By Kent Gustavson, Richard M. Huber, H. Jack Ruitenbeek, World Bank
ISBN-10: 0821346288
ISBN-13: 9780821346280
"The utilized examine exhibits that, to enhance information, park teaching programs could be special particularly to the person teams basically via outreach courses. additional, the Park's administration courses will be highlighted, quite the valuable, tangible services and products (benefits) the Park presents to every person group... The nearer the tie among reef stipulations and company gains, the higher the clients' aid for reef conservation." Coral reefs are often known as "canaries of the ocean" due to their early caution skill to teach near-shore oceanic pressure. due to their organic variety, also they are referred to as "rainforests of the sea". Coral reefs are important to the health of hundreds of thousands of individuals. Coral reef managers and govt officers attempting to retailer their worthy nationwide assets have became to analyze on coral reefs for support. The examine provided during this book benefits loads of discover as the output turns out to be useful for selection help and coaching instruments in built-in coastal quarter administration (ICZM). The paintings on cost-effectiveness research has constructed built-in financial and ecological types, depending widely on fuzzy good judgment techniques to version affects and results of interventions in the reef setting. against this, the marine method valuation paintings offers monetary valuations of coral reefs, demonstrating using assorted modeling tools and treating key coverage concerns inside this context. This book will curiosity coastal quarter specialists and executives around the globe
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5 million people live on islands built by, or surrounded by, coral reef ecosystems. In Hawaii, coral reefs are central to a US$700 million marine recreation industry. Reef fish, lobsters, and bottom fish generate approximately US$20 million in landings annually and are an important source of food for local people and for restaurant consumption (Grigg 1997). 6 million annually to Guam (Birkeland 1997). Over 300,000 people live on coral islands in the Indian Ocean and many more in the Caribbean. Coral reefs provide 10% to 12% of the harvest of finfish and shellfish in tropical countries and 20% to 25% of the fish catch of developing countries.
1. 2. 1. 2. Success Rate Determinants in Pharmaceutical Bioprospecting 228 Annex B Contingent Valuation As a Means of Valuing the Conservation of Coral Reefs: An Assessment of the Method Nick Hanley 241 Annex C Résultats des Recherches sur les Modèles de Soutien et Orientations Futures Résumé rédigé par Kent Gustavson et Richard M Huber 247 Annex D Modelos de Apoyo a las Decisiones Ecológico-Económicas para la Gestión Integral de los Arrecifes de Coral en los Trópicos en Vías de Desarrollo Resultados de Investigaciones y Orientaciones para el Futuro Resumen preparado por Kent Gustavson y Richard M Huber 259 References 271 List of Contributors 291 Page xiv Page 1 I THE NEED FOR DECISION SUPPORT MODELS Page 3 Chapter 1 Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Tropical Americas and the Role of Decision Support Models Richard M Huber Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Sector Management Unit, Latin American and Caribbean Region (LCSES), The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA Stephen C Jameson Coral Seas Inc.
1). A project which is specifically designed to provide centralized access to information from these and other coral reef programs is ReefBase: the International Database on Coral Reefs (McManus and Ablan 1997). This project of the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM) seeks to gather a broad range of information about the status of the world's reefs from papers, reports and inputs from monitoring projects. The project includes an activity of the World Conservation Monitoring Center (WCMC) to digitize maps of coral reefs and to make them available through the database.
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