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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
Critical research needs for managing coral reef marine protected areas: Perspectives of academics and managers
Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 114, Year 2013
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a primary policy instrument for managing and protecting coral reefs. Successful MPAs ultimately depend on knowledge-based decision making, where scientific research is integrated into management actions. Fourteen coral reef MPA managers and sixteen academics from eleven research, state and federal government institutions each outlined at least five pertinent research needs for improving the management of MPAs situated in Australian coral reefs. From this list of 173 key questions, we asked members of each group to rank questions in order of urgency, redundancy and importance, which allowed us to explore the extent of perceptional mismatch and overlap among the two groups. Our results suggest the mismatch among MPA managers and academics is small, with no significant difference among the groups in terms of their respective research interests, or the type of questions they pose. However, managers prioritised spatial management and monitoring as research themes, whilst academics identified climate change, resilience, spatial management, fishing and connectivity as the most important topics. Ranking of the posed questions by the two groups was also similar, although managers were less confident about the achievability of the posed research questions and whether questions represented a knowledge gap. We conclude that improved collaboration and knowledge transfer among management and academic groups can be used to achieve similar objectives and enhance the knowledge-based management of MPAs. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Cvitanovic, C.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Wilson, Shaun K.
Australia, Perth
Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Fulton, C. J.
Australia, Canberra
Anu Research School of Biology
Almany, Glenn R.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Anderson, P.
Unknown Affiliation
Babcock, Russell C.
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ban, Natalie C.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Beeden, Roger J.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Australia, Townsville
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Beger, M.
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Cinner, Joshua E.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Dobbs, Kirstin A.
Australia, Townsville
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Evans, Louisa S.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Farnham, A.
Unknown Affiliation
Friedman, Kim Jerome
Australia, Perth
Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
Gale, K.
Unknown Affiliation
Gladstone, W.
Australia, Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
Quentin Grafton, R. Quentin
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Graham, Nicholas Anthony James
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Gudge, S.
Australia, Sydney
New South Wales Government Marine Parks Authority
Harrison, Peter L.
Australia, Lismore
Southern Cross University
Holmes, Thomas H.
Australia, Perth
Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Johnstone, N.
Australia, Sydney
New South Wales Government Marine Parks Authority
Jones, Geoffrey P.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Jordan, Alan R.
Australia, Sydney
New South Wales Government Marine Parks Authority
Kendrick, Alan J.
Australia, Perth
Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
Klein, Carissa Joy
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Little, L. Richard
Australia, Canberra
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Malcolm, Hamish A.
Australia, Sydney
New South Wales Government Marine Parks Authority
Morris, D.
Unknown Affiliation
Possingham, Hugh P.
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Prescott, J.
Australia, Canberra
Australian Fisheries Management Authority
Pressey, Bob
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Skilleter, Greg A.
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Simpson, C.
Australia, Perth
Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
Waples, Kelly A.
Australia, Perth
Department of Environment and Conservation Western Australia
Wilson, Duncan S.
Seychelles, Victoria
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
Williamson, David H.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Statistics
Citations: 60
Authors: 37
Affiliations: 13
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.10.051
ISSN:
03014797
Research Areas
Environmental
Health System And Policy