http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/40400 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:48:02 GMT 2013-05-23T03:48:02Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/43093 Title: Climate and location vulnerability in Southwestern Cameroon : assessing the options and cost of protection to property in coastal areas Authors: Molua, Ernest L. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/43093 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/43092 Title: Determinants of non-compliance with light attraction regulation among inshore fishers in Ghana Authors: Akpalu, Wisdom Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/43092 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/43034 Title: Sustainable financing for ocean and coastal management in Jamaica : the potential for revenues from tourist user fees Authors: Edwards, Peter Abstract: This study explores the feasibility of implementing a sustainable funding mechanism for ocean and coastal management in Jamaica. Results show that tourists are more willing to pay for an ‘environmental tax’’ than a general‘‘ tourism development tax’’. The study found that an environmental surcharge of US$2 per person could generate $3.4M per year for management with 0.2% rate of decline in tourist visitation. Negative impacts from the imposition of additional taxes on annual tourist visitation rates could be minimized by providing information on how there venues from the tax will be allocated for management activities. Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/43034 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/41847 Title: Can mangroves minimize property loss during big storms? : an analysis of house damage due to the super cyclone in Orissa Authors: Das, Saudamini Editors: Shyamsundar, Priya Abstract: Storm protection is an important regulating service provided by mangrove forests because they can shield inland property and lives during tropical cyclones. Theoretical as well as empirical research shows that mangroves provide protection from storm surge. But whether mangroves protect inland static property during storms is less explored. This paper estimates the storm protection benefits due to mangroves during the super cyclone of 1999 in Orissa. By combining GIS data with census information, the paper examines the mangrove mediated effects on residential property in the Kendrapada district of Orissa. The analyses suggest that the percentage of fully collapsed houses in the study area would have increased by 23% without the benefit of mangrove protection. On the other hand, if the mangrove cover had remained at the level that it had been in the 1950s, the area would not have suffered any fully collapsed houses at all. The total protection benefits of mangroves in terms of averted damages to residential property in Kendrapada are estimated to be INR 592,647,800 (USD14, 110, 662). This suggests that mangrove forests provided protection benefits to houses to the extent of INR 975, 800 (USD 23,233) per km width of forests or INR 51,168 (USD 1218) per hectare of forests. Thus, policy makers need to take mangrove conservation and re-planting into account in planning for tropical storms, which are expected to increase with global warming. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/41847 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/38903 Title: Storm protection by mangroves in Orissa : an analysis of the 1999 super cyclone Authors: Das, Saudamini Abstract: This study assesses the storm protection role afforded by mangroves. It uses data on human casualties, damages to houses and livestock losses suffered in the Kendrapada district of the State of Orissa during the super cyclone of October 1999. The cyclone (of T 7 category) devastated 12 of the 30 districts of Orissa causing 9,893 human casualties and 441,531 livestock deaths, and damaging 1,958,351 houses and 1,843,047 hectares of crop. The analysis incorporates meteorological, geo-physical and socio-economic factors to separate out the impact of mangrove vegetation on cyclone damage. The results indicate that the mangroves significantly reduced human death and seemed more effective in saving lives (both human as well as animals) than in reducing damage to static property. While there was significant reduction due to mangroves in damage to residential houses and to big animals like cattle and buffaloes, these results were not robust. If the width of the mangrove forest was 10% more that what it was at the time of the cyclone, human casualties would have been lower by 12.48 %, buffalo loss by 6.6 %, cattle loss by 2.23 % and fully collapsed houses by 2.21%. Factors like land elevation, immovable asset holdings, etc., too, had decisive effects on human casualties in the storm surge affected areas. Mon, 01 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/38903 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z