewan Trégarot
  • Bethan C. O'Leary
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Summary, in English

The long-term provision of ocean ecosystem services depends on healthy ecosystems and effective sustainable management. Understanding public opinion about marine and coastal ecosystems is important to guide decision-making and inform specific actions. However, available data on public perceptions on the interlinked effects of climate change, human impacts and the value and management of marine and coastal ecosystems are rare. This dataset presents raw data from an online, self-administered, public awareness survey conducted between November 2021 and February 2022 which yielded 709 responses from 42 countries. The survey was released in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Italian) and consisted of four main parts: (1) perceptions about climate change; (2) perceptions about the value of, and threats to, coasts, oceans and their wildlife, (3) perceptions about climate change response; and (4) socio-demographic information. Participation in the survey was voluntary and all respondents provided informed consent after reading a participant information form at the beginning of the survey. Responses were anonymous unless respondents chose to provide contact information. All identifying information has been removed from the dataset. The dataset can be used to conduct quantitative analyses, especially in the area of public perceptions of the interlinkages between climate change, human impacts and options for sustainable management in the context of marine and coastal ecosystems. The dataset is provided with this article, including a copy of the survey and participant information forms in all four languages, data and the corresponding codebook.

Department/s

  • LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • LU Profile Area: Nature-based future solutions

Publishing year

2023-04

Language

English

Publication/Series

Data in Brief

Volume

47

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Environmental Sciences

Keywords

  • Ecosystem services
  • Environmental perceptions
  • Human threats
  • Marine conservation
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Ocean management
  • Public opinion
  • Sustainable development

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2352-3409