Publication: Managing Coasts with Natural Solutions: Guidelines for Measuring and Valuing the Coastal Protection Services of Mangroves and Coral Reefs
Date
2016-01
ISSN
Published
2016-01
Author(s)
World Bank Group
Abstract
This guidance note provides review and
recommendations for how the protective services of mangroves
and coral reefs can be measured and valued in a manner
consistent with national economic accounts and included in
other decision-making processes to support planning for
development, disaster risk, and coastal zone management. It
synthesizes evidence of the role mangroves (chapter 2) and
coral reefs (chapter 3) play in coastal protection and risk
reduction. It also reviews the tools and approaches commonly
used by ecologists, economists, and engineers for estimating
the coastal protection services of coastal habitats (chapter
4). Moreover, it examines how the valuations of these
coastal protection services can be considered in the System
of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA), the satellite
accounts to the System of National Accounts (SNA) (chapter
5). In addition, the note examines where the coastal
protection role of reefs and mangroves has been used in
management decisions from local to national scales (chapter
6). Finally, it provides recommendations for advancing the
assessment and the use of coastal protection values from
coral reefs and mangroves in national and regional decisions
(chapter 7).
Citation
“World Bank Group. 2016. Managing Coasts with Natural Solutions: Guidelines for Measuring and Valuing the Coastal Protection Services of Mangroves and Coral Reefs. WAVES Technical Paper;. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23775 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”