The Socio-Economics of the West, Central and Southern African Coastal Communities

Appendix G Annual Economic Value of Coastal Ecosystem Services to the GCLME and CCLME Countries

Total (US$ millions per year)

CCLME (US$ millions per year)

GCLME (US$ millions per year)

CCLME (US$/ha/a)

GCLME (US$/ha/a)

Ecosystem Service

Provisioning Services

$26,364,324

$7,909,200

$18,455,124

$12 (2012)

Timber Products

$10.1

$143,160,210

$44,489,250

$98,670,960

$67.5 (2012)

Non-Timber Products

$54

Regulating Services*

$63,240,420

$20,300,280

$42,940,140

Sewage Treatment

$30.8

$23.5

$9,501,648

NA

$9,501,648

Drinking Water

NA

$5.2

1,734,900,576

$883,589,460

851,311,116

Coastal Protection

$1,340.6

$465.9

$373,702,590

$221,128,050

$152,574,540

Carbon Sequestration

$335.5

$83.5

Habitat (Supporting) Services

$280,516,084

$425.6 for mangroves

$1,836,254,720

$1,512,954,720

Fish nursery

$828 for mangroves

$42,783,916

$425.6 for seagrass

Cultural Services

$720,800,000

NA

$720,800,000

Tourism

NA

NA

Opportunities forTourism and Recreation

$4,684,000,000

$4,684,000,000

NA

$1,100,000/coastal km

NA

Bequest and Existence and Cultural Services

$15,159,300

$18,820,572

$23 for mangroves

$10.3 Biodiversity

Biodiversity and Cultural Services

$55,112,519

$2,312,075

$23 for seagrass

$10.3 Cultural Services

$18,820,572

NA

$23 for beaches

$4,242,237,007

$1,518,187,615

$2,724,049,392

Total Without Including Tourism

$3,444,849,392

Total Including Tourism

* As the health status of the ecosystem haven’t been considered and as the economic differentiation of countries in GCLME and CCLME is minor, figures per ha should be the same. Sources: Interwies (2011), Interwies and Görlitz (2013).

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