SOCIO-ECONOMY – Assessing the impact of marine protected areas on society's well-being: an economic perspective

Alban, Frédérique; Boncœur, Jean; Roncin, Nicolas

doi:10.1017/cbo9781139049382.013

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“…Alban et al (2011) synthesised a research programme from 12 Mediterranean MPAs that assessed money incomes and jobs related to the presence of MPAs. A distinction was made between users transforming ecosystem services into commodities (commercial fishers), and users consuming ecosystem services for recreational purposes (recreational fishers and scuba divers).…”

Section: Socio-economic Effects Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This activity generated nearly 90% of all money incomes provided by the ecosystem uses. On an MPA closer to densely populated areas (Medes), incomes generated by commercial fishing amount to only 5% of those generated by scuba diving (Alban et al, 2011). In the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia the estimated distribution of economic weights between recreational uses and commercial fishing is approximately 4:1 (KPMG, 2000).…”

Section: Socio-economic Effects Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Commercial operators' perception followed a same pattern: diving operators were more positive than commercial fishers on the influence of the MPA on their business. Fish abundance was the major criteria mentioned by fishers and divers for choosing a site of activity (Alban et al, 2011).…”

Section: Socio-economic Effects Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, it is necessary to address this question on the basis of qualitative and subjective information provided by MPA ecosystem services users. This approach highlights the importance of perception indicators, which are widely used by social scientists analysing the governance and effectiveness of MPAs (Alban et al, 2011).…”

Section: Socio-economic Effects Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Marine Protected Areas

Claudet¹

2012

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

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Human‐induced disturbance can affect the ecological functioning of coastal areas and reduce the associated goods and services required for human welfare. Major concerns are rising over observed declines in the abundance of particular species as well as reductions in functional diversity and changes in food web structure. As a result, the conservation and restoration of marine biodiversity and functions is a major concern. Marine protected areas are a useful management tool to mitigate some of the human‐induced changes in marine ecosystems. If properly managed and enforced, they can have several ecological, fisheries and socio‐economic benefits. Effects of marine protected areas are variable and context‐dependent but main drivers of change are now known. In recent years, MPA research made several important advances but some questions still remain unresolved. Key Concepts: Marine protected areas are a useful management tool. Marine protected areas can have ecological, fisheries and socio‐economic benefits. Partial protection confers less ecological benefits than full protection. Effects of marine protected areas mainly depend on their design and age, on the socio‐cultural context in which they are established and on the life history traits of the species targeted by protection. Effective marine protected areas need to be well enforced. The global coverage of marine protected areas is still very low.

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Section: Socio-economic Effects Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Socio-economic Effects Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Socio-economic Effects Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Socio-economic Effects Of Protectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Marine Protected Areas

Claudet¹

2012

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences

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“…Since then it has been used extensively in the environmental field [ 12 – 15 ], for conservation (e.g., [ 16 – 18 ]), and for protected area planning and management (e.g., [ 19 , 20 ]). Its advantages include the ability to integrate various types of data (i.e., qualitative and quantitative) and to give expression to stakeholder priorities (e.g., [ 17 , 21 , 22 ]).…”

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Incorporation of Socio-Economic Features' Ranking in Multicriteria Analysis Based on Ecosystem Services for Marine Protected Area Planning

2016

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Developed decades ago for spatial choice problems related to zoning in the urban planning field, multicriteria analysis (MCA) has more recently been applied to environmental conflicts and presented in several documented cases for the creation of protected area management plans. Its application is considered here for the development of zoning as part of a proposed marine protected area management plan. The case study incorporates specially-explicit conservation features while considering stakeholder preferences, expert opinion and characteristics of data quality. It involves the weighting of criteria using a modified analytical hierarchy process. Experts ranked physical attributes which include socio-economically valued physical features. The parameters used for the ranking of (physical) attributes important for socio-economic reasons are derived from the field of ecosystem services assessment. Inclusion of these feature values results in protection that emphasizes those areas closest to shore, most likely because of accessibility and familiarity parameters and because of data biases. Therefore, other spatial conservation prioritization methods should be considered to supplement the MCA and efforts should be made to improve data about ecosystem service values farther from shore. Otherwise, the MCA method allows incorporation of expert and stakeholder preferences and ecosystem services values while maintaining the advantages of simplicity and clarity.

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