Volume 69
Mangrove and Coastal Small-scale Fisheries Production: Contribution on Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Mangrove in French Guiana
Authors
Blanchard, F., N. Sanz, and R. Walker Download PDF Open PDF in BrowserOther Information
Date: November, 2016
Pages: 61 - 63
Event: Proceedings of the Sixty eigth Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute
City: Grand Cayman
Country: Cayman Islands
Abstract
Mangrove provide services such as fisheries resources, coastal protection, water purification, carbon storage, construc-tion wood, inspiration source (literature), beliefs, that contribute to human well-being. However, mangrove has declined worldwide of about 20% between 1980 and 2005. To contribute to poverty alleviation and food security, public policies have to be implemented to conserve mangrove. Stakeholders need knowledge on the link between the services and the ecosystem to be able to find trade-offs between services, and on the profits from these services, to introduce compensations measures.