Valuing Coastal Natural Capital in a Bioeconomic Framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 1650008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig A. Bond
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Numerical Approach ◽  
The United States ◽  
Final Demand ◽  
Storm Events ◽  
Land Loss ◽  
Breeding Grounds ◽  
Good Policy ◽  
Gulf Coast Region

The wetlands of the Gulf Coast region of the United States are under pressure from relative sea level rise and subsidence pressures that threaten to alter fishery breeding grounds and increase expected damage from stochastic storm events, among other issues. Barrier islands, marshes, and swamps are thus forms of natural capital that serve an intermediate role in supporting fishery stocks, as well as a final demand role in providing direct protection to infrastructure. In order to make good policy choices related to land loss, the values associated with these interacting stocks must be estimated. In this paper, the numerical approach of Fenichel and Abbott (2014) is extended as a proof of concept in order to illustrate the valuation of fish and wetlands stocks, allowing for the recovery of final demand and intermediate service values, and taking into account the scarcity value of each resource. Examples of policies which, when implemented, will change the subsequent valuation of each resource are also presented.

scholarly journals “Something Was Attacking Them and Their Reproductive Organs”: Environmental Reproductive Justice in an Indigenous Tribe in the United States Gulf Coast

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 666
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Liddell ◽  
Sarah G. Kington
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Reproductive Justice ◽  
Land Loss ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Indigenous Groups ◽  
Oil Company

Environmental reproductive justice is increasingly being utilized as a framework for exploring how environmental exploitation and pollution contribute to reproductive health and reproductive injustices. However, little research explores how settler colonialism and historical oppression contribute to the physical transformation of land, and how this undermines tribal members’ health. Even less research explores the intersection of environmental justice and reproductive justice among Indigenous groups, especially in the Gulf South, who are especially vulnerable to environmental justice issues due to climate change, land loss, and oil company exploitation, and for tribes that are non-federally recognized. A qualitative description research methodology was used to conduct 31 life-history interviews with women from a Gulf Coast Indigenous tribe. Findings of this study reveal that central components of reproductive justice, including the ability to have children and the ability to raise children in safe and healthy environments, are undermined by environmental justice issues in the community. Among concerns raised by women were high rates of chronic healthcare issues among community members, and issues with infertility. Recognizing Indigenous sovereignty is central to addressing these environmental reproductive justice issues. This research is unique in exploring the topic of environmental reproductive justice among a state-recognized Gulf Coast tribe.

scholarly journals Geographic Differences in Population Health and Expected Organ Supply in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States Compared to Non-Gulf States

2020 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 421-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhiannon D. Reed ◽  
Brittany A. Shelton ◽  
Margaux N. Mustian ◽  
Paul A. MacLennan ◽  
Deirdre Sawinski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Population Health ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
Geographic Differences ◽  
Gulf Coast Region ◽  
Coast Region

Annual Legumes for Forage Systems in the United States Gulf Coast Region

2009 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Foster ◽  
A. T. Adesogan ◽  
J. N. Carter ◽  
L. E. Sollenberger ◽  
A. R. Blount ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Annual Legumes ◽  
Gulf Coast Region ◽  
Coast Region

scholarly journals Historic and Contemporary Environmental Justice Issues among Native Americans in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Jessica L. Liddell ◽  
Catherine E. McKinley ◽  
Jennifer M. Lilly
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gulf Coast Region ◽  
Coast Region

Settler-colonialism is founded in environmental racism, and environmental justice is foundational to all forms of decolonialization. Native American groups located in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States are particularly vulnerable to environmental justice issues such as climate change and oil spills due to their geographic location and reliance on the coastal region for economic and social resources. This study used the framework of historical oppression, resilience, and transcendence (FHORT) to explore the historic and contemporary forms of environmental injustice experienced by a Native American tribe in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. This critical ethnography analyzeda series of individual, family, and focus group semi-structured qualitative interviews with a total of 208 participants. Following the critical ethnographic method, data were interpreted through reconstructive analysis using NVivo. Findings of this study reveal the continuing impact of the BP oil spill and difficulty accessing resources following the spill, complicated by the tribe’s lack of federal recognition. Additional themes include the continuing impact of coastal erosion, historical and contemporary land loss, geographic marginalization, and concerns about a loss of tribal identity when tribal members are forced to relocate. Lack of federal tribal recognition has exacerbated all of these issues for this tribe. This study supports national findings that Native American groups experience extensive historic and contemporary environmental injustices and contextualizes these findings for a Native American tribe in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. Recognizing Native American sovereignty is key to addressing the environmental justice issues described.

Response to Salinity Challenge in Non-native Cichlid Fishes of the Genus Herichthys Introduced in the Gulf Coast Region of the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald G. Oldfield ◽  
Jacob Hooks ◽  
Jeffrey Sommer ◽  
Shelly C. McCain ◽  
William I. Lutterschmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cichlid Fishes ◽  
Gulf Coast Region ◽  
Salinity Challenge ◽  
Coast Region

Upper Campanian (Cretaceous) ammonites from the Shinarish Formation, Djebel Sinjar, northwest Iraq

2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 464-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Kennedy ◽  
G. Lunn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New Species ◽  
Gulf Coast ◽  
The United States ◽  
Gulf Coast Region ◽  
Coast Region ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Upper Campanian

The lower part of the Shinarish Formation of Djebel Sinjar, northwest Iraq, yields an ammonite assemblage of Upper Campanian age dominated by heteromorph taxa: Nostoceras (Nostoceras) ellipticum new species, N. (N.)(?) budanyi Foldyna and Vašiček, 1977, N. (N.) cf. hyatti Stephenson, 1941, Exiteloceras(?) etequense Lewy, 1969, Didymoceras sp., unassigned nostoceratid fragments, Solenoceras reesidei Stephenson, 1941, and Lewyites oronensis (Lewy, 1969), together with the normally coiled Hauericeras (Gardeniceras) sp. Several of the species present also occur in the lower part of the Mishash Formation in Israel, in the Gulf Coast region of the United States, and as rarities in the U.S. Western Interior. All occurrences are compatible with an Upper Campanian attribution.

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