Estimating the Returns to Mangrove Conversion: Sustainable Management or Short Term Gain?

摘要: The purpose of this project is to estimate the total economic value a mangrove ecosystem in part Gulf Fonseca, El Salvador, and develop cost-benefit framework compare sustainable management forest with alternative use scenarios. current strategy compared its counterpart, partial conversion semi-intensive aquaculture salt ponds. A variety different valuation techniques are used assess contribution products services ecosystem. Among these techniques, pseudo production function approach calculate dose-response estimates impact loss on productivity marine estuarine fisheries. exercise yields result that enables more timber fisheries benefits be captured over horizon 56 years than do other options. This supports view allocation usufruct rights sanctioned artificial shrimp ponds reduces net available society, such policy failures accelerate biodiversity compound existing market failures. research was highly participatory involved community measurement articulation mangroves. As such, it one first exercises incorporate definition which reflects revealed preference valuations harmony their concerns.