Datacollection on the stated willingness to accept collective agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity conservation of European grassland farmers

We present a data set on the stated willingness to accept collective agri-environmental schemes for biodiversity conservation of 636 farmers managing grassland in Europe: Austria (AT), Switzerland (CH), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), and Norway (NO). The survey data consists of two parts: 1) a choice experiment; and 2) questions about farmers’ and farm characteristics, attitudes, and preferences. In the choice experiment (Part 1) non-monetary attributes included 1) group size (i.e., the number of partners a farmer works in a collective scheme with), 2) monitoring (i.e., execution of the biodiversity monitoring process), and 3) discretion (i.e., responsibility for management decisions at the farm to enhance biodiversity conservation: the farmers or an external consultant). The survey questions (Part 2) collected data on farmers’ personal and farm characteristics, production orientation, attitudes towards collaboration, the environment, trust and self-efficacy, their risk, time, and social network preferences, as well as their income satisfaction. The data has been collected as part of the research project GreeNet – Grassland conservation across European landscapes protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services with ecological networks. GreeNet is funded by Biodiversa+, the European Biodiversity Partnership under the 2021-2022 BiodivProtect joint call for research proposals, co-funded by the European Commission and national funding organizations. All personally identifiable data has been removed for reasons of confidentiality. This data collection is linked to the six country-specific data sets.