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

Phillip Hunsucker, Master of Arts in Sustainability candidate at Wake Forest       University and Daniel S. Fogel, Wake Forest University, wrote this teaching note for the purpose of class discussions.  Staci Kyle and Samantha Voncannon were research assistants.  

The related case is based upon 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.