Use of coastal economic valuation in decision making in the Caribbean: Enabling conditions and lessons learned

Richard Waite, Benjamin Kushner, Megan Jungwiwattanaporn, Erin Gray and Lauretta Burke

Ecosystem Services, 2015, vol. 11, issue C, 45-55

Abstract: Caribbean economies depend on coastal ecosystem services, including tourism, fisheries, and shoreline protection. However, coastal ecosystems continue to degrade due to human pressures. Many pressures arise from decisions that fail to take full range of ecosystem values and benefits into account.

Keywords: Coastal; Marine; Valuation; Caribbean; Decision; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2014.07.010

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