The Difficulty of Valuing Complex Ecosystems

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Title:

The Difficulty of Valuing Complex Ecosystems Climate Change and the Florida Keys- Fact Sheet 5

Creator:

Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Florida Keys Natural Marine Sanctuary
NOAA Socioeconomic Research and Monitoring Program

Publication Date:

2010

Language:

English

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climate change
unknownFlorida Keys (Fla.)
marine ecosystems

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Abstract:

Total economic valuation is a major objective in the effort by NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries to link the economy to the environment of the Florida Keys, and elsewhere. A successful valuation has yet to be achieved for any coral reef system, although an attempt was made for the Great Barrier Reef in 2009 to evaluate a totally bleached reef system compared with a healthy one. A significant part of NOAA’s economic research is currently being directed towards improving the valuation criteria.

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Florida International University

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