The interdisciplinary add-on fellowship of the Joachim Herz Foundation supports our research on public preferences for climate change-adapted biodiversity conservation strategies.
As part of the project, a representative Discrete Choice Experiment is conducted in Spain and Portugal to assess public preferences for different conservation strategies targeting the Iberian lynx. These data will be analyzed during a research stay abroad, with a particular focus on:
Preferences for conservation strategies under climate change-induced uncertainty
Preferences for international biodiversity conservation efforts
Building on these insights, an ecological-economic modeling approach will then be used to explore how conservation strategies could be designed when incorporating public preferences.
