Developing MPA Effectiveness Indicators: Comparison Within and Across Stakeholder Groups and Communities

Pajaro, Marivic; Mulrennan, Monica E.; Alder, Jackie; Vincent, Amanda C. J.

doi:10.1080/08920751003633094

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“…However, frequencies of responses for individual indicators in the open-ended format were low due to the great diversity of cited performance indicators. A similar finding was made by Pajaro et al (2010) in existing MPAs. Workshop reports also did not indicate who made the comments and hence if there were any significant differences among participating groups.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…While the importance of acknowledging stakeholder opinion in MPA management is well documented (Borad and Sanchirico 2008;Elliott et al 2001;Pollnac, Crawford, and Gorospe 2001), the literature on stakeholder opinions on MPA performance in existing MPAs is limited (Himes 2007;Webb, Maliao, and Siar 2004;Suman, Shivlani, and Milon 1999;Dahl-Tacconi 2005;Pajaro et al 2010), and particularly scarce with respect to proposed MPAs. Previous work on proposed MPAs, for example, has focused on social acceptability for a proposed MPA (Thomassin et al 2010) and saltwater anglers' attitudes toward fishery regulations in several hypothetical MPAs (Salz and Loomis 2004), but not local expectations on desired future MPA performance.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Local Expectations for Future Marine Protected Area Performance: A Case Study of the Proposed National Marine Conservation Area in the Southern Strait of Georgia, Canada

Heck

Dearden

2012

Coastal Management

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National marine conservation areas (NMCA) are a type of marine protected area designated and managed by Parks Canada. Before establishment, the agency undertakes a feasibility study involving public feedback on the proposal, however there is no systematic analysis done on this feedback. This article provides such analysis for a proposed NMCA in southern British Columbia using the World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) management evaluation effectiveness framework to determine potential performance indicators identified by the public. This data source was supplemented by a survey questionnaire distributed to the main groups invited to the feasibility workshops. Performance indicators were identified for all stages of the management cycle; however, most expected performance indicators fell into NMCA outcomes and planning performance. The most frequently expected outcomes are biophysical ones with reduced water pollution being the most frequently cited. Other often cited outcomes are an increase in fish resources and marine mammals. Ironically all these outcomes are very vulnerable to influences outside the boundaries of the NMCA and suggest the need to embed the NMCA in a wider coastal management strategy.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

Local Expectations for Future Marine Protected Area Performance: A Case Study of the Proposed National Marine Conservation Area in the Southern Strait of Georgia, Canada

Heck

Dearden

2012

Coastal Management

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“…Evaluating whether or not protected areas are meeting goals and objectives can help identify areas for improvement [8], encourage accountability [9], justify resource allocation [9], and encourage reflection about the MPA's goals and objectives. Recent studies have found that protected areas are having mixed success in terms of achieving goals and objectives, with an estimated 22% of terrestrial protected areas managed soundly [10] and somewhere between 10 and 35% of marine and coastal areas achieving their objectives [11]. This study contributes to a better understanding of protected area management effectiveness by examining how marine protected areas (MPAs) in the wider Caribbean are progressing toward their goals and objectives.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…It would be worthwhile for individual MPAs in the Caribbean to periodically reassess goals and objectives at their sites and readjust them when needed. Because stakeholders define MPA management effectiveness in different ways, recent studies emphasize the importance of involving multiple stakeholder groups in this on-going process of goal assessment [11,58].…”

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Are Caribbean MPAs making progress toward their goals and objectives?

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“…Fernandes et al (1999) took a participatory approach to defining the management problems of a coral reef in a small island state. Several authors have proposed participatory methods for the design of indicator systems as a tool to measure the effectiveness of CZM programs (FontalvoHerazo et al, 2007;Vella et al, 2009;Pajaro et al, 2010). Others employ the participatory process for defining alternative management strategies (Tompkins et al, 2008;Soma, 2010) and in some cases test the scenarios defined with stakeholders by applying multi-criteria analysis or social-ecological modeling approaches, then share and discuss results with all the participants (Roca et al, 2008;Garmendia et al, 2010;Franz en et al, 2011;Mongruel et al, 2011;Tomlinson et al, 2011).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

A systematic review of socio-economic assessments in support of coastal zone management (1992–2011)

Gentil

Mongruel

2015

Journal of Environmental Management

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Cooperation between the social and natural sciences has become essential in order to encompass all the dimensions of coastal zone management. Socio-economic approaches are increasingly recommended to complement integrated assessment in support of these initiatives. A systematic review of the academic literature was carried out in order to analyze the main types of socio-economic assessments used to inform the coastal zone management process as well as their effectiveness. A corpus of 1682 articles published between 1992 and 2011 was identified by means of the representative coverage approach, from which 170 were selected by applying inclusion/exclusion criteria and then classified using a content analysis methodology. The percentage of articles that mention the use of socio-economic assessment in support of coastal zone management initiatives is increasing but remains relatively low. The review examines the links between the issues addressed by integrated assessments and the chosen analytical frameworks as well as the various economic assessment methods which are used in the successive steps of the coastal zone management process. The results show that i) analytical frameworks such as 'risk and vulnerability', 'DPSIR', 'valuation', 'ecosystem services' and 'preferences' are likely to lead to effective integration of social sciences in coastal zone management research while 'integration', 'sustainability' and 'participation' remain difficult to operationalize, ii) risk assessments are insufficiently implemented in developing countries, and iii) indicator systems in support of multi-criteria analyses could be used during more stages of the coastal zone management process. Finally, it is suggested that improved collaboration between science and management would require that scientists currently involved in coastal zone management processes further educate themselves in integrated assessment approaches and participatory methodologies.

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Developing MPA Effectiveness Indicators: Comparison Within and Across Stakeholder Groups and Communities

Cited by 33 publications

References 29 publications

Local Expectations for Future Marine Protected Area Performance: A Case Study of the Proposed National Marine Conservation Area in the Southern Strait of Georgia, Canada

Local Expectations for Future Marine Protected Area Performance: A Case Study of the Proposed National Marine Conservation Area in the Southern Strait of Georgia, Canada

Are Caribbean MPAs making progress toward their goals and objectives?

A systematic review of socio-economic assessments in support of coastal zone management (1992–2011)

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