What Will Parents Pay for Hands-on Ocean Conservation and Stewardship Education?

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issue 19: oceans
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Published: Dec 3, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.34074/junc.0019123

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Danielle Schwarzmann
National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Maryland, USA.
Seaberry Nachbar
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Naomi Pollack
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Vernon (Bob) Leeworthy
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Sylvia Hitz
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Abstract

Supported by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the Ocean Guardian School (OGS) program is a federally funded grant program coordinated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. OGS supports the educational goals of national marine sanctuaries (NMS) by funding hands-on ocean conservation and stewardship programs in both public and private schools. Schools apply for grants (up to $4,000) to implement school- or community-based conservation projects to educate students, while contributing to the health and protection of local watersheds and the world’s ocean. This study is the first to estimate the value that parents have for their child’s participation in an ocean conservation and stewardship program. Using a contingent choice survey, changes to student behaviour, parents’ support for the OGS program and the non-market economic value to parents of the six program attributes are estimated.

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Author Biographies

Danielle Schwarzmann, National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Maryland, USA.

Danielle Schwarzmann is an economist at the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, Maryland, USA.

Seaberry Nachbar, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Seaberry Nachbar is the Ocean Guardian School Program Director at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

Naomi Pollack, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Naomi Pollack is NOAA Ocean Guardian School program coordinator at the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation.

Vernon (Bob) Leeworthy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Vernon R. (Bob) Leeworthy works at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Office
of National Marine Sanctuaries

Sylvia Hitz, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

A senior at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Sylvia Hitz is involved with the NOAA Hollings Scholarship Program.