SEM-Pasifika : Socioeconomic monitoring guidelines for coastal managers in Pacific Island countries

Abstract

The main purpose of SEM-Pasifika is to improve site management of the coastal and marine areas in the Pacific region. It should guide interested communities in the region (including communities who have used existing methods and new communities without experiences in socio-economic assessment), management and project staff, researchers, and other practitioners, to understand important steps involved in a socioeconomic assessment and to be able to conduct the monitoring. The socioeconomic information collected will help the stakeholders at a site in management, monitoring, policy making, development and research. The information could also be entered into a global or regional database for comparison and eventually an improvement of coastal management at a multi-national level.