Determining regionally applicable economic values for coastal habitats and their use in evaluating the cost effectiveness of regional conservation actions: the example of mangroves, in the South China Sea

• Main Authors: Pernetta, John C., Ong, Jin Eong, Padilla, Noel Eusebio Oyardo, Abdul Rahim, Khalid, Nguyen, The Chinh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28336/1/Determining%20regionally%20applicable%20economic%20values%20for%20coastal%20habitats%20and%20their%20use%20in%20evaluating%20the%20cost%20effectiveness%20of%20regional%20conservation%20actions%20the%20example%20of%20mangroves%2C%20in%20the%20South%20China%20Sea.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28336/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569113000914
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This paper outlines the process of: assembling an empirical data set relating to the values of resource ‘goods and services1’ derived from coastal habitats bordering the South China Sea; standardising these data as production values per hectare per annum; converting local currencies to US dollars; a...