The economic value of ecosystem services in the Great Barrier Reef : our state of knowledge

Stoeckl, Natalie and Hicks, Christina C. and Mills, Morena and Fabricius, Katharina and Esparon, Michelle and Kroon, Frederieke and Kaur, Kamaljit and Costanza, Robert (2011) The economic value of ecosystem services in the Great Barrier Reef : our state of knowledge. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1219. pp. 113-133. ISSN 0077-8923

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Abstract

This article reviews literature relating to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and aims to assess the current state of knowledge about (1) the "value" of ecosystem services (ES) provided by the GBR and (2) the way in which activities that are carried out in regions adjacent to the GBR affect those values. It finds that most GBR valuation studies have concentrated on a narrow range of ES (e.g., tourism and fishing) and that little is known about other ES or about the social, temporal, and spatial distribution of those services. Just as the reef provides ES to humans and to other ecosystems, so too does the reef receive a variety of ES from adjoining systems (e.g., mangroves). Yet, despite the evidence that the reef's ability to provide ES has been eroded because of recent changes to adjoining ecosystems, little is known about the value of the ES provided by adjoining systems or about the value of recent changes. These information gaps may lead to suboptimal allocations of resource use within multiple realms.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? ecosystem serviceseconomic valuationgreat barrier reef (gbr)catchmentscoral-reefswater-qualityfish assemblagesclimate-changequeenslandaustraliaresiliencedisturbancesedimentssystemsgeneral biochemistry,genetics and molecular biologybiochemistry, genetics a ??
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85020
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Deposited On:
02 Mar 2017 16:24
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Yes
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Published
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