Buy a fish, buy a coral, save a reef: The importance of economic incentives to sustain conservation

Bunting, B.2016-04-192016-04-192001Presented at the Marine Ornamentals 2001 Conference, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA, 26 November ¿ 1 December 20012526_Bunting2001_Buy_fish_coral_Save_reef_inc.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67030Today we are launching the MAC international Certification system for the marine aquarium trade and unveiling the MAC Certification label. The MAC label will enable consumers worldwide to easily identify marine aquarium organisms that were collected in an environmentally safe manner and handled to ensure optimal health.application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightMarine resourcesBiodiversityMarketing and tradeWorld marketsPayments for environmental servicesConservationConservation incentivesHabitat destructionPESEconomic incentivesConservation financeProtected areasProtected speciesCertificationMarine aquarium council (mac)Private sectorMac international certification systemMarine aquarium tradeCoral reefsMarine ornamental industryMarine conservationEcosystemBuy a fish, buy a coral, save a reef: The importance of economic incentives to sustain conservationPresentation