How Marine Protected Areas Are Governed: A Cultural Theory Perspective

Halik, Abdul; Verweij, Marco; Schlüter, Achim

doi:10.3390/su10010252

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“…Priority should be given to rescuing, strengthening and fostering social capital. Improving stakeholder's engagement through participatory management of resources can improve compliance and reduce the need for enforcement capacity (Cinner et al, 2016;Giakoumi et al, 2018;Halik et al, 2018), helping fisher's escape the socio-ecological trap caused by restricted and unequal access to ecosystem services benefits (Hicks et al, 2009). Fish processors and dive shop staff, as highly connected nodes could be leverage points to increase the transfer of information among fishers, lodges and boaters (Barnes et al, 2019b).…”

Section: Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flow of Economic Benefits From Coral Reefs in a Multi-Use Caribbean Marine Protected Area Using Network Theory

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Adaptation to changes in the delivery of ecosystem services while maintaining resilience of natural systems is one of the main challenges faced by multi-use marine protected areas (MPAs). To overcome this, it is crucial to improve our understanding of interdependencies among resource users and ecosystems. In this study we used networks to model the socio-ecological system of a multi-use MPA in the southern Caribbean. Using a mixed-method approach, we built a socio ecological network (SEN) from the flow of economic benefits that stakeholders obtain from coral reefs in Los Roques National Park. We specifically looked at how these benefits are distributed among stakeholder groups and how the structure and other network properties can inform management. For this, four networks (simple, weighted, directed and directed-weighted) were built from 125 nodes representing three services and six stakeholder groups, linked through 475 edges. The SEN structure indicated an open resource use pattern with reduced social capital, suggesting that community-based management could be challenging. Only 31% of the benefits from ecosystem services stay within the SEN. Regulation services, derived from the coral reef framework were the most important in terms of maintaining the flow of benefits through the SEN; however, most benefits depended on provisioning services. This approach, based on network theory allowed identification of inequalities in the access to benefits among groups, externalities in benefits derived from fisheries and trade-offs between provisioning and regulation services. Our results suggest that Los Roques might be falling into a socio-ecological trap. Improving access to benefits and increasing trust need be prioritized. Low-cost management intervention can help internalize financial benefits and reduce trade-offs affecting more vulnerable stakeholder groups. However, these would require changes in governance and institutions at the executive level.

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Section: Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Flow of Economic Benefits From Coral Reefs in a Multi-Use Caribbean Marine Protected Area Using Network Theory

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“…It is means the yellowcrested cockatoo is not a determinant factor in making decisions. Fatalist community has principle "getting what you can if you can", in accessing and exploiting natural resources (Halik et al, 2018).…”

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Perception of the local community toward the yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea abbotti), a critically endangered species in Masakambing Island, Indonesia

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The yellow-crested cockatoo is an endangered species with habitat is in a non-conservation area with community ownership. The local community's action is determined by perception related to the information about this animal. The study aimed to find out the perception of the local community of Masakambing Island to the yellow-crested cockatoo based on community structure and the advantages-disadvantages aspect. The study was conducted in Masakambing Island, Masalembu sub-district, Sumenep Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia. Quantitative and qualitative data were obtained from observations, closed interviews with the 160 respondents and open interviews with the key informants (local figures, government and non-government elements) and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). This study used mixed methods with convergent parallel mixed-methods design. The results showed that the community structure is a fatalist one with a nature capricious perception. The community has limited life choices and is controlled by other powers. Unsurprisingly, the local community does not have a vision or carry out any real action to conserve this animal. Meanwhile, the community has a perception that the yellowcrested cockatoo has more advantages than disadvantages. The implication is that added-benefits of alternative livelihood for the community based on yellow-crested cockatoo are required. Then, all of the community members can access the benefits of resources, especially based on the existence of the yellow-crested cockatoo.

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“…Cultural theory has been applied to a wide variety of different institutions and situations. Regarding to this article’s subject matter, it has been applied to the institution of Faroese whaling, the international whaling policy landscape and marine protected area governance (Halik et al., 2018; Singleton, 2016; Singleton and Fielding, 2017). Recently, Swedlow has applied cultural theory to scientific conflicts, returning the theory to the pollution–purity claims of Douglas’ earlier work (2007, 2017).…”

Section: Boundary Work Institutional Context and Scientific Valuesmentioning

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Science, red in tooth and claw: Whaling, purity, pollution and institutions in marine mammal scientists’ boundary work

Singleton

Lidskog

2018

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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The use of lethal research methods on cetaceans has a long and complicated history in cetology (the scientific study of whales, dolphins and porpoises). In the current era, collecting data through the hunting of whales (sometimes referred to as scientific whaling) remains a source of considerable conflict in various fora, including scientific ones. Based on interviews and documents, this article explores how marine mammal scientists articulate the validity of particular practices and research at both the International Whaling Commission and in professional scientific societies. Drawing on cultural theory, the article explores scientists’ boundary work, describing the purity and pollution of particular whaling practices in different institutional contexts. Respondents on either side of the debate argued for the pure or polluted nature of various positions, often utilising particular idealised values of science: objectivity, honesty and openness regarding how conclusions were drawn. The nature of boundary work performed is then related to the institutional context within which it takes place. This article thus highlights how science’s role in environmental conflicts can be assessed through boundary work that denotes who can legitimately speak for science, on what topics and how science is stage-managed.

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How Marine Protected Areas Are Governed: A Cultural Theory Perspective

Cited by 30 publications

References 74 publications

Flow of Economic Benefits From Coral Reefs in a Multi-Use Caribbean Marine Protected Area Using Network Theory

Flow of Economic Benefits From Coral Reefs in a Multi-Use Caribbean Marine Protected Area Using Network Theory

Perception of the local community toward the yellow-crested cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea abbotti), a critically endangered species in Masakambing Island, Indonesia

Science, red in tooth and claw: Whaling, purity, pollution and institutions in marine mammal scientists’ boundary work

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