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DOI	10.3389/fclim.2024.1283712
	Blurring societal acceptance by lack of knowledge-insights from a German coastal population study on blue carbon
	Fink, Michael; Ratter, Beate
发表日期	2024
EISSN	2624-9553
起始页码	6
卷号	6
英文摘要	Within the context of climate change, coastal vegetated ecosystems have the capacity for long-term carbon storage. Blue carbon refers to such carbon trapped in the oceans and coastal shelf seas. These 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. The survey results reveal that most residents along the German coast valued nature conservation while idealizing nature that is seen as untouched by humans. Responses regarding active interventions to improve coastal ecosystem services were diverse. Blue carbon strategies are likely to operate within this area of tension. Most respondents were aware of climate change as a threat to their home region and were in favor of an increase in action against climate change there. The respondents were familiar with CO2 reduction and avoidance strategies. However, they were less aware of measures to remove atmospheric CO2 and the potential of storing CO2 in ecosystems beyond afforestation measures. Due to a lack of knowledge, no consolidated public opinions on blue carbon in coastal vegetated ecosystems could be identified, blurring societal acceptance of blue carbon strategies. While these ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to human disturbance, long-term carbon storage is essential for blue carbon. Therefore, the individual acceptance of interventions from people living in close proximity to intervention sites is key for sustained success. The present article concludes that there are possibilities to co-create knowledge and acceptance as prerequisites for blue carbon interventions to possibly become efficacious.
英文关键词	carbon dioxide removal; climate action knowledge; coastal vegetated ecosystems; perception; Germany; Baltic Sea; North Sea
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:001176092700001
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN CLIMATE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/308242
作者单位	University of Hamburg
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fink, Michael,Ratter, Beate. Blurring societal acceptance by lack of knowledge-insights from a German coastal population study on blue carbon[J],2024,6.
APA	Fink, Michael,&Ratter, Beate.(2024).Blurring societal acceptance by lack of knowledge-insights from a German coastal population study on blue carbon.FRONTIERS IN CLIMATE,6.
MLA	Fink, Michael,et al."Blurring societal acceptance by lack of knowledge-insights from a German coastal population study on blue carbon".FRONTIERS IN CLIMATE 6(2024).