Valuation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services in India: Macro Assessment
Published By: Madras School of Economics, MSE on eSS | Published Date: July , 2016The aim of this study
is to value, in monetary units, coastal and marine ecosystem services in India. The
reasons for doing so are two–fold: i) the destruction and degradation of coastal
ecosystems necessitates the accounting for ecosystem service losses in terms of the
benefits foregone to human beings, such that appropriate decisions and actions
regarding the extent to which coastal ecosystems are to be conserved may be taken; and
ii) very few studies exist in the literature that have comprehensively valued coastal and
marine ecosystem services in India. [MSE Monograph 35/2016].
Author(s): K. S. Kavi Kumar, Lavanya Ravikanth Anneboina, Ramchandra Bhatta | Posted on: Oct 25, 2016 | Views() | Download (527)