Prioritising Mangrove Ecosystem Services Results in Spatially Variable Management Priorities.

ABSTRACT: Incorporating the values of the services that ecosystems provide into decision making is becoming increasingly common in nature conservation and resource management policies, both locally and globally. Yet with limited funds for conservation of threatened species and ecosystems there is a desire to identify priority areas where investment efficiently conserves multiple ecosystem services. We mapped four mangrove ecosystems services (coastal protection, fisheries, biodiversity, and carbon storage) across Fiji. Using a cost-effectiveness analysis, we prioritised mangrove areas for each service, where the effectiveness was a function of the benefits provided to the local communities, and the costs were associated with restricting specific uses of mangroves. We demonstrate that, although prior

SUBMITTER: Atkinson SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4805192 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature