Dr. Nancy Olewiler was Director of Simon Fraser University's (SFU) School of Public Policy since its founding in 2003 until September 2014. She has a PhD in Economics from the University of British Columbia. Prior to coming to the Economics department at SFU in 1990, she was an Associate Professor of Economics at Queen's University in Ontario. Dr. Olewiler has held visiting positions at the University of Colorado, University of California, Berkeley, and University of New South Wales. She was Chair of SFU's Economics department from 1995 to 2000. Dr. Olewiler has held a number of positions serving many communities, locally and internationally. These include being a member the Board of Directors of BC Hydro from 2001 to 2010 and TransLink from 2008 to 2013 (where she served as its Chair from 2010 to 2013). She is a member of the National Statistics Council and Chairs the Macroeconomic Accounts Advisory Committee for Statistics Canada. Her areas of research include natural resource and environmental economics and policy, the impact of environmental regulation on the economy, and environmental tax policy. She has published in academic journals, edited books, has written two widely used textbooks, and produced numerous reports for the Canadian federal and provincial governments on a wide range of environmental and natural resource issues. From 1990 to 1995 she was Managing Editor of Canadian Public Policy, Canada's leading public policy journal. Dr. Olewiler is a research mentor to the Environment and Economy Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) and the Latin American and Caribbean Environmental Economy Program (LACEEP).

Dr. Herminia Francisco is the Director of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). The Program plays an important role in developing researchers' capacity to produce high quality, policy relevant studies to support improved environmental management in Southeast Asia. EEPSEA receives funding support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). It has been administered by WorldFish since November 20012. Prior to taking the post as Director of EEPSEA, Dr. Francisco was stationed in Cambodia for two years where she managed the capacity-building training and research grant activities for select institutions in Lao PDR, Cambodia and Vietnam. Dr. Francisco also taught for several years at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños and was also involved in providing consultancy services to several international organizations before joining EEPSEA. Her written work covers topics such as economics of soil erosion and conservation, pricing of environmental services, climate change adaptation, and institutional issues governing the management of common pool resources.

Dr. Alice Joan G. Ferrer is a Professor of Economics at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV). She is also currently the Executive Director of the Western Visayas Health Research and Development Consortium. Her fields of specialization include fisheries social science, environmental and pollution economics, policy analysis, population economics, and health economics. She has a PhD in Economics from the University of the Philippines' School of Economics. Dr. Ferrer has been involved in various local and international research projects. Currently her research involvement include serving: as project leader in an EEPSEA-funded study on the Economics, Social Acceptability and Distributional Impacts of Mariculture in the Philippines; as co-principal investigator in a study on middlemen as crucial social-ecological linkages for achieving sustainable small-scale fisheries; and as team leader of the social analysis component of the project Coastal Area Capability Enhancement in Southeast Asia, a collaborative project of UPV, the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and the Resea

Features research studies carried out in a developing country setting

1: Introduction: Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Valuation, Institutions, and Policy in Southeast Asia.- Part I: Coastal Marine Ecosystem Services in Southeast Asia: Support for Conservation Initiatives.- 2: Economic Valuation of The Philippine's Caramoan Beachscape.- 3: An Economic Analysis of Coral Reefs in the Andaman Sea of Thailand.- 4: Conservation versus Development: Valuation of Coral Reefs Questions Port  Expansion Plan in Vietnam.- 5: An Economic Valuation Of Coastal Ecosystems In Phang Nga Bay, Thailand.- 6: Willingness to Pay for Whale Shark Conservation in Sorsogon, Philippines.- 7: Mobilizing Resources for Marine Turtle Conservation in Asia: 
A Cross-Country Perspective.- Part II: Pollution and Land Degradation.- 8: Pollution Control and Sustainable Fisheries Management in Southern Songkhla Lake, Thailand.- 9: Pollution-Induced Fish Kills in Bolinao: Effects of Excessive Aquaculture Structures and Overstocking.- 10: Reverting Disused Fishpond Lease Agreement Areas To Mangrove Forests In Region VI (Western Visayas), Philippines.- 11: Environmental Trade-offs from Coastal Reclamation: The Case of Cebu, Philippines.- Part III: Institutions and Policies in Fisheries Management.- 12: A Fishery in Transition: Impact of a Community Marine Reserve on a Coastal Fishery in Northern Mindanao, Philippines.- 13: Do Institutions Affect the Performance of Marine Protected Areas? Evidences from the Philippines.- 14: Fisheries Management Options for Visayan Sea, Philippines: The Case of Northern Iloilo.- 15: Response of Fishermen to Fishing Control Policies in Southern Songkhla Lake, Thailand: A Field Experiment.- 16: The Impacts of Artificial Reefs on the Income of Artisanal Fishers in Terengganu, Malaysia.- 17: Economic Evaluation of Implementing Minimum Legal Size on Blue Swimming Crab Fishery In Indonesia.- 18: Conclusion: What We Have Learned.- Index.

This book is a compendium of case studies illustrating how economic tools and techniques can be used to address a wide range of problems in the management and conservation of marine and coastal ecosystems in a developing country context. The studies, which were conducted with support from the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA), cover topics such as mobilizing conservation finance from beneficiaries of marine and coastal ecosystem services; quantifying ecosystem damage and its impact on dependents of ecosystem resources and services; determining the best package of policy reforms that put a price on pollution and regulate economic activities generating pollution with the goal of restoring coastal and marine resources; and analyzing community-based institutions that support sustainable management of fisheries and coastal resources. Studies in the book also provide general guidelines for conducting economic appraisals. It is essential reading for teachers, researchers, students and practitioners in fishery economics, economic development, ecosystem management, and other key issues facing policymakers in the Southeast Asian region.