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How do local communities in the Maldives value reef
resources?
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Economic Valuation of Coral Reefs: A Case
Study of the Costs and Benefits of Improved
Management of Dhigali Haa, a Marine Protected
Area in Baa Atoll, Maldives
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Cb[ecuve: explore Lhe value placed by communlues on Lhelr local reef
resources

Pow do l measure reef value?
value ls sub[ecuve
"Lhe varlous ways ln whlch lndlvlduals, processes and
places mauer, our varlous modes of relaung Lo Lhem,
and Lhe varlous conslderauons LhaL enLer lnLo our
dellberauons abouL acuon." (C'nelll, Polland and LlghL
2008, p.1)
values are human
consLrucLs
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WhaL ls value?
values are plurallsuc
CannoL be reduced Lo a dollar value
Puman-naLure
lnLeracuons
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Puman
naLure
Soclal
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value
Soclal
Lcologlcal
CulLural
Lconomlc
WhaL ls Lhe value of Lhe
envlronmenL or lLs resources?
Pow does a cerLaln communlLy
value Lhelr naLural resources?
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Qualitative Approach
Value Interpretations
social, cultural, economic and ecological
perceptions & behaviour

Values ! beliefs ! attitudes ! behaviour
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Qualitative Approach
Areas of inquiry
access and use
resource availability
consumption and distribution
local knowledge
property rights
local and state rules

Moblle (sh):
Scads
reef sh
communlLy sh

SLauonary:
Sand
coral

7 communlues
norLh - 3
Mld-norLh - 2
SouLh - 2

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Reef Values are Changing
Sand & coral
1radluonal
CommodlLy
proLecuon
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Reef Values are Changing
Lagoon sh
SubslsLence
8ecreauonal
markeL
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Reef Values are Changing
ulrecL lndlrecL
Everyone stayed
on the island and
went fishing
Llvellhood 8ecreauonal
CommunlLy lndlvldual
(i) changes within the communities
(ii) changes in how communities use the resources.
Island c hiefs
! use as food
! high interaction
! strong local rules
Traditional community Present community
heterogeneous user groups
elders
! previous high
interaction
! use as food
! strong local rules
fishers
! high interaction
! use as food
! strong local rules
youth
! low interaction
! recreational use
! weak local rules
others (e.g. women,
mothers)
! low interaction
! use as food
! neutral local rules
homogenous user groups
MarkeLs & Money Mlgrauon Cloballzed educauon
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Factors influencing use

Resource use
Sand: customary to commodity
Fish: subsistence to recreation &
market
Resource availability
Individual community
characteristics
e.g. personal relations, market
exchanges, socioeconomic factors
Resource type
Physical characteristics
of islands
e.g. island and lagoon
size, type of sand
Variations among
communities
e.g. community size, kinship
relations, governance
Resource location
e.g. sand inside house reef
vs. sand in other reefs
Reduced interaction
with resources
Reduced local
knowledge
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Migration to Male

Individual community characteristics
e.g. personal relations, market exchanges,
moral values
Migration to capital
Reduced interaction
with resources
Western schooling Reduced personal
interactions
Changing
Worldviews
socioeconomic
characteristics

Resource use
Sand: customary to commodity
Fish: subsistence to recreation & market
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Looking Beyond the Changing Reef Values
Local values and locally relevant
governance
Local knowledge and local worldviews
Re-integrating the sacred
Local environments, global concerns


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