Towards A Network of Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) in the Western Indian Ocean

Rocliffe, Steve; Peabody, Shawn; Samoilys, Melita; Hawkins, Julie P.

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“…Locally managed MPAs by municipalities, local organizations or foundations could be a way to cope with this major gap. The Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) in the Pacific Islands could work as a successful example for communities for conserving their resources through communitybased management [11,29].…”

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Protected areas in Chile: are we managing them?

Petit

Campoy

Hevia

et al. 2018

Rev. Chil. de Hist. Nat.

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Background: Human population growth since the mid-1900s has been accompanied by an unsustainable use of natural resources and a corresponding impact on terrestrial and marine biota. In response, most states have established protected areas as tools to decrease biodiversity loss, being Chile one of the signatories of international conservation agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the 2010 Aichi Targets. This study reviews the Chilean protected areas that have been created to date, with an emphasis on the existence and effectiveness of management plans for all terrestrial and marine protected areas. Effectiveness was individually evaluated using two filters: 1) the age of the management plan and 2) the first four steps of the Protected Areas Management Effectiveness (PAME) methodology recommended by the IUCN. Results: We show that 84 out of a total of 145 protected areas (PAs), and only five out of a total of 20 marine protected areas (MPAs), have management plans. Only 12% (N = 16) of PAs are effectively managed; while in the marine realm, no MPA has an effective plan. Conclusions: Our results show the lack of both the effectiveness of and updates to the management plans for the vast majority of the national territory and raise the following question: is it sustainable to continue adding protected areas to the national system even though it is clear that the existing support is insufficient to meet the minimum requirements for full implementation?

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Protected areas in Chile: are we managing them?

Petit

Campoy

Hevia

et al. 2018

Rev. Chil. de Hist. Nat.

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“…This is a reflection of the changing perceptions on human-environment interactions, and deeper appreciation of the significance and complexities of the human dimension in biodiversity conservation (Rocliffe et al, 2014). Conceptually, some conservation (NRM) and CS initiatives have woven together the realities of societal processes, particularly demographic dynamics, people's livelihoods and cultural value systems, with the estimations of the economic status of environmental resources together with their habitats (Sultan, 2012).…”

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International Journal of Management and Sustainability

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This paper outlines an effective and comprehensive public-private partnership approach that has the potential to enhance natural resource management (NRM) and improve access to essential community services (CS). The paper is based on the institutional and resource-dependency theories 2015 Vol. 4, No. 11, 218-236. ISSN(e): 2306-0662 ISSN(p): 2306-9856 DOI: 10.18488/journal.11/2015.4.11/11.11.218.236 © 2015 Contribution/ OriginalityThis study documents and discusses a comprehensive public-private partnership approach for resource mobilization and capacity building towards sustainable delivery of essential social and ecosystem services for improved wellbeing of the communities along the Kenya coast.

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“…Efforts to increase WIO's coral reef biodiversity conservation increased since the early 1980s, when only 15 coral reef MPAs were in Kenya, Mozambique and Seychelles (Rocliffe et al 2014;Salm 1983;Wells et al 2007). Most countries in the region have reached the Convention on Biological Diversity 1993 target of protecting at least 10 per cent of marine areas for the coral reef habitat.…”

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“…Most countries in the region have reached the Convention on Biological Diversity 1993 target of protecting at least 10 per cent of marine areas for the coral reef habitat. In about half of the countries, 10 per cent of the continental shelf is covered by MPAs and by locally managed marine areas (Rocliffe et al 2014). However, only three MPAs, one in Madagascar and three in the Seychelles, belong to categories of the highest level of protection (classes Ia ['Strict nature reserve'] Weak governance and high subsistence fishing may explain the lack of MPAs in Somalia and the existence of just two proposed marine parks in the Comoros.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many recent efforts have focused on local fisheries management, which may be important for sustainable fisheries (Cinner et al 2012b;McClanahan 2012;Rocliffe et al 2014) but many key species cross international boundaries and regional collaboration will be important for their long-term protection (Berg et al 2002). 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).…”

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

Levin

Beger

Maina

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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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Towards A Network of Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMAs) in the Western Indian Ocean

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Protected areas in Chile: are we managing them?

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

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