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Identification and estimation of the marine ecosystem services surrounding selected offshore islands of Vietnam

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Intertidal and larger marine ecosystems surrounding the islands of Bach Long Vi (Northern Vietnam), Con Co (Central Vietnam) and Tho Chu (Southernmost Vietnam) which have typical and valuable ecosystems are planned as marine protected areas. They are the study area of this paper on identification and estimation of these ecosystem services. The total economic valuation concept is used to estimate the total value of the ecosystems during the period March 2014 to October 2015. The marine ecosystems surrounding Bach Long Vi Island were estimated servicing 599,047.8 million VND (Vietnam Dong)/year in total (corresponding to 26.62 million USD (US dollar—1 USD = 22,503.68 VND (rate May 1, 2015)); calculated per hectare; this value corresponds with 94 million VND/year. The marine ecosystems surrounding Con Co Island provide a total monetary service of 267,518 million VND/year (approximately, 12 million USD/year); this corresponds with 307 million VND/ha/year. The marine ecosystems surrounding the Tho Chu archipelago were worth 565,236 million VND/year (approximately, 25 million USD/year); this corresponded with 125.47 million VND/ha/year. These figures show the most significant service value of marine ecosystems, particularly around the three islands.

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Acknowledgements

The study frames in the national project KC09.08/11-15 “Economic valuation of marine and island typical ecosystems for sustainable development of some frontier islands in Vietnam coastal waters” and is partly made available by the project entitled “Scientific basics and comprehensive solution for sustainable development of Truong Sa (Spratly) District” KC09.29/16-20. The study attracted main support from the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

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  1. Institute of Marine Environment and Resources, VAST, 246 Da Nang Street, Hai Phong City, Vietnam

    Tran Dinh Lan, Nguyen Thi Minh Huyen & Hoang Thi Chien

  2. Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologish Onolercoch (VITO), Boeretang 200, 2400, Mol, Belgium

    Luc Hens

  3. Universidad de la Costa, Calle 50 No 55-66, PBX 336.22.00, Barranquilla, Colombia

    Luc Hens

  4. Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Tran Dinh Lan

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by TDL, NTMH, HTC and LH. The first draft of the manuscript was written by TDL, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Lan, T.D., Huyen, N.T.M., Chien, H.T. et al. Identification and estimation of the marine ecosystem services surrounding selected offshore islands of Vietnam. Environ Dev Sustain 23, 2224–2242 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00671-8

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