Human behavior in the face of environmental risks: Schröder brings Central German forest regions into focus

(openPR) Preferences for ecosystem insurance services have rarely been investigated so far. This is especially the case for one of the most important functional aspects of biodiversity: Its potential capacity to safeguard the long-term functioning of fundamental ecosystem processes in the face of potential future environmental risks which we are not aware of yet.

Kristin Schröder investigates the determinants of human behavior in the face of environmental risks, i.e. the values, beliefs, and norms underlying risk-related behavior. For this purpose, Schröder conducted a postal survey in ten counties in Central Germany. Her results are presented in the study Motives and beliefs influencing economic preferences for functional biodiversity and ecosystem services in Central German forest regions.

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