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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Foreword; Note; 1. Introduction; Prospects: Adding economic incentives to existing regulatory schemes; Lost earnings from imposition of marine protected areas; Lost earnings from the imposition of the closed (no-take) season; Coastal habitat restoration activities; Conservation of threatened marine and coastal species; Sustainable fishing practices; Challenges: Factors that may limit economic incentives; Ill-defined property rights |
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(In)equitable benefit distributionSustainability of financing mechanism; Organization of the book; References; 2. Using valuation to make the case for economic incentives: promoting investments in marine and coastal ecosystems as development infrastructure; Introduction; PMCES as a response to ecosystem under-valuation; The emergence of frameworks for articulating coastal ecosystem values; Steps towards capturing coastal ecosystem values through PMCES; Using valuation to promote PMCES as investments in coastal infrastructure |
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Using valuation to identify and justify needs and niches for PMCES: Case studies from Sri LankaMuthurajawela marsh; Maha Oya Estuary; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3. Promoting marine and coastal ecosystem functions through direct economic incentives: the case for multilevel good governance; Introduction; The state of marine and coastal ecosystems; Policy response -- PES; Direct economic incentives and 'conventional' regulation: Synergies and complementarities; Emerging lessons on governance; The centrality of good governance; The case for multilevel 'good' governance; Concluding remarks |
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NotesReferences; 4. Payments for marine and coastal ecosystem services and the governance of common pool natural resources; Introduction; PES as part of a new paradigm shift in environmental governance; Ecosystem services as the guiding framework; Market failure as the main cause of ecosystem degradation; Coasean conceptualization of PES; Why has PES spread so quickly?; Markets to solve externalities or incentives for collective action?; Not all incentives are markets; Practical implications of the conceptual shift; Conclusions; References |
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5. Integrated payments for ecosystem services: a governance path from lakes and rivers to coastal areas in ChinaIntroduction; PES partnership: Economics and governance; Selective vertical integration of the 'firm'; Governance dimensions of PES; IPES: Integrative decision mechanism; Structural parts; Integration decisions; Strategic steps; Case study: Jinhua watershed, China; Discussion; Conclusions; References; 6. Payments for marine ecosystem services and food security: lessons from income transfer programmes; Introduction; The potential role of PES programmes in food security |
| Summary |
Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional 'ecosystem services', from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection. Yet across the world, these resources are fast-diminishing under the weight of pollution, land clearance, coastal development, overfishing, natural disasters and climate change. This book shows how economic instruments can be used to incentivize the conservation of marine and coastal resources. It is shown that traditional approaches to halt the decli |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Marine resources conservation -- Case studies
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Coastal zone management -- Case studies
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Oceans & Seas.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Coastal zone management
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Marine resources conservation
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mohammed, Essam Yassin
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| ISBN |
9781135006624 |
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1135006628 |
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9780203814925 |
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0203814924 |
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9780203728345 |
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0203728343 |
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9781135006631 |
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1135006636 |
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