Pelayo Menéndez

TL;DR: The authors show that the annual damages from flooding would double globally without reefs and they quantify where reefs provide the most protection to people and property.

TL;DR: The value of mangroves as natural coastal defenses at global, national and local scales can inform incentives for mangrove conservation and restoration in development, climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction and insurance.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the effectiveness of mangrove habitats as natural defenses in the Philippines and identified where these natural coastal defenses deliver the greatest protection, by comparing flood damages for scenarios with and without mangroves, they estimated the socioeconomic benefits for protecting people and property, to inform conservation and disaster risk reduction policies.

TL;DR: Coastal flood risk valuation improves by using high resolution topography and long time series of data on tropical cyclones, while flood reduction benefits of mangroves are better valued by using consistent databases and models along the whole process rather than investing in single measures.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a social and economic valuation of the flood protection benefits from mangroves in the Philippines, and their accompanying Policy Brief, provide an analysis of the expected benefits of mangrove for protecting people and property.