Case Study -- Planning in Placencia, Belize: Using a Natural Capital Approach for Climate Change Adaptation

Daniel S. Fogel, Wake Forest University, and Amy Rosenthal, World Wildlife Fund, wrote this case for the purpose of class discussions. Staci Kyle, Phillip Hunsucker and Andrew Jones were research assistants in the writing of this case.


The case is based on an analysis performed by Amy Rosenthal, Katie Arkema, Gregory Verutes, Nadia Bood, Dan Cantor, Marianne Fish, Rob Griffin, and Mariana Panuncio, called “Identification and Valuation of Adaptation Options in Coastal-Marine Ecosystems: Test Case from Placencia, Belize,” and supported by the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB). This case is not intended to serve as endorsements, sources of primary data, or illustrations of effective and ineffective management and public policy.