Overview

This publication is an outcome of the “International Consultative Workshop for Economic Valuation and Policy Priorities for Sustainable Management of Coral Reefs” held at the WorldFish Center’s Headquarters, Penang, Malaysia, 8-10 December 2001. The overall goal of the workshop was to identify future economic and policy research directions relevant to the sustainable management of coral reefs. Economic valuation and cost benefit analysis are important processes for more effective policy instruments to be introduced by any government. They will provide information on the various values of coral reefs, which could allow decision-makers to devise policies that optimize the services and functions provided by the reef ecosystems and their capacity to support the livelihood of coastal communities. A total of 48 participants from 15 countries located in Southeast and East Asia, the Caribbean, East Africa and the South Pacific Regional Seas attended the workshop. Seven keynote papers and 19 research papers were presented at the workshop.

Economic Valuation and Socioeconomics of Coral Reefs: Methodological Issues and Three Case Studies

Valuation of Coral Reefs: The Next 10 Years

Social and economis values of Pacific Coral Reefs: Approach and Methodology

Case studies

• Collected essays on the Economics of Coral Reefs
• An Economic Analysis of Coral Reefs in the Andaman Sea of Thailand
• Recreational value of the Coral Surrounding the Hon Mun Islands in Vietnam: A travel cost and Contingent Valuation Study
• The Recreational Benefits of Coral Reefs: A Case Study of Pulau Payar Marine Park, Kedah, Malaysia
• Coral Bleaching and the Demand for Coral Reefs: A Marine Recretion Case in Zanzibar
• Pacific in Peril: Biological, Economic and Social Impacts of Climate Change on Pacific Coral Reefs

Marine Protected Areas

• Papers available on ecosystem-based management

  The journal Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) has published 13 papers under the theme "Politics and socio-economics of ecosystem-based management of marine resources".  Although the journal is traditionally available by subscription only, this theme section is available online for free at http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m300p241.pdf.

• Marine Protected Areas: Benefits and Costs for Islands

Marine  Protected Areas: Benefits and Costs for Islands" was released recently by The International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN), The Nature Conservancy, World Commission on Protected Areas and WWF and was included into ReefBase literature section are available for download as PDF document. To access this interesting online paper on MPA, with case study for selected countries, click here.