Citizens’ perspectives on marine protected areas as a governance strategy to effectively preserve marine ecosystem services and biodiversity

Tonin, Stefania

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.03.023

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“…Among the sociodemographic characteristics, income was the only common factor in each study, where a higher income was correlated with a higher payment amount, whereas the other factors varied among areas. Education always had a positive impact on the WTP [22,51], whereas the effects of age and gender were unclear [20,50]. In addition, job type had an effect in some case, e.g., being a fisherman affected the WTP among tourists in MPAs in Mexico [7].…”

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Effects on Willingness to Pay for Marine Conservation: Evidence from Zhejiang Province, China

Cai

Jin

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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The willingness to pay (WTP) for marine conservation is an important basis for the design of market-based marine protection strategies and sustainable marine environment development. Whether the individual was willing to pay and how much they would prefer to pay may be affected separately by different factors. Thus, we investigated the probability of paying for marine conservation and the payment amount to obtain evidence regarding the factors that influence the preferences of stakeholders. We considered two marine protected areas in Zhejiang Province, China, where we combined contingent valuation with logit and tobit models to measure the differences in the WTP for marine conservation between tourists and residents. The results showed that most respondents were willing to pay for marine conservation, but they were affected by different factors. The average amounts that the respondents were willing to pay were 216.20 CNY ($34.3) and 172.43 CNY ($27.4) in the Nanji Islands MPA and Putuo Islands MPA, respectively. The probability of respondents' WTP was closely related to their individual environmental awareness, whereas the payment amount was influenced mainly by personal income. Thus, our results suggest that increasing human environmental cognition and developing differential payment schemes for the marine environment among stakeholders may promote sustainable marine protection development and management.

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“…The public preferences for different MPA management regimes and designs were also estimated separately for the North Sea and the U.S. west coast [20,21]. Moreover, the WTP by citizens to support marine biodiversity conservation and maintenance was explored in Italy [22].…”

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Effects on Willingness to Pay for Marine Conservation: Evidence from Zhejiang Province, China

Cai

Jin

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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“…It is widely accepted that public awareness and literacy about the oceans can improve the environment and conservation successes (Costa & Caldeira, 2018;Guest et al, 2015). Involving community leaders and the public in the design of management plans can promote trust and improve legitimacy of management strategies (Dehens & Fanning, 2018;Tonin, 2018). Further, involving the public in data collection, such as through citizen science programs, can improve conservation through local stewardship (Cooper et al, 2007;McKinley et al, 2017).…”

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Tourism-driven ocean science for sustainable use: A case study of sharks in Fiji

Brunnschweiler

Sykes

2020

Preprint

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The oceans are in a state of rapid change -both negatively, due climate destabilization and misuse, and positively, due to strengthening of policies for sustainable use combined with momentum to grow the blue economy. Globally, more than 121 million people enjoy nature-based marine tourism -e.g., recreational fishing, diving, whale watching -making it one of the largest marine sectors. This industry is increasingly threatened by ocean degradation and management has not kept pace to ensure long-term sustainability. In response, individuals within the industry are taking it upon themselves to monitor the oceans and provide the data needed to assist management decisions. Fiji is one such place where the dive tourism industry is motivated to monitor the oceans (e.g., track sharks). In 2012, 39 dive operators in collaboration with eOceans commenced the Great Fiji Shark Count (GFSC) to document sharks (and other species) on 592 dive sites. Here, using 146,304 shark observations from 30,668 dives we document spatial patterns of 11 shark species. High variability demonstrates the value of longitudinal data that include absences for describing mobile megafauna and the capacity of stakeholders to document the oceans. Our results may be used to guide future scientific questions, provide a baseline for future assessments, or to evaluate conservation needs. It also shows the value of scientists collaborating with stakeholders to address questions that are most important to the local community so that they have the information needed to make science-based decisions.

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“…No-take zone has been regarded as the most effective type of MPAs since it restores fish assemblages and ecosystems (Sala & Giakoumi, 2018). Nevertheless, it must also be borne in mind that successful implementation of MPAs depends greatly on the support of all stakeholders and the acceptance from the local communities (Tonin, 2018). Therefore, designating MPAs without considering the local needs and knowledge may not succeed because the cooperation by the local communities, is crucial to guarantee the success of the MPAs.…”

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“…MPAs are also effective medium to sustain the quality of marine biodiversity as well as in maintaining the ecosystem services and functions. The local communities and the marine ecosystems could benefit from the protected areas, and the resources therein, due to the flow of ecosystem services (Tonin, 2018). MPAs may also benefit in terms of providing resistance against the unpredictable impacts of climate change (Sala & Giakoumi, 2018).…”

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Marine Protected Areas in Peninsular Malaysia: Shifting from Political Process to Co-Management

Rahman¹,

Ghazali²,

Rusli³

et al. 2019

JPL

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Since fishing is a primary source of income to the coastal communities, conservation of marine natural resources is crucial to safeguard its sustainable supply. Therefore, intensive measures should be taken by all the stakeholders – from the authorities to the local fishermen. The precious coral reefs should be protected as important breeding habitat of various commercially valued species of marine resources and. Thus, in carrying out the political process of designating marine protected areas (MPAs) as marine parks, the local communities must also be engaged by the government due to their proximity to and dependency on the environment as direct resources users. Co-management or collaborative management by engaging the local communities, or community-based management, is the concept that could be able to remedy ineffective MPAs management in Peninsular Malaysia. Co-management or collaborative management approach between the authorities and the communities must be strategised by factoring in their local knowledge of living within and off the marine environment and resources. This study utilises content analysis method on the primary data, namely the national policies, federal acts, and state enactments. While the secondary data in form of official reports, scholarly articles and others deemed relevant are used to supplement and support the findings. This paper dwells on the possibility of shifting the process of MPAs designation from political process to co-management in Peninsular Malaysia, in order to achieve both environmental stability and the livelihood sustainability of the local communities.

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Citizens’ perspectives on marine protected areas as a governance strategy to effectively preserve marine ecosystem services and biodiversity

Cited by 37 publications

References 79 publications

Effects on Willingness to Pay for Marine Conservation: Evidence from Zhejiang Province, China

Effects on Willingness to Pay for Marine Conservation: Evidence from Zhejiang Province, China

Tourism-driven ocean science for sustainable use: A case study of sharks in Fiji

Marine Protected Areas in Peninsular Malaysia: Shifting from Political Process to Co-Management

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