Reaping the reef: Provisioning services from coral reefs in Solomon Islands

Joelle A Albert; Andrew D Olds; Simon Albert; Annabelle Cruz-Trinidad; Anne-Marie Schwarz

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2015.09.023

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Reaping the reef: Provisioning services from coral reefs in Solomon Islands

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Reaping the reef: Provisioning services from coral reefs in Solomon Islands

Joelle A Albert, Andrew D Olds, Simon Albert, Annabelle Cruz-Trinidad and Anne-Marie Schwarz

Marine Policy, Vol.62, pp.244-251

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.09.023

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Solomon Islands

Coral triangle

economic value

ecosystem services

fisheries

coral trade

The marine biodiversity in the Coral Triangle sustains the livelihoods of roughly 100 million coastal people, yet this region is under threat from numerous local and global stressors. Regional actions underway to address coastal and marine degradation and an improve understanding of the social-ecological links between people and their environment. Economic assessments of coral reef provisioning services afforded to rural communities in Solomon Islands identified a diverse range of fisheries-based (fish, seaweed, clam, trochus, crayfish and shells) and coral-based (sand, rubble, stone, and corals for lime, aquarium and curio trades) products. Fisheries products (in particular reef fish) were important for both village subsistence and cash economies, providing the equivalent of US $5173 (7515) annually per respondent. In contrast, coral products contributed the equivalent of US $2213 (7396) annually per respondent, primarily to cash economies, particularly in study villages located in close proximity to national markets. Extractive coral activities have the potential to reduce reef resilience, diminish the viability of fisheries and so compromise the livelihoods of dependent communities. Improved management, legislative review and livelihood diversification strategies are likely to be required to manage coral reefs and the ecosystem services they provide across the Coral Triangle region

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Title: Reaping the reef: Provisioning services from coral reefs in Solomon Islands
Authors: Joelle A Albert (Author) - Worldfish, Solomon Islands
Andrew D Olds (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Simon Albert (Author) - University of Queensland
Annabelle Cruz-Trinidad (Author) - FISHBASE Information and Research Group, Philippines
Anne-Marie Schwarz (Author) - Worldfish, Solomon Islands
Publication details: Marine Policy, Vol.62, pp.244-251
Publisher: Pergamon
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.09.023
ISSN: 0308-597X
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449125102621
Output Type: Journal article

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