McClanahan, Timothy R. and Marnane, Michael J. and Cinner, Joshua E. and Kiene, William E. (2006) A Comparison of marine protected areas and alternative approaches to coral-reef management. Current Biology.
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been widely adopted as the leading tool for coral-reef conservation, but resource users seldom accept them, and many have failed to produce tangible conservation benefits. Few studies have objectively and simultaneously examined the types of MPAs that are most effective in conserving reef resources and the socioeconomic factors responsible for effective conservation. We simultaneously explored measures of reef and socioeconomic conservation success at four national parks, four co-managed reserves, and three traditionally managed areas in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Underwater visual censuses of key ecological indicators revealed that the average size and biomass of fishes were higher in all areas under traditional management and at one comanaged reserve when compared to nearby unmanaged areas. Socioeconomic assessments revealed that this "effective conservation'' was positively related to compliance, visibility of the reserve, and length of time the management had been in place but negatively related to market integration, wealth and village population size. We suggest that in cases where the resources for enforcement are lacking, man-agement regimes that are designed to meet community goals can achieve greater compliance and subsequent conservation success than regimes designed primarily for biodiversity conservation.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Class Number: | 700.COM026 |
| Keywords: | Fishing Communities, MPA, Coral Reefs, Conservation, Socio-economic Aspects, Protected Areas, Community Conserved Areas, Marine Reserves, Co-management, Traditional Management Systems, Traditional Communities, Indonesia, PNG |
| Subjects: | Biodiversity |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2022 06:58 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2022 06:58 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/9478 |
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