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Socioeconomic Conditions along the World's Tropical Coasts: 2008: The first global analysis of the importance of marine resources to people living along tropical coasts.

Mainre Management Marine EBM EconomicsThis is an informal community of practice with surveys, literature, and discussions about economic indicator projects for marine and coastal ecosystem-based projects in the U.S.

Coastal Ocean Values Center Online Coastal Economics Resources
Provides economic resources including: Basic Guides to Economic Concepts and Methods; Bibliographic References (including value estimates); Data on Marine and Coastal Uses; and Marine Protected Area Economics.

Global Socioeconomic Monitoring Initiative for Coastal Managment (SOCMON) 
Provides resources and training to help coastal managers better understand and incorporate the socioecoomic context into coastal management programs.

NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
Provides resources to support effective management and sound science to preserve, sustain and restore valuable coral reef ecosystems.

Reefbase: A Global Information System for Coral Reefs
Provides free and easy access to data and information on the location, status, threats, monitoring, and management of coral reef resources in over 100 countries and territories.

World Resources Institute Economic Valuation of Coral Reefs in the Caribbean
The Economic Valuation of Coral Reefs project aims to use valuation estimates to improve the management of coral reef ecosystems in the Caribbean through partnerships in St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Belize.  Please see WRI's Value of Coral Reefs in Caribbean Islands -- Draft Economic Valuation Methodology.

Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Valuing the Environment in Small Islands - An Environmental Economics Toolkit (2007)
van Beukering, P., Brander, L., Tompkins, E. and McKenzie, E.

This toolkit provides clear guidance on how the value of the environment in small islands can be estimated and incorporated into planning and development decisions. It explains why you would undertake a study, who should be involved, how to implement the study and how to use the results.