Journal
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
Volume 68, Issue 6, Pages 1626-1632Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.12.005
Keywords
Beneft and cost analysis; Marine ecosystem services; Mariculture mode; Sanggou Bay
Funding
- UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Project, National Basic Research Program of China [2002CB412406]
- SOA-funded Program [908-0204-03]
- National Marine Public Welfare Project of China for Marine Biodiversity Conservation Research and Demonstration Based on Coastal Zone Integrated Management [200705029]
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As a life-supporting system, marine ecosystem provides various services for human being. Based on ecosystem services, we developed a Benifit and Cost Analysis model to balance the conflicts between economic income and environmental loss caused by mariculture activities. This model not only calculates market income of mariculture but also monetizes the positive and negative effects of mariculture activities on ecosystem services. In this model, three indices, the NPV (Net Present Value), BCR (Benefit to Cost Ratio) and RC (Relative Coefficent) with consideration of discount rate, are developed to assess and prioritize the candidate mariculture modes. This Benefit and Cost Analysis model was applied to Sanggou Bay, one typical mariculture bay in China, to identify sustainable mariculture mode. In this paper, we find that benefit and cost analysis based on ecosystem services value provides a convenient and effective tool to compare different exploitation modes of marine ecosystem. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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