Forest biodiversity contract design survey dataset

Fully anonymized primary dataset of forest owner responses to stated preference survey (choice experiment on forest biodiversity PES contracts). The dataset contains responses from 1,795 Danish and 1,631 Finnish private forest owners. The codebook contains all relevant metadata on variables included in the dataset, as well as a copy of the questionnaire used to collect the data. Additional details on the data collection can be viewed in the open access publication "Private forest owner preferences for action- and result-based biodiversity restoration contracts – A discrete choice experiment in Denmark and Finland" in the journal Forest Policy and Economics (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103609).