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

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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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