Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Publication Year:
2001
Publication Place
Malaysia
Physical Description:
74 ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 4252 [EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
13019
Legacy PEIN ID:
52910
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection and also available online|For Samoas's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Government of Samoa
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine resources - Samoa
Environment - Protection
Marine resources - Economic valuation - Samoa
Terrestrial and Marine Resources - Samoa
Natural resources - Research - Samoa
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Samoa
Marine resources economic valuation
Abstract
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) provides an indicator of the growth of the economy of a nation. The GDP for Samoa in 1999 was estimated to be ST$718.4 million at current market prices, of which agriculture, fishing and indirectly tourism are the main sectors of the economy. These sectors are directly and indirectly dependent on the natural resources. Yet, the essential role played by these resources to the economy is not explicitly known since many of their services are not transacted through formal markets and in some cases markets do not exist to permit payments for their utilisation. The Samoan national government has identified the need to incorporate the economic values of these natural resources into the National Bio-diversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) with the aim of integrating biodiversity conservation with policy planning. With this in mind, research on the economic valuation of the marine and terrestrial resources, particularly forests, of Samoa was conducted from October 10 to November 24, 2000 and the findings are provided in this report.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Publication Year:
2001
Publication Place
Malaysia
Physical Description:
74 ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 4252 [EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
13019
Legacy PEIN ID:
52910
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection and also available online|For Samoas's National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan Government of Samoa
Record Created: 17-Apr-2001
Record Modified: 22-Feb-2021