This brief summarizes activities and results of ocean accounting pilot in Viet Nam. Ultimately, the key objectives of the study were: identification and estimation of main sources of pollution; ecosystem mapping, including change over time; estimation of tourism impacts on ecosystems and the presentation of findings at local and regional ocean accounts workshops. The coastal region of Quang Ninh in the north-east of Viet Nam was selected as the study area..

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