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Description:
Author(s):
Ruitenbeek, H. Jack.
Title:
Blue pricing of undersea treasures [electronic resource] : needs and opportunities for environmental economics research on coral reef management in South East Asia / Jack Ruitenbeek.
Imprint:
[Singapore] : International Development Research Centre, c1999.
Series Statement:
Special papers
General Note:
Title from title screen of main text (viewed Aug. 21, 2003).
Paper presented to the 12th Biannual Workshop of the Environmental Economics Program for South East Asia, Singapore, 11-14 May, 1999.
"April 1999."
Publication available via H.J. Ruitenbeek Resource Consulting Limited home page at: http://www.island.net/hjr/coraleep.htm
Data File Type Note:
Electronic document in PDF format.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, ver. 3 or later.
Abstract:
"Coral reefs in SE Asia represent about 30% of the worlds reefs. They are currently undergoing unprecedented levels of degradation from stresses such as sedimentation, pollution, blast and cyanide fishing, and coral bleaching. Institutional weakness is pervasive and the proliferation of "paper parks" marine protected areas with no effective protection is alarming. Economic valuation of the coral reef asset, and of the damages wrought by institutional failures and various direct stresses, is thus of substantial policy interest. The paper provides a simple "benefit transfer" calculation using conventional methods, calculating a value of US$1.4 trillion for SE Asias coral reefs. The flaws inherent in such an analysis, however, are discussed in some detail; they underline a greater need for original site-specific empirical studies that reflect local system complexities and local policy needs. The paper summarizes conditions in the EEPSEA maritime countries Cambodia, China (including Taiwan), Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam and outlines potential policy priorities in each of these. Environmental economic analysis can assist in addressing some of these priorities through: (i) increasing awareness of absolute and relative economic values; and, (ii) providing valuation estimates that can assist in coral reef management."
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Additional Physical Form Note:
Also issued in print.
Topical Term:
Coral reefs and islands Economic aspects Southeast Asia.
Coral reefs and islands Economic aspects.
Coral reefs and islands Southeast Asia Management.
Coral reef conservation Southeast Asia.
Coral reef conservation.
Corporate Name:
Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia.
Access Information:
| Library | Location | Call Number | Type | Copies |
| NOAA Central Library, Silver Spring, MD | STACKS | QH77.S64 R85 1999 | BOOK | 1
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