Incorporation of Spatial and Economic Analyses of Human-Use Data in the Design of Marine Protected Areas

Scholz, Astrid; Steinback, Charles; Kruse, Sarah A.; Mertens, Mike; Silverman, Howard

doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01626.x

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“…Our scenarios reflected two approaches that met different management objectives: seabird conservation alone (scenario 1), and seabird conservation while considering the impact of human activities (scenario 2). The latter approach has been applied in state waters adjacent to the Sanctuaries and encompasses the principles of marine spatial planning [36], [77]. Incorporating human uses shifted cell selection towards the offshore region west of the 200-m isobath.…”

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Using Seabird Habitat Modeling to Inform Marine Spatial Planning in Central California’s National Marine Sanctuaries

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Understanding seabird habitat preferences is critical to future wildlife conservation and threat mitigation in California. The objective of this study was to investigate drivers of seabird habitat selection within the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries to identify areas for targeted conservation planning. We used seabird abundance data collected by the Applied California Current Ecosystem Studies Program (ACCESS) from 2004–2011. We used zero-inflated negative binomial regression to model species abundance and distribution as a function of near surface ocean water properties, distances to geographic features and oceanographic climate indices to identify patterns in foraging habitat selection. We evaluated seasonal, inter-annual and species-specific variability of at-sea distributions for the five most abundant seabirds nesting on the Farallon Islands: western gull (Larus occidentalis), common murre (Uria aalge), Cassin’s auklet (Ptychorampus aleuticus), rhinoceros auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata) and Brandt’s cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus). The waters in the vicinity of Cordell Bank and the continental shelf east of the Farallon Islands emerged as persistent and highly selected foraging areas across all species. Further, we conducted a spatial prioritization exercise to optimize seabird conservation areas with and without considering impacts of current human activities. We explored three conservation scenarios where 10, 30 and 50 percent of highly selected, species-specific foraging areas would be conserved. We compared and contrasted results in relation to existing marine protected areas (MPAs) and the future alternative energy footprint identified by the California Ocean Uses Atlas. Our results show that the majority of highly selected seabird habitat lies outside of state MPAs where threats from shipping, oil spills, and offshore energy development remain. This analysis accentuates the need for innovative marine spatial planning efforts and provides a foundation on which to build more comprehensive zoning and management in California’s National Marine Sanctuaries.

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Using Seabird Habitat Modeling to Inform Marine Spatial Planning in Central California’s National Marine Sanctuaries

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“…Its implications for biodiversity conservation are evident Eddy et al, 2010;Carter and Nielsen, 2011;Scholz et al, 2011;Zukowski et al, 2011;Brewer, 2013], as it serves as one of the greatest obstacles to wildlife survival which, for example, lies in the relationship between ecosystems and human cultures [Davis-Case, 2001]. For non-human primates, LEK is studied within the discipline of ethnoprimatology, which focuses on ecological and social interconnections between human populations and non-human primates [Sponsel, 1997;Riley, 2006;Hill and Webber, 2010].…”

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Local Ecological Knowledge about Endangered Primates in a Rural Community in Paraíba, Brazil

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Valença-Montenegro²,

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The study of local ecological knowledge (LEK) fosters a better understanding of the relationship between humans and the environment. We assessed respondents' ecological knowledge of primates in a rural community located near the Atlantic Forest remnants in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. Populations of Alouatta belzebul (red-handed howler monkeys), Sapajus flavius (blonde capuchins), and Callithrix jacchus (the common marmoset) inhabit the region. We conducted 200 semi-structured interviews and applied thematic content analysis, with weighting, to the responses to quantify the LEK. Respondents showed a low LEK, despite the community's proximity to forest remnants. However, the LEK was significantly higher among men, as well as among those who had a greater degree of contact with the primates. Age did not influence LEK. The studied community apparently does not intensively exploit the forest resources nor does it economically depend on primates, which may explain these individuals' low levels of knowledge about these animals. Such data may support future studies, as well as environmental education and action plans, especially for A. belzebul and S. flavius, both of which are endangered species and targets of the National Action Plan for the Conservation of the Primates of the Northeast.

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“…For example, the opportunity cost of a permanent closure zone that prohibits all fishing activities will be higher than in a partial protection zone that allows some kinds of fishing. Data on the opportunity cost of different zones are rarely available for marine planning (but see Klein et al [10]), and can be costly to collect, especially over large planning regions [28]. To compensate, planners often develop surrogates to represent the opportunity cost of implementing a no-take area based on population [29], area [30], threats [31], and etc.…”

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Incorporating Conservation Zone Effectiveness for Protecting Biodiversity in Marine Planning

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Establishing different types of conservation zones is becoming commonplace. However, spatial prioritization methods that can accommodate multiple zones are poorly understood in theory and application. It is typically assumed that management regulations across zones have differential levels of effectiveness (“zone effectiveness”) for biodiversity protection, but the influence of zone effectiveness on achieving conservation targets has not yet been explored. Here, we consider the zone effectiveness of three zones: permanent closure, partial protection, and open, for planning for the protection of five different marine habitats in the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, Fiji. We explore the impact of differential zone effectiveness on the location and costs of conservation priorities. We assume that permanent closure zones are fully effective at protecting all habitats, open zones do not contribute towards the conservation targets and partial protection zones lie between these two extremes. We use four different estimates for zone effectiveness and three different estimates for zone cost of the partial protection zone. To enhance the practical utility of the approach, we also explore how much of each traditional fishing ground can remain open for fishing while still achieving conservation targets. Our results show that all of the high priority areas for permanent closure zones would not be a high priority when the zone effectiveness of the partial protection zone is equal to that of permanent closure zones. When differential zone effectiveness and costs are considered, the resulting marine protected area network consequently increases in size, with more area allocated to permanent closure zones to meet conservation targets. By distributing the loss of fishing opportunity equitably among local communities, we find that 84–88% of each traditional fishing ground can be left open while still meeting conservation targets. Finally, we summarize the steps for developing marine zoning that accounts for zone effectiveness.

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Incorporation of Spatial and Economic Analyses of Human-Use Data in the Design of Marine Protected Areas

Cited by 35 publications

References 18 publications

Using Seabird Habitat Modeling to Inform Marine Spatial Planning in Central California’s National Marine Sanctuaries

Using Seabird Habitat Modeling to Inform Marine Spatial Planning in Central California’s National Marine Sanctuaries

Local Ecological Knowledge about Endangered Primates in a Rural Community in Paraíba, Brazil

Incorporating Conservation Zone Effectiveness for Protecting Biodiversity in Marine Planning

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