2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.04.005
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MPA policy: What lies behind the science?

Abstract: a b s t r a c tWhat the current policy debate on marine protected areas (MPAs) and marine reserves (MRs) has failed to address is the fact that protection of the marine environment has as much to do with scientists, and others values as it has to do with science. To date natural science has played a dominant role in the implementation of MPAs, yet normative considerations which are embedded in the way scientists and the wider community think about the condition the marine environment should be in, and which ma… Show more

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“…They represent "ideas, concepts, and categorizations that are produced, reproduced and transformed in a particular set of practices and through which meaning is given to physical and social realities" (Hajer 1995:44). Expectations of win-win situations form the predominant discourse (Caveen et al 2013) surrounding MPAs, and these expectations accompany and underpin MPAs' promotion and implementation (Agardy et al 2003, Alcala andRuss 2006). …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They represent "ideas, concepts, and categorizations that are produced, reproduced and transformed in a particular set of practices and through which meaning is given to physical and social realities" (Hajer 1995:44). Expectations of win-win situations form the predominant discourse (Caveen et al 2013) surrounding MPAs, and these expectations accompany and underpin MPAs' promotion and implementation (Agardy et al 2003, Alcala andRuss 2006). …”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This tended to have contributed immensely to the negative attitude of the local people towards the presence of university researchers in the said MPAs. Looking in the frames of understanding used by university researchers that "scientific evidence for MPAs is limited and patchy" (Caveen et al, 2013), local people have the tendency to dislike the university researchers?…”
Section: Stakeholder Managementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Questions whether these bio-ecological changes will have relations to stakeholder management need to be addressed but will be difficult to probe. Several studies on the use of nektons or fishes as indicators of success in mangrove rehabilitation deserve further look as what Caveen et al (2013) stressed that "scientific evidence for MPAs is limited and patchy" for those that include mangrove reserves.…”
Section: Stakeholder Managementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Scientific perspectives might often conflict with the understandings of actual resource users [59]. Furthermore, they play an important role in feeding the policy debate on conservation targets [60] and highlight the role of power within resource management and sustainability.…”
Section: Ideologymentioning
confidence: 99%