The role of international environmental instruments in enhancing transboundary marine protected areas: An approach in East Africa

Guerreiro, José; Chircop, Aldo; Dzidzornu, David M.; Grilo, Catarina; Ribeiro, Raquel; Elst, Rudy van der; Viras, Ana

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2010.06.013

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“…Mozambique is under review by UNESCO as a potential World Heritage Site and it is classified as a globally important biodiversity site within the Eastern African Marine Ecoregion (Guerreiro et al 2011). The Ponta do Ouro area is relatively undeveloped and, as a key biodiversity area, has high ecosystem-services value and the ability to maintain the ecosystems necessary for such services (CEPF 2010).…”

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Willingness to pay for marine-based tourism in the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, Mozambique

Daly

Fraser

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2015

African Journal of Marine Science

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Marine and coastal ecosystems face widespread degradation largely because market failure hides the economic value of the goods and services they provide. Marine protected areas (MPAs) can serve as structures that ensure the continued functioning of marine and coastal ecosystem goods and services. Yet, to be effective and sustainable, MPAs must be able to prove their economic worth and generate revenue. User-fee systems are used commonly to partially finance multi-use MPAs. This study applies contingent valuation as a method of economic valuation within an MPA in southern Mozambique. Using a payment card and questionnaire from November 2012 to April 2013, this study determined the willingness to pay (WTP) of three user groups for access to the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve. The study also investigated the potential for the reserve to increase revenues for conservation through the implementation of a user fee for marine-based activities. Probit and ordinary least squares (OLS) regressions were used to determine the effects of various independent variables on WTP. The OLS model found income, African residency and environmental awareness to be significant factors that influenced visitors' WTP for access to the reserve. The mean WTP was R 43.75 (South African rands) per person per day. Using data supplied by the reserve management, conservative estimated annual revenues based on the implementation of this fee amount ranged between R 1.46 million and R 3.3 million.

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Willingness to pay for marine-based tourism in the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, Mozambique

Daly

Fraser

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2015

African Journal of Marine Science

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“…Broadly, other efforts being led by the IUCN through the East Africa Community (EAC; Guerreiro et al 2011) have seen the establishment of key institutions such as the Lake Victoria Basin Commission and the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization for the protection of the Lake Victoria transboundary ecosystem. Similarly, the EAC is currently spearheading a process for the establishment of the first jointly managed MPA along Kenya-Tanzania border.…”

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“…Given the colonial past and economic ties, low levels of multi-national international governance bilateral agreements and transboundary MPAs are more likely to be the next modest step in collaboration (Guerreiro et al 2011). Without local and stakeholder involvement, these transboundary agreements may be viewed as overly centralised and fail to benefit local resource users and garner their support (McClanahan & Abunge 2016;Yates & Schoeman 2015).…”

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“…Tracked sea turtles, for example, have been shown to migrate in 21 ± 16 days over distances of 1359 ± 832 km from their nesting site to their foraging grounds, going through two to seven exclusive economic zones (Obura 2015), and the tracks of seabirds that cross boundaries have been suggested as a tool for identifying candidate marine protected areas (MPAs) in the WIO (Le Corre et al 2012). Transboundary MPAs are a mechanism by which such species can be protected efficiently and reduces the conservation burden of each country; but this requires coordination of national and regional conservation activities (Grilo et al 2012;Guerreiro et al 2011;Kark et al 2015). It is within this context that we examined the challenges and opportunities for between-country collaboration among the 14 countries/territories composing the WIO.…”

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Evaluating the potential for transboundary management of marine biodiversity in the Western Indian Ocean

Levin

Beger

Maina

et al. 2018

Australasian Journal of Environmental Management

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The economic and socio-political interactions between countries can have major impacts on transboundary conservation decisions and outcomes. Here, we examined for 14 Western Indian Ocean (WIO) continental and island nations the extent of their marine coral reef species, fisheries and marine protected areas (MPAs), in the context of their geopolitical and socio-economic connections. We also examined the role of external countries and organisations in collaboration within the region. We found large variation between the different countries in their protected area size, and management, which result from different interests in establishing the MPAs, ranging from fisheries management, biodiversity conservation to asserting sovereignty claims. Seventy-four per cent of the 154 MPAs in the region belong to island nations; however, the largest MPAs in the WIO were established by European powers, and include Mayotte and Glorioso Islands (France) and Chagos (UK). While the majority of MPAs are managed by individual countries, between-country collaboration within and outside the region is key if the aim is to achieve effective conservation of ecosystems and species across the island and mainland nations in the region. This may be advanced by creating transboundary MPAs and by regional conservation investment by external powers that benefit from the region's resources.

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“…International instruments are often invoked as a source of obligation of states to protect their marine environment (e.g. Grant, 2005;Guerreiro et al, 2011). Particular elements of various instruments support the implementation of marine conservation measures such as MPAs and others contain specific measures for potential assistance in MPAs' management.…”

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Transboundary MPAs: a challenge for the twenty‐first century

Silva

Ribeiro²,

Viras³

et al. 2012

Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal

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The role of international environmental instruments in enhancing transboundary marine protected areas: An approach in East Africa

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

Willingness to pay for marine-based tourism in the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, Mozambique

Willingness to pay for marine-based tourism in the Ponta do Ouro Partial Marine Reserve, Mozambique

Evaluating the potential for transboundary management of marine biodiversity in the Western Indian Ocean

Transboundary MPAs: a challenge for the twenty‐first century

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