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PhD student, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran.
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. Professor, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran
Abstract
Coastal areas, which have dual characteristics of continental and oceanic ecosystems, are among the vital areas where land, ocean/sea, river, atmosphere and living organisms converge. These areas play a fundamental role in regulating climate, protecting biodiversity, maintaining ecosystem balance and promoting sustainable socio-economic development at the regional level. Coastal areas provide a variety of services for humans from food provision, recreation and tourism to biodiversity products. Among them, most coastal ecosystems, including coral reefs and mangroves, provide a unique opportunity for education, research. In this study, a review of the types of ecosystem services in coastal ecosystems has been conducted using various research.
These valuable ecosystems, due to the various types of services they provide, require the economic valuation of each service in different coastal ecosystems, so that appropriate measures can be taken to protect and preserve them, based on their monetary value, and in coastal ecosystem management plans, using their monetary value to help preserve and compensate for damage to these ecosystems when they are damaged.
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