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Conservation InternationalMPA Networks
Economic Valuation and Cultural Roles of Marine
Protected Areas (MPAs)
Leah Bunce1, John Reid2, Giselle
Samonte-Tan1 1Conservation International 2Conse
rvation Strategy Fund Presenter
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Marine Management Area Science (MMAS) Program
MMAS Vision Provide scientific answers to the
critical questions confronting the management of
marine multiple-use and protected areas.
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Marine Management Area Science (MMAS) Research
Themes

• Management effectiveness
• Population and habitat connectivity
• Resiliency
• Economic and cultural values
• Conservation and economic development
• Enforcement

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Objectives
Economic Valuation Study

• To quantify economic values of marine management
  area (MMA) ecosystems
• To establish general research protocols to be
  applied at other sites

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Sites
Venetia Hargreaves-Allen
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The study will address two questions 1) What
is the total economic value (TEV) of goods and
services derived from a particular marine
ecosystem? 2) How is the flow of those and
other goods and services altered by the
imposition of a policy regime aimed at conserving
the ecosystem?
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What is the total economic value (TEV) of goods
and services derived for a particular marine
ecosystem?

• 3 Scenarios
• Economic value of the marine resources and
  services associated with 1 MMA per country (e.g.
  Coiba National Park)
• Economic value if the area was not a MMA
• Economic value if new threat was introduced to
  the area (e.g. Brazil shrimp farming)

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Economic Valuation into Action!

• To demonstrate to policy-makers, managers, user
  groups and other stakeholders the importance of
  MMAs based on these 4 MMA analyses!
• Looking to do more MMA sites

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VALUATION METHOD
TOTAL ECONOMICVALUE (TEV)
USE VALUE (DUVIUVOV)
NON-USE VALUE (XVBV)
DIRECT USE VALUE
INDIRECT USE VALUE
OPTION VALUE
EXISTENCE VALUE
BEQUEST VALUE
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TOTAL ECONOMIC VALUE
GOODS
SERVICES

• Capture
• Fisheries

• Biodiversity

• Threatened
• reef habitats

• Fisheries

• Endangered
• species

• Marine Mammals

• Other ecosystems

• Tourism

• Aesthetic
• reefscapes
• beaches

• Recreation

• Research

• Education

• Coastline

• Aesthetic

• Other coastal
• ecosystems

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• How is the flow of goods and services altered
  by the imposition of a policy regime aimed at
  conserving the ecosystem?
• Approaches
• 1. with and without policy interventions,
• using control communities,
• as a time-series,
• by estimating effects of policy
• intervention.

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Contribution to MMA Science

• The results will provide scientific evidence of
  the importance of MPAs compared with if there
  were no MPAs, demonstrate the socioeconomic
  impacts of the threat and provide a basis for
  gauging socioeconomic impacts of additional,
  future threats to the MPAs.
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• In each country the research will engage and
  inform local leaders, conservation professionals
  in NGOs and government who play active management
  and support roles in marine conservation efforts.
• The results of all 4 sites will together
  demonstrate the value of MPAs around the world,
  which will be used to demonstrate to
  international organizations and high-level
  policy-makers worldwide the importance and
  benefits of MPAs.

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Questions for YOU!

• Will these economic values of MMAs be useful to
  you in your work? HOW?!
• How can we best share the results with you (e.g.
  e-mail 1 page summary? Publication? Powerpoint?
  How?)

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Thank You!