Marine protected areas and the coral reefs of traditional settlements in the Exumas, Bahamas

Two-MPA Model for Siting a Marine Protected Area: Bahamian Case

“…A major finding is that the great majority of the people support the notion of having an MPA even though some people have argued against their local MPA (Stoffle & Minnis, 2007). Despite overwhelming support for siting a local MPA to help the marine ecosystem to recover and to protect local areas from development, most people interviewed qualify this support with the desire (a) to be full participants in the process, (b) to advise regarding the design and siting of the MPA, (c) to continue traditional uses of the MPA-or portions of it, and (d) to serve with the government to monitor and regulate the MPA (Stoffle & Minnis, 2008).…”

Sustainable Use of the Littoral by Traditional People of Barbados and Bahamas

“…Each of these littorals represents a different econiche. The biodiversity and biocomplexity of these types of littorals have been documented through our marine and land mapping studies [11,28,29].…”

Socioeconomic impacts of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

“…Ex-ante evaluations of MPA impacts (Batista et al, 2011;Horta e Costa et al, 2013;Hussain et al, 2010;Pinheiro et al, 2009;Stoffle and Minnis, 2007), aimed at gathering stakeholders' perceptions prior to MPA designation, can be very useful to assess expected changes in the biological and ecological significance of a site. To date, however, very few studies have gathered stakeholders' perceptions prior to MPA designation, hindering ex-ante assessment of future MPA benefits (Hussain et al, 2010).…”