Table 5. Range of estimated economic values of shoreline protection servieces provided by healthy coral reefs in the Caribbean i

Table 5. Range of estimated economic values of shoreline protection servieces provided by healthy coral reefs in the Caribbean in 2000

Table 5. Range of estimated economic values of shoreline protection services provided by healthy coral reefs in the Caribbean in 2000
Level of Shoreline Development	Definition of Development	Percent of Coastline	Value for Reef-Related Shoreline Protection Services (US$ per km of coastline)a	Total value of Reef-Related Shoreline Protection Services (US$ million)
Low	Fewer than 100 people within 5 km	29	2,000-20,000	10-30
Medium	Between 100 and 600 people or a dive center located within 5 km	27	30,000-60,000	120-150
High	More than 600 people within 5 km	44	100,000-1,000,000	620-2000
Total		100	2,000-1,000,000	750-2180
Source: Estimates developed at WRI (2004). Technical notes on methods and data sources available online at http://reefsatrisk.org.
Notes: a. Because only a few shoreline segments are likely to be at the high extreme of value, we developed our ranges as follows: Low = 100 percent of shoreline is at low end of value range; High = 75 percent at low end and 25 percent at high end of value range.