Sustainability Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas Index (SEMPAI): A multi-criteria decision-making method to determine the effectiveness of the El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area

Avelino, John Erick; Sasaki, Jun; Esteban, Miguel; Salah, Parastoo; Jamero, Ma. Laurice; Valenzuela, Ven Paolo

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.104891

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“…Meanwhile, decision-making is also an important way of marine management, and effective decision-making plays an important role in the formulation and implementation of marine management plans. In recent years, scholars have focused on decision-making related to oil spill responses [12,13], coastal management [14,15], marine protected areas [16,17], and other aspects that have been carried out in a series of studies, so decision-making in marine management has become one of the research hotspots in the field of marine management. However, the research on decision-making in marine management involves more research results, such as decision-making models and methods, while the research results that systematically comprehensively analyze the literature are relatively few.…”

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Research Status, Hotspots, and Evolution Trend of Decision-Making in Marine Management Using VOSviewer and CiteSpace

Yang

Hua

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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Clarifying the research status, hotspots, and evolution trend of the field of research on decision-making in marine management has certain reference significance for the scholars and decision makers in the field of decision-making in marine management at the theoretical and practical levels. In view of this, this study used 443 pieces of literature retrieved from the Web of Science from 2002 to 2021 as the data source. It adopted the methods of statistical analysis and bibliometric analysis to conduct knowledge mapping visualization analysis in the field of research on decision-making in marine management. The results show that ①there is a high correlation between the level of economic development among countries/regions and the number of publications, and the geographical distribution is closely related to the intensity of research cooperation; ②the research organizations show the characteristics of the diversified distribution. Moreover, although there is no noticeable difference in scientific research output among research organizations, influential research organizations such as NOAA, The Nature Conservancy, and so forth have emerged; ③the author groups as a whole do not show a high cooperation intensity, but there are also scholars with high cooperation intensity within the internal group and other research groups; ④the research hotspots distribution in the field of decision-making in marine management is relatively extensive and belongs to a multidimensional and multiperspective systematic research. Furthermore, the research focuses on subdivision research hotspots mainly involving ecosystem services, knowledge exchange, decision analysis, multicriteria decision, decision support, fisheries management, specific mathematical models and theories, etc; ⑤from the perspective of the evolution trend, it can also be found that different clusters show the evolution trend of overlapping common features and individual features.

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Research Status, Hotspots, and Evolution Trend of Decision-Making in Marine Management Using VOSviewer and CiteSpace

Yang

Hua

2022

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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“…A number of studies provide good examples of how to identify ecotourism indicators. For example, Avelino et al [38] studied ecotourism indicators for marine protected areas using a multicriteria decision-making method. Their study highlights the importance of stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions.…”

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Evaluating Ecotourism Sustainability Indicators for Protected Areas in Tehran, Iran

Sobhani

Esmaeilzadeh

Sadeghi

et al. 2022

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Ecotourism in protected areas facilitates responsible travel to natural places that conserve the environment, deliver economic benefits to local communities, and offer interpretation and education to visitors. Proper planning and sufficient monitoring of ecotourism sustainability indicators is needed to manage visitor activities in protected areas. Therefore, identifying the major impacts and mitigating them in the early stages of ecotourism development could contribute significantly to the achievement of sustainable development. There is a current gap between the situation in the field and academic contributions to this problem in protected areas of Iran. In the present study, we evaluated ecotourism sustainability levels in four different types of protected areas in Iran, including Lar National Park, Jajrud Protected Area with Sustainable Use of Natural Resource Areas, Tangeh Vashi National Natural Monument, and Kavdeh Wildlife Refuge. We developed a comprehensive list of ecotourism sustainability indicators, including 38 indicators in the environmental–physical dimension, 42 indicators in the demographic–social dimension, and 30 indicators in the economic–institutional dimension. Harnessing local community expertise, we adopted a Delphi approach to determine sustainability levels and factors impacting sustainability. Ecotourism in Lar National Park was most sustainable because of the high levels of restrictions protecting the area and the difficulty in access. Conversely, ecotourism sustainability was lowest at Tangeh Vashi National Natural Monument, which allowed for an uncontrolled influx of visitors. We discuss further factors that impact sustainability, such as population growth, expanding urbanization, an increase in physical and economic activities, and extended annual periods of ecotourism activities. Although the presented ecotourism sustainability indicators are specific to Iran, this study can also be seen to provide a template to plan for sustainable ecotourism in other countries. Altogether, our results suggest conducting a type-by-type analysis of the particular circumstances of various protected areas.

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The role of motorized boats in fishers’ productivity in marine protected versus non-protected areas in Davao Gulf, Philippines

Sarmiento

Mendez

Estaña

et al. 2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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Sustainability Evaluation of Marine Protected Areas Index (SEMPAI): A multi-criteria decision-making method to determine the effectiveness of the El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area

Cited by 22 publications

References 36 publications

Research Status, Hotspots, and Evolution Trend of Decision-Making in Marine Management Using VOSviewer and CiteSpace

Research Status, Hotspots, and Evolution Trend of Decision-Making in Marine Management Using VOSviewer and CiteSpace

Evaluating Ecotourism Sustainability Indicators for Protected Areas in Tehran, Iran

The role of motorized boats in fishers’ productivity in marine protected versus non-protected areas in Davao Gulf, Philippines

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