Are Caribbean MPAs making progress toward their goals and objectives?

Dalton, Tracey; Forrester, Graham E.; Pollnac, Richard Β.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2014.12.009

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“…This is not to say that these factors will not increase performance at certain sites or once other critical inputs, such as fisheries management and enforcement, are present. However the results do highlight the crucial role of local community engagement, benefit provision or compensation in driving several types of performance, as has been reported previously [ 6 , 17 , 24 , 33 ]. Since so much emphasis is placed on the need for MPA networks [ 83 , 91 ], further research is needed to clarify why physical or monitoring networks were not significant predictors of any type of performance.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…Reduced threats were also coupled with habitat improvements. Unlike other measures, conflict reduction was not correlated with other types of performance (as has been observed in the Caribbean [ 17 ]) and the regression model had the lowest number of explanatory variables. This is not unexpected as complex social processes are unlikely to be adequately investigated using this quantitative approach, so that relevant socio-cultural factors are likely to be missing from the analysis.…”

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confidence: 80%

“…Conservation interventions act on social-ecological systems, in which interactions and feedbacks between social and ecological changes are inevitable [ 8 , 9 ]. Yet the degree to which socio-economic and ecological outcomes can be achieved simultaneously is still contested, with some studies finding synergies between various distinct outcomes or “win-win” scenarios [ 10 – 13 ], some finding trade-offs necessary [ 1 , 6 , 14 ] and others still finding complex relationships [ 15 – 17 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Another study conducted exploratory trend analyses on MPA effectiveness indicator data collected worldwide using a popular methodology, but the analysis was limited by the small sample size (n = 24) and lack of comparability of data generated [ 31 ]. A study in the wider Caribbean used social and ecological data from a rapid assessment of 31 MPAs and their associated human communities to investigates the extent to which MPAs are making progress toward their stated social and ecological objectives [ 17 ]. Most recently, a global analysis tested MPA performance compared to matched sites outside MPAs for a single metric; fish biomass [ 32 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Drivers of coral reef marine protected area performance

2017

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Coral reefs are severely threatened and a principal strategy for their conservation is marine protected areas (MPAs). However the drivers of MPA performance are complex and there are likely to be trade-offs between different types of performance (e.g. conservation or welfare related outcomes). We compiled a global dataset from expert knowledge for 76 coral reef MPAs in 33 countries and identified a set of performance measures reflecting ecological and socio-economic outcomes, achievement of aims and reduction of threats, using spatial or temporal comparisons wherever possible. We wanted to test the extent to which distinct types of performance occurred simultaneously, understood as win-win outcomes. Although certain performance measures were correlated, most were not, suggesting trade-offs that limit the usefulness of composite performance scores. Hypotheses were generated as to the impact of MPA features, aims, location, management and contextual variables on MPA performance from the literature. A multivariate analysis was used to test hypotheses as to the relative importance of these “drivers” on eight uncorrelated performance measures. The analysis supported some hypotheses (e.g. benefit provision for the local community improved performance), but not others (e.g. higher overall budget and more research activity did not). Factors endogenous to the MPA (such as size of the no-take area) were generally more significant drivers of performance than exogenous ones (such as national GDP). Different types of performance were associated with different drivers, exposing the trade-offs inherent in management decisions. The study suggests that managers are able to influence MPA performance in spite of external threats and could inform adaptive management by providing an approach to test for the effects of MPA features and management actions in different contexts and so to inform decisions for allocation of effort or funds to achieve specific goals.

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confidence: 77%

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Drivers of coral reef marine protected area performance

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“…access restrictions and sanctions) strongly influence livelihoods and compliance outcomes. Incorporating these multiple performance measures facilitates identifying complex relationships and outcomes (Agrawal & Chhatre 2011; Dalton et al 2015), such as increases in some groups’ human well-being despite declining ecosystem conditions, or short-term improvements in biological resources as conflicts among stakeholders emerge. This kind of research can also assist in assessing social and ecological linkages in the study of iconic MPAs such as the Galapagos National Park and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Fidelman 2014) for improving their design.…”

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Marine resource management and conservation in the Anthropocene

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SUMMARYBecause the Anthropocene by definition is an epoch during which environmental change is largely anthropogenic and driven by social, economic, psychological and political forces, environmental social scientists can effectively analyse human behaviour and knowledge systems in this context. In this subject review, we summarize key ways in which the environmental social sciences can better inform fisheries management policy and practice and marine conservation in the Anthropocene. We argue that environmental social scientists are particularly well positioned to synergize research to fill the gaps between: (1) local behaviours/needs/worldviews and marine resource management and biological conservation concerns; and (2) large-scale drivers of planetary environmental change (globalization, affluence, technological change, etc.) and local cognitive, socioeconomic, cultural and historical processes that shape human behaviour in the marine environment. To illustrate this, we synthesize the roles of various environmental social science disciplines in better understanding the interaction between humans and tropical marine ecosystems in developing nations where issues arising from humancoastal interactions are particularly pronounced. We focus on: (1) the application of the environmental social sciences in marine resource management and conservation; (2) the development of 'new' socially equitable marine conservation; (3) repopulating the seascape; (4) incorporating multi-scale dynamics of marine social-ecological systems; and (5) envisioning the future of marine resource management and conservation for producing policies and projects for comprehensive and successful resource management and conservation in the Anthropocene.

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Transdisciplinary Citizen Science Connects Caribbean Hope Spots of Colombia to Improve Coral Reefs Governance

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2021

Palgrave Studies in Democracy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship for Growth

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Are Caribbean MPAs making progress toward their goals and objectives?

Cited by 13 publications

References 48 publications

Drivers of coral reef marine protected area performance

Drivers of coral reef marine protected area performance

Marine resource management and conservation in the Anthropocene

Transdisciplinary Citizen Science Connects Caribbean Hope Spots of Colombia to Improve Coral Reefs Governance

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