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10-03-2008, 10:04 PM
Astrid J. Scholz, Ph.D Marine Life Protection Act Master Plan Science Advisory Team
Ecotrust
Biography:
http://www.scientificjournals.com/sj/all/AutorenAnzeigeESS/autorenId/90226
Article
Supplementary Report: Social and Economic Implications of a Channel Islands Marine Reserve Network
Report by Astrid Scholz for Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.edf.org/documents/448_MPAreport.pdf
“Marine reserves have considerable socioeconomic implications because, by setting aside ocean
areas from extractive uses, they change patterns of human use of marine resources. Effectively, they allocate ocean resources from one set of uses and users to another, just as the absence of marine reserves allocates resources. Without marine reserves, ocean resources are by default allocated to consumptive users. Marine reserves would allocate some portion of the ocean resources of the Channel Islands from fishermen and other consumptive users to non-consumptive users such as boaters, divers, and people who value the existence of these resources in a relatively unperturbed state. Another complexity implicit within the marine reserve design process is that some benefits accrue to future generations, or to constituencies farther afield geographically neither of whom tend to be represented at the local negotiating table. In the case of the CINMS, for example, decision-makers should account not just for the local fishing and tourism industry, but for the broader U.S. public, in whose trust terrestrial and marine ecosystems are managed.”
“While some non-consumptive benefits may be difficult to quantify, they are no less important than losses of fishing opportunity as factors to be weighed in considering whether or not to establish an MPA.”
Astrid Scholz
Ecotrust connections:
http://www.e3network.org/aboutus.php
http://www.salmonnation.com/about/faq.html
http://www.conservationeconomy.net/
http://www.e3network.org/steering.php
Economists in the E3 Network believe:
• A clean and safe environment is a birthright of every person. It is not a commodity to be distributed on the basis of purchasing power, nor a privilege to be distributed on the basis of political power.
• Safeguarding the natural environment is inseparable from promoting social justice. Without a fair distribution of wealth and power, neither the free market nor government regulation will guarantee environmental quality and human well-being.
• Today’s environmental challenges demand new thinking. By engaging with real-world problems economists can help craft effective solutions and build a more just and sustainable future.
To these ends, we assist democratic and participatory decision-making in public policies to protect people and the environment.
Ecotrust
Biography:
http://www.scientificjournals.com/sj/all/AutorenAnzeigeESS/autorenId/90226
Article
Supplementary Report: Social and Economic Implications of a Channel Islands Marine Reserve Network
Report by Astrid Scholz for Environmental Defense Fund
http://www.edf.org/documents/448_MPAreport.pdf
“Marine reserves have considerable socioeconomic implications because, by setting aside ocean
areas from extractive uses, they change patterns of human use of marine resources. Effectively, they allocate ocean resources from one set of uses and users to another, just as the absence of marine reserves allocates resources. Without marine reserves, ocean resources are by default allocated to consumptive users. Marine reserves would allocate some portion of the ocean resources of the Channel Islands from fishermen and other consumptive users to non-consumptive users such as boaters, divers, and people who value the existence of these resources in a relatively unperturbed state. Another complexity implicit within the marine reserve design process is that some benefits accrue to future generations, or to constituencies farther afield geographically neither of whom tend to be represented at the local negotiating table. In the case of the CINMS, for example, decision-makers should account not just for the local fishing and tourism industry, but for the broader U.S. public, in whose trust terrestrial and marine ecosystems are managed.”
“While some non-consumptive benefits may be difficult to quantify, they are no less important than losses of fishing opportunity as factors to be weighed in considering whether or not to establish an MPA.”
Astrid Scholz
Ecotrust connections:
http://www.e3network.org/aboutus.php
http://www.salmonnation.com/about/faq.html
http://www.conservationeconomy.net/
http://www.e3network.org/steering.php
Economists in the E3 Network believe:
• A clean and safe environment is a birthright of every person. It is not a commodity to be distributed on the basis of purchasing power, nor a privilege to be distributed on the basis of political power.
• Safeguarding the natural environment is inseparable from promoting social justice. Without a fair distribution of wealth and power, neither the free market nor government regulation will guarantee environmental quality and human well-being.
• Today’s environmental challenges demand new thinking. By engaging with real-world problems economists can help craft effective solutions and build a more just and sustainable future.
To these ends, we assist democratic and participatory decision-making in public policies to protect people and the environment.