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

The Socioeconomics of the West, Central and Southern African Coastal Communities: A Synthesis of Studies Regarding Large Marine Ecosystems The Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystems (Sumaila 2015) The Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystems (Interwies 2011) The Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystems (Interwies and Görlitz 2013)

Editor: Yannick C. Beaudoin, Chief Scientist, GRID-Arendal

Co-editor: Abou Bamba, Coordinator, Convention for Cooperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Atlantic Coast of the West, Central and Southern Africa Region (Abidjan Convention) Authors: Main Content: Anne Kaup, Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership Linwood Pendleton, Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership and Université de Bretagne Occidentale Addendum: Pierre Failler, Portsmouth Business School, University of Portsmouth

Reviewer: Pushpam Kumar, UNEP

Suggested citation: UNEP 2016. The Socioeconomics of the West, Central and Southern African Coastal Communities: A Synthesis of Studies Regarding Large Marine Ecosystems . United Nations Environment Programme, Abidjan Convention Secretariat and GRID-Arendal, Nairobi, Abidjan and Arendal.

ISBN: 978-82-7701-160-8

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