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Valuing Recreational and Conservation Benefits of Coral Reefs-the Case of Balinao, Philippines
Type: Journal Article
The recognition of previous termrecreationalnext term and conservation benefits of coral reefs globally provides a sound economic rationale for their management. The value of previous termrecreationalnext term and conservation ...
The recreational benefits of coral reefs: a case study of Pulau Payar Marine Park, Kedah, Malaysia
Type: Report
Coral reefs are increasingly recognized as valuable assets in terms of supporting local economies, maintaining national heritage and conserving global biodiversity. Nevertheless, coral reefs are under pressure from a number ...
The management of coral reef resource systems
Type: Conference Proceedings
This volume reports the proceedings of a scientific meeting to identify ways in which international collaborative efforts in coral reef research and management can be coordinated of greatest effect. A secondary objective ...
Mediating effects of sea urchins on interactions among coral, algae and herbivorous fish in the lagoon at Moorea, French Polynesia.
Type: Journal Article
The relative importance of grazing by sea urchins in influencing the composition and structure of coral reef habitats has only occasionally been explored experimentally, and never on the coral reefs of Oceania, where both ...
Artificial Reef Project, Thailand
Type: Report
A review of the fishery in the Gulf of Thailand is presented which notes that the current level of trawling effort is excessive and suggests that a substantially lower trawling effort would probably improve the total ...
Coral reefs and biodiversity: a critical and threatened relationship
Type: Journal Article
The ability of coral reef ecosystems to exist in balanced harmony with other naturally occurring competing/limiting physicochemical and biological agents has been severely challenged in the last several decades by the ...
Economic valuation and socioeconomics of coral reefs: methodological issues and three case studies
Type: Book Chapter
In most tropical countries, coral reef ecosystems provide coastal populations with a number of goods and services. However, a variety of anthropogenic practices threatens reef health and therefore jeopardizes the benefits ...
Future research directions in coral reef management
Type: Report
At the International Consultative Workshop on Economic Valuation and Policy Priorities for Sustainable Management of Coral Reefs, 10-12 December 2001, Penang, Malaysia, participants were divided into three working groups ...
Lessons learned and good practices in the management of coral reef marine protected areas
Type: Brief
This brief presents a review of lessons learned and good practices in the management of coral reef marine protected areas based on the analysis of 20 projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) related to coral ...
Lessons learned and best practices in the management of coral reefs
Type: Brief
This brief presents a review of lessons learned and best practices in the management of coral reefs based on the analysis of 30 projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) related to coral reefs and associated ...