Coastal and marine management is a hot topic for governments, NGOs, economists, and scientists around the globe. Below is an abbreviated list of recent publications by the World Bank and bank partners on coastal and marine management research and project updates. For a more comprehensive list of Bank publications please visit World Bank publications.
Recent Publications Environment Matters: Valuing Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Services
The theme of this issue of Environment Matters is valuing coastal and marine ecosystem services and their contributions to sustainable development. Regional reviews offer a brief inventory of the range of coastal and marine ecosystems that characterize each region, their status, and the value they provide. |  |
 | From Ridge to Reef: Water, Environment and Community Security—GEF Action on Transboundary Water Resources
This publication explores just a handful of the GEF International Waters projects that have already enabled countries to work collectively and, in many cases, to establish adaptive management institutions. |
Measuring the Coral Reef Ecosystem Health: Integrating Societal Dimensions
In this study, various tools that are being developed to measure the relationship between ecosystem health and societal trends are applied in the context of coral reef ecosystem health. In so doing, the study attempts to go well beyond prior efforts to assess coral reef health, based largely on biophysical indicators. |  |
 | Natural Solutions: Protected Areas Helping People Cope with Climate Change
This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas
contribute significantly to reducing impacts of climate change and what is
needed for them to achieve even more. |
Scaling up Marine Management: The Role of Marine Management
In light of the confusing array of Marine Protected Area types and other Marine Management Areas, this report creates a typology of tools based on their structure and objectives and commented on their relative effectiveness in achieving objectives, including marine conservation. |  |
Additional Books of Interest Where is the Wealth of Nations: Measuring Capital for the 21st Century
This book describes estimates of wealth and its components for nearly 120 countries. The book introduces wealth estimatees, analyzes changes in wealth, considers the importance of human and institutional capital and reviews existing applications of resource and environmental accounting. |  |
The Aid Trade: International Assistance as Pathways for the Introduction of Invasive Species-A Premliminary Report
It is now recognized that invasive alien species (IAS) pose a major threat to agricultural and natural ecosystems, and to human health and livelihoods. This report examines the precise origins of many existing IAS problems, particularly in the developing world, which remain poorly understood. |  |
 | Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform
The global marine catch has been stagnant for over a decade, while the natural
fish capital—the wealth of the oceans—has declined. This study and previous studies indicate that the current marine catch could be achieved with approximately half of the current global fishing effort. |
Small-scale Capture Fisheries: A global overview with emphasis on developing countries
This is a preliminary report of the Big Numbers Project, giving a summary of the results to‐date of case studies carried out in a selected number of countries and providing a first analysis of the differences between marine and inland small and large‐scale fisheries in developing countries. |  |
 | Aquaculture: Changing the Face of the Waters
This study provides strategic orientations and recommendations for Bank
client countries and suggests approaches for the Bank’s role in a rapidly changing industry with high economic potential.. |
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