Bjorkan, Maikan (2009) Putting MPAs to work: A Mexican case study on community empowerment. Mast.
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In this paper, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are employed in order to soften pressures on coastal environmental integrity. There are increasing pressures on the coastal zone on a global basis. As a result, the establishment of MPAs usually encounters opposition locally. This is so since softening the pressure typically means reduced access and use of the given area, which can have great impact on local communities. Drawing on empirical data from Yucatan, Mexico, this paper shows how a small fishing community managed to create an MPA for local purposes. Like most coastal communities in the region, the village depends on fisheries for both subsistence and commerce. In order to protect their interests, increasingly under pressure from overexploitation, immigration and hurricanes, the villagers turned to the global environmental discourse and to the MPA.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Class Number: | 700.PUT004 |
| Keywords: | MPA, Mexico, Protected Areas, Local Communities, Co-management, Biodiversity, Community Based Management, Conservation, Fisheries Economy, Fishing Communities, Livelihood |
| Subjects: | Biodiversity |
| Depositing User: | Users 4 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2022 06:23 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2022 06:23 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/14780 |
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