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Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Valuation, Institution and Policy in South East Asia

Contributor(s): Olewiler, Nancy | Francisco, Herminia A | Ferrer, Alice Joan G.
Publisher: Singapore Springers 2016Description: xxi, 370p.ISBN: 9789811001390.Subject(s): Ecology -- Marine Ecosystem Management -- Marine sciences -- Coastal zone management -- Southeast Asia | Economic policy -- Development economics -- Environmental Economics -- Southeast AsiaDDC classification: 577.70959 Summary: This book is a compendium of case studies illustrating how economic tools and techniques can be used to address a wide range of problems in the management and conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems in a developing country context. The studies, which were conducted with support from the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), cover topics such as mobilizing conservation finance from beneficiaries of marine and coastal ecosystem services; quantifying ecosystem damage and its impact on dependents of ecosystem resources and services; determining the best package of policy reforms that put a price on pollution and regulate economic activities generating pollution with the goal of restoring coastal and marine resources; and analyzing community-based institutions that support the sustainable management of fisheries and coastal resources.
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This book is a compendium of case studies illustrating how economic tools and techniques can be used to address a wide range of problems in the management and conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems in a developing country context. The studies, which were conducted with support from the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), cover topics such as mobilizing conservation finance from beneficiaries of marine and coastal ecosystem services; quantifying ecosystem damage and its impact on dependents of ecosystem resources and services; determining the best package of policy reforms that put a price on pollution and regulate economic activities generating pollution with the goal of restoring coastal and marine resources; and analyzing community-based institutions that support the sustainable management of fisheries and coastal resources.

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