Publications

Publications and Recent Work related to PREEN

Table 1: Cost-benefit analysis examples (scroll to the right for discount rates used)

Sector	Reference	Country	Topic	Link	DiscountRate	Timing	Methodology
Water	Ambroz 2011	Niue	Water supply	http://ict.sopac.org/VirLib/TR0447.pdf	3, 7, 10	Ex ante
	Gerber 2010	Palau	Water safety planning	http://www.sopac.org/sopac/docs/TR440%20final.pdf	3, 7, 10	Ex ante/ on-going
	Gerber 2011	RMI	Water resource	http://ict.sopac.org/VirLib/TR0438.pdf	3, 7, 10	Ex ante/ on-going
	Talagi 2011	Niue	Water safety planning	http://ict.sopac.org/VirLib/TR0443.pdf	3, 7, 10	Ex ante/ on-going
	Hajkowicz et al. 2005	Cook Islands	Costs of watershed degradation	http://www.environment.org.ck/docs/CIIWP-Economic-Valuation.pdf	3, 5, 9		Avoided cost
Coastal management	Ambroz, 2009	Tuvalu	Aggregate supply	http://ict.sopac.org/VirLib/ER0137.pdf	3, 7, 10	Ex ante
	Greer Consulting Services 2007	Kiribati	Aggregate supply	http://ict.sopac.org/VirLib/ER0071a.pdf	10	Ex ante
Disaster Risk	Holland 2008	Fiji	Flood early warning	http://ict.sopac.org/VirLib/ER0122.pdf	3, 7, 10	Ex ante
	Woodruff 2007	Samoa	Flood mitigation	http://ict.sopac.org/VirLib/ER0069g.pdf	7	Ex ante
	Lal et al. 2009	Fiji	Flood impacts	http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/flood_report_final_compressed.pdf	n/a	Ex post
New	A. R. Wilks 2013	French Polynesia	Storm Surge/Hazard	Preliminary benefit cost analysis of storm surge hazard mitigation in the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia
New	A. R. Wilks 2013	French Ploynesia	Storam Surge/Hazard	Preliminary least cost analysis of storm surge hazard mitigation in the Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia
Fisheries	Vunisea 2005	RMI	Tuna sector	http://www.spc.int/DigitalLibrary/Doc/FAME/InfoBull/WIF/15/WIF15_03_Vunisea.html	n/a	n/a
	Sharp 2011	Regional	Fish aggregating devices	http://www.spc.int/DigitalLibrary/Doc/FAME/InfoBull/FishNews/135/FishNews135_27_Sharp.pdf	n/a	n/a
Biodiversity	Pascal 2011	n/a	n/a	http://www.reefbase.org/resource_center/publication/main.aspx?refid=77369&linksource=nl	n/a	n/a
	Lal and Cerelala 2005	Fiji	Coral reef extraction	http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Countries/Fiji/53.pdf	5	n/a
	Jacobs 2004	American Samoa	Coral reefs	http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coralreef.gov%2Fmeeting18%2Fascoralvaluation_samoa_2007.pdf&ei=IltwUsqMJsSYiAK4zYGoCg&usg=AFQjCNGnQWJWNF4dSHr-vrErNTqCo5frpg&sig2=lpK0bYDKOfydToL3ETu_lw&bvm=bv.55617003,d.cGE	3	n/a
	Spurgeon et al 2004	American Samoa	Coral reefs	http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/pdfs/sam/Spurgeon2004AS.pdf			multiple (CV, value transfer etc)
	Cesar et al.	Hawaii	Marine managed areas	file:///D:/PREEN/MMA%20valuation%20-%20Cesar,%20van%20Beukering%20and%20Friedlander.pdf	3	Ex ante	Willingness to pay
	Van Beukering et al 2007	Guam	Coral reefs	http://www.guammarinelab.com/publications/uogmltechrep116.pdf	5	Ex ante	Willingness to pay
	O'Garra 2007	Fiji	Marine managed areas		5, 10, 15		Contingent valuation
	Mohd-Shahwahid and McNally 2001	Valuation of the terrestrial and marine resources		http://earthmind.net/marine/docs/valuation-samoa.pdf
Pollution	Hajkowicz et al. 2005	Palau	Solid waste management	http://archive.iwlearn.net/www.sprep.org/solid_waste/documents/Economic%20costs%20of%20waste%20-%20%20Palau.pdf	3, 5, 9	n/a	survey and benefits transfer
	Lal et al. 2006	Tonga	Solid waste management	http://www.sprep.org/att/publication/000521_IWP_PTR33.pdf	10	n/a
	Lal et al 2007	Tuvalu	Liquid waste management	http://www.pacificwater.org/userfiles/file/IWRM/Toolboxes/financing%20IWRM/LIQUID%20MANAGEMENT-TUVALU.pdf	n/a	n/a
Agriculture	Bower 2012	Fiji	Fair trade	http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CDEQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Flrdeconomics.files.wordpress.com%2F2013%2F04%2Fsugar-cane-report-final.pdf&ei=7F5wUvKcCeP-igKaqoDAAg&usg=AFQjCNFtrjVn1EyPguOAu5NmFDRSAFc_ng&sig2=PI9cXPW7MCI4oEs5HyzXaw&bvm=bv.55617003,d.cGE	n/a	n/a
	MacGregor et al. 2011	Samoa, Vanuatu	Germplasm	http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CE8QFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.climatechange.gov.au%2Fsites%2Fclimatechange%2Ffiles%2Fdocuments%2F06_2013%2Fiucn-value-of-germplasm-and-crop-improvement.pdf&ei=tWFwUqnSKaiqiQKE2IGICA&usg=AFQjCNFWAWKqDetNDMWQDOAG2-r2TIWoYA&sig2=pWVitLCkLJcuz8VxR8QEww&bvm=bv.55617003,d.cGE	n/a	n/a
Forestry	Pesce et al. 2004	Solomon Islands	Forestry certification	https://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/1134	10	n/a
	Zieroth et al. 2007	Fiji	Biofuel	http://www.rotuma.net/os/Publications/Biofuel_Rotuma.pdf	15	n/a
Invasive Species	Daigneault et al. 2013	Fiji	Invasive species management	In Press (CEPF Report)	4, 8, 12	Ex ante
Miscellanous	Holland, P. 2014 SPC	Pacific	Economic Valuation	http://www.sopac.org/sopac/docs/nre/StateOfArtEconomicValuation.pdf

For more examples of environmental and resource economics carried out in the Pacific please see: http://www.sopac.org/index.php/sopac-economics-publications

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