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Abstract
Within conservation literature increasing attention is on conservation
opportunity valuing actual implementation. Previously focus has been on
conservation priority among areas with the highest biological value or
lowest cost. However, when nature management has to take place on private
land through voluntary agreement it becomes important to know landowner
preferences for such agreements. This study combines data from a choice
experiment on landowner preferences with spatial data on the need for
biodiversity conservation, groundwater protection and recreation. The aim is
to discuss if spatial variation influences landowner preferences and the
possibility of including preferences when prioritizing Preliminary results
show a negative impact of increasing population density on willingness to
provide recreation.