My basic training in general economics allowed me to explore economic levers that can be mobilized for the conservation of coral ecosystems as a whole. This included the notion of ecosystem services, such as coastal protection, and tools such as coral restoration and other nature-based solutions with innovative financing mechanisms.
With a narrower focus, I applied these approaches to shark conservation, advocating the implementation of “Payments for ecosystem services” and a better redistribution of the economic rent generated by shark-watching ecotourism.
Further reading
Laurans et al economic valuation of ecosyst (2013)
Pascal et al quick and clean economic valuation (2016)
Brathwaite et al crafting solution for coastal (2022)
Brathwaithe et al review of coastal reef (2021)
Clua and pascal pes linked to shark ecotourism in (2014)
Brathwaite et al boosting nature based solution (2022)
Clua et al economic value of lemon shark in (2011)
