Guidebook on Ecosystem Accounting
Southern Palawan is one of the two test sites in the Philippines for the wealth accounting and the valuation of ecosystem services (WAVES) project. Southern Palawan has a significant remaining forest cover including mangroves, extensive coral reefs...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/186871525844962114/Guidebook http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29829 |
| Summary: | Southern Palawan is one of the two test
sites in the Philippines for the wealth accounting and the
valuation of ecosystem services (WAVES) project. Southern
Palawan has a significant remaining forest cover including
mangroves, extensive coral reefs, and fishing grounds.
Challenges in natural resource management in Southern
Palawan include: (i) the increasing conversion of forest
lands for plantation development and shifting cultivation;
(ii) intensive mineral extension; (iii) illegal timber
logging and hunting; and (iv) destruction of coastal
ecosystem and overfishing. A comprehensive understanding of
the natural capital of Southern Palawan is important to
manage the competing interests on natural resources and to
support economic development. |
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