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    Climate and location vulnerability in Southwestern Cameroon : assessing the options and cost of protection to property in coastal areas
    (Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, ZA, 2010) Molua, Ernest L.
    This research assesses the options and costs of protection by homeowners along the Atlantic coastal region in the Southwest of Cameroon, that are due to the impact of storms and floods. The study reveals that income, education, age and gender are significant factors determining a household’s probability of using protection measures. The study concludes that the ability of homeowners to extensively respond to a climate event will have to be reinforced by communal and public works projects in the coastal zone region. The choice or measure of protection is analyzed within the framework of a multinomial logit model.
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    Determinants of non-compliance with light attraction regulation among inshore fishers in Ghana
    (Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy in Africa (CEEPA), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, ZA, 2008) Akpalu, Wisdom
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    Sustainable financing for ocean and coastal management in Jamaica : the potential for revenues from tourist user fees
    (Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economics Program (LACEEP), Turrialba, CR, 2008) Edwards, Peter
    This study explores the feasibility of implementing a sustainable funding mechanism for ocean and coastal management in Jamaica. Results show that tourists are more willing to pay for an ‘environmental tax’’ than a general‘‘ tourism development tax’’. The study found that an environmental surcharge of US$2 per person could generate $3.4M per year for management with 0.2% rate of decline in tourist visitation. Negative impacts from the imposition of additional taxes on annual tourist visitation rates could be minimized by providing information on how there venues from the tax will be allocated for management activities.
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    Can mangroves minimize property loss during big storms? : an analysis of house damage due to the super cyclone in Orissa
    (SANDEE, Kathmandu, NP, 2009) Das, Saudamini; Shyamsundar, Priya
    This paper estimates the storm protection benefits on residential property in the Kendrapada district of Orissa (India) due to the mediation of mangrove forests during a super cyclone (1999). By combining GIS data with census information, the analyses suggest that without mangrove protection the percentage of fully collapsed houses in the study area would have increased by 23%. Mangrove forests provided protection benefits to houses to the extent of INR 975, 800 (USD 23,233) per km width of forests or INR 51,168 (USD 1218) per hectare. Policy makers need to prioritize mangrove conservation and re-planting in planning for tropical storms.
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    Storm protection by mangroves in Orissa : an analysis of the 1999 super cyclone
    (SANDEE, Kathmandu, NP, 2007) Das, Saudamini
    This study assesses the storm protection role afforded by mangroves. It uses data on human casualties, damages to houses and livestock losses suffered in the Kendrapada district of the State of Orissa during the super cyclone of October 1999. The cyclone (of T 7 category) devastated 12 of the 30 districts of Orissa causing 9,893 human casualties and 441,531 livestock deaths, and damaging 1,958,351 houses and 1,843,047 hectares of crop. The analysis incorporates meteorological, geo-physical and socio-economic factors to separate out the impact of mangrove vegetation on cyclone damage. The results indicate that the mangroves significantly reduced human death and seemed more effective in saving lives (both human as well as animals) than in reducing damage to static property. While there was significant reduction due to mangroves in damage to residential houses and to big animals like cattle and buffaloes, these results were not robust. If the width of the mangrove forest was 10% more that what it was at the time of the cyclone, human casualties would have been lower by 12.48 %, buffalo loss by 6.6 %, cattle loss by 2.23 % and fully collapsed houses by 2.21%. Factors like land elevation, immovable asset holdings, etc., too, had decisive effects on human casualties in the storm surge affected areas.
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    Overfishing in the Philippine marine fisheries sector
    (EEPSEA, Singapore, SG, 1998) IDRC. Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia; Israel, D.C.; Banzon, C.P.