Climate change impacts tourism, since both supply and demand of tourism services depend
on the quality and the management of a set of environmental attributes. This paper critically …

Over the past two decades, hundreds of stated preference studies have been conducted in
less-developed countries. This article examines what has been learned on the …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have proliferated globally in the past three decades.
However, inadequate funding often prevents these management regimes from fulfilling their …

This paper examines the welfare dimension of the recreational services of coastal
ecosystems. First, we construct a global database of primary valuation studies that focus on …

The quality of the coastal waters is now a major environmental issue in Tobago due to its
role in supporting the economically important tourism sector and for safeguarding public …

The world's largest concentration of cold-water coral (CWC) is found off the Norwegian
coast. Most CWC discoveries are recent, posing new challenges for Norwegian coastal and …

This report presents the main structure and variables used to develop a searchable
database on ecosystem services values, the methods used to select and analyse the data …

There is a growing concern that increased nutrient and sediment runoff from river
catchments are a potential source of coral reef degradation. Degradation of reefs may affect …

This study sought to quantify the potential effects of changes in Caribbean reef fish
populations on recreational divers' consumer surplus. Over five hundred tourist SCUBA …

This paper reviews economic valuation of marine ecosystem services in the Wider
Caribbean Region (WCR) for the three major marine ecosystems addressed by the …