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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
A Comparison of Marine Protected Areas and Alternative Approaches to Coral-Reef Management
Current Biology, Volume 16, No. 14, Year 2006
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Description
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been widely adopted as the leading tool for coral-reef conservation, but resource users seldom accept them [1, 2], and many have failed to produce tangible conservation benefits [3]. Few studies have objectively and simultaneously examined the types of MPAs that are most effective in conserving reef resources and the socioeconomic factors responsible for effective conservation [4-6]. We simultaneously explored measures of reef and socioeconomic conservation success at four national parks, four comanaged reserves, and three traditionally managed areas in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Underwater visual censuses of key ecological indicators [7, 8] revealed that the average size and biomass of fishes were higher in all areas under traditional management and at one comanaged reserve when compared to nearby unmanaged areas. Socioeconomic assessments [6, 9, 10] revealed that this "effective conservation" was positively related to compliance, visibility of the reserve, and length of time the management had been in place but negatively related to market integration, wealth, and village population size. We suggest that in cases where the resources for enforcement are lacking, management regimes that are designed to meet community goals can achieve greater compliance and subsequent conservation success than regimes designed primarily for biodiversity conservation. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
McClanahan, Tim R.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Cinner, Joshua E.
Australia, Townsville
Arc Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Statistics
Citations: 357
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.cub.2006.05.062
ISSN:
09609822
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Guinea