In the choice between alternative environmental policy instruments, economists tend to favor policies capable of attaining cost-efficiency, but other considerations may be more important to stakeholders. We perform a choice experiment modeled on Swedish water and marine policy to estimate...

This paper studies distributional effects of environmental policies in Swedish coastal environments, in monetary and environmental quality terms, for different socio-economic groups. The study area is widely used for different recreational activities and has a mix of different visitors. Data...

La Comision Europea publico en 2006 un Libro Verde Politica Maritima en el que plantea como objetivo general el diseno de una politica global para el desarrollo sostenible en el medio marino. El nucleo del planteamien to se situa en la naturaleza global de los oceanos y, por tanto, en la...

The failure of the centralized management system and the intense over-exploitation of benthonicresources along the Chilean coast motivated the design and implementation of an innovative co-managementpolicy in 1999. Although its positive effects have already been recognized at biologicaland...

The failure of the centralized management system and the intense over-exploitation of benthonic resources along the Chilean coast motivated the design and implementation of an innovative co-management policy in 1999. Although its positive effects have already been recognized at biological and...

Global fisheries are increasingly overfished. The existing international regulatory structure, a set of regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs), has failed to prevent overfishing. Regulatory problems exist because of the common pool resource character of fisheries and the fishing...

Over 300 natural scientists in 53 nations are taking part in the Census of Marine Life (CoML) to investigate what lived, what lives, and what will live in the oceans. The CoML is a scientific experiment that is exploring the limits of ocean science. The paper discusses the potential applications...

Advancing global economic integration through the oceans, an interplay of economic, social, climatologic and technical forces are bringing the oceans to the forefront of resource development and business activity. With oceans covering over 70 percent of the Earth's surface, the future of the...

European marine regions include the north-east Atlantic and Arctic oceans, and the Mediterranean, Black and Baltic seas. Human activities — such as fishing, aquaculture and agriculture — and climate change cause large and severe impacts on Europe's coastal and marine ecosystems. The EU...

The European Environment Agency (EEA) held a two and a half day senior-level meeting in Copenhagen (13–15 May 2009) on 'A global setting for European environmental monitoring — measuring what we must manage' to explore concrete ideas for building a sustainable and focused observing capacity...

Das vorliegende Grünbuch soll eine Debatte über die künftige Meerespolitik der EU anstoßen, die von einer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung der Ozeane und Meere ausgeht. Diese werden uns nur dann weiter Nutzen bringen können, wenn wir achtsam mit ihnen umgehen in einer Zeit, da ihre Ressourcen...