A Guide for Incorporating Ecosystem Service Valuation into Coastal Restoration Projects

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Overview

This guidebook provides a framework for incorporating ecosystem service valuations at the beginning, rather than at the end, of coastal habitat restoration and creation projects. Applying ecosystem service valuation to coastal restoration projects has multiple advantages, including greater stakeholder support and greater likelihood of project success. Measuring the value of the ecosystem service benefits of coastal restoration projects in New Jersey will generate more specific, local data on the benefits of healthy coastal ecosystems to coastal communities.