Consequences of a government-controlled agricultural price increase on fishing and the coral reef ecosystem in the republic of kiribati.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Economic development policies may have important economic and ecological consequences beyond the sector they target. Understanding these consequences is important to improving these policies and finding opportunities to align economic development with natural resource conservation. These issues are of particular interest to governments and non-governmental organizations that have new mandates to pursue multiple benefits. In this case study, we examined the direct and indirect economic and ecological effects of an increase in the government-controlled price for the primary agricultural product in the Republic of Kiribati, Central Pacific.

Methods/principal findings

We conducted household surveys and underwater visual surveys of the coral reef to examine how the gov

SUBMITTER: Reddy SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018407 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature