Supporting the sustainable management of coral reefs and mangroves by quantifying their economic value.
The Coastal Capital series was launched in 2005 and aims to provide decision-makers in the Caribbean with information and tools that link the health of coastal ecosystems with the attainment of economic and social goals. WRI and its local partners have conducted economic valuation studies of coral reefs and mangroves at national and subnational levels in five countries: Trinidad and Tobago, St. Lucia, Belize, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica. We are using the results to identify and build support for policies that help to ensure healthy coastal ecosystems and sustainable economies.
Economic Valuations by Country
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Publications
Working Paper: June, 2011
February, 2011
Contacts
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Project Partners
- Belize Audubon Society, Belize
- Belize Fisheries Department, Belize
- Buccoo Reef Trust, Trinidad and Tobago
- Caribbean Environmental Health Institute, St. Lucia
- Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, Trinidad and Tobago
- Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute, Belize
- Environmental Management Authority, Trinidad and Tobago
- Environment Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
- Friends of Nature, Belize
- Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Belize
- Institute of Marine Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago
- Marine Geology Unit, Department of Geography and Geology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, St. Lucia
- Ministry of Physical Development, Environment, and Housing, St. Lucia
- Ministry of Tourism, St. Lucia
- Mona Geoinformatics Institute, Jamaica
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, St. Lucia
- Reef Check - Dominican Republic
- Smithsonian Institution, Belize
- Soufriere Marine Management, St. Lucia
- Texas A&M University, United States
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Jamaica and the United States
- Tobago House of Assembly, Trinidad and Tobago
- University of Belize, Belize
- University of West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and Tobago
- Water and Sewer Authority, Trinidad and Tobago
- Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), United States
- World Wildlife Fund Central America, Belize
Financial Support
- Buccoo Reef Trust
- The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment
- The Chino Cienega Foundation
- The Henry Foundation
- International Coral Reef Action Network
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- The Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation
- Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The Oak Foundation
- The Ocean Foundation
- SwedBio
- United Nations Foundation (UNF)
- United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme
