Carbon sequestration and storage in mangroves, salt marshes and seagrass meadows is an essential coastal ‘blue carbon’ ecosystem service for...

Public acceptability is a standard element on the list of potential constraints on research and deployment of ocean-based carbon dioxide...

Protecting the ocean has become a major goal of international policy as human activities increasingly endanger the integrity of the ocean...

This paper applies the concept of cultural ecosystem services (CES) to reveal the diverse benefits the Baltic Sea provides to human...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 43: Wide adoption of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) in Europe would require a carbon dioxide (CO2) transport...

Ecosystem-based approaches provide opportunities for climate policy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, to expand the adaptive...

In this study, we augment the traditional travel cost approach with contingent behavior data for coastal recreation. The objective is to...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 3

We present an application of the travel cost method to a large urban forest site in Berlin, Germany. The analysis is based on a large onsite...

Urban parks offer city residents a broad range of opportunities for recreation. This paper explores whether preferences for urban parks are...

Urban green spaces, including parks, provide numerous ecosystem services (ES) for city inhabitants. Besides provisioning and regulating...

Most people in Europe live in urban environments. For these people, urban green space is an important element of well-being, but it is often...

Understanding the dynamics of urban ecosystem services is a necessary requirement for adequate planning, management, and governance of urban...

Marine and coastal ecosystems – and thus the benefits they create for humans – are subject to increasing pressures and competing usages. For...

Ocean iron fertilization is currently discussed as a potential measure to mitigate climate change by enhancing oceanic CO2 uptake. Its...

The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires EU member states (MS) to develop and implement marine strategies containing programs...

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) has recently been receiving increasing recognition in policy debates. Various aspects of possible...

Projected increases in demand and thus increasing metal prices have brought the exploration and exploitation of marine mineral resources back...