Economic valuation of coral reefs and adjacent habitats in American Samoa
Subtitle: final report
By: Jabobs in association with MRAG Americas, Inc., National Institution of Water & Atmospheric Research NZ, Professor N. Polunin (University of Newcastle, UK)
Contributors: Marine Resources Assessment Group (Firm); American Samoa. Department of Commerce
Publisher: Jacobs Engineering
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [United States?]
Language: eng
Subjects: Coral reefs and islands; Valuation; Mangrove swamps; Coasts; Marine ecotourism; Sustainable development; Environmental conditions
Notes: Cover title.

"November 2004" -- Cover.

Running note: Final report 2-11-04/Nov-04.

"Prepared by James Spurgeon, Toby Roxburgh, Stefanie O' Gorman, Robert Lindley, Doug Ramsey, Nick Polunin. -- page 1-1.

"Client: Department of Commerce, Government of American Samoa" -- page 1-1.

Includes bibliographical references (page 9-1 to 9-6)
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Study approach and methodology; title: 3. Current coastal resource benefits; title: 4. Trends, threats and enhancement of coastal resources; title: 5. Potential future coastal resource benefits; title: 6. Economic valuation model results; title: 7. Conclusions and use of the results; title: 8. Recommendations and next steps; title: 9. References.