From outcomes to inputs: What is required to achieve the ecological and socioeconomic potential of marine protected areas?

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dc.contributor.authorBennett, Nathan
dc.contributor.authorDearden, Philip
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-05T17:53:27Z
dc.date.available2013-04-05T17:53:27Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_US
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionA working paper of Project IMPAACT and the Marine Protected Areas Research Groupen_US
dc.description.abstractMarine protected areas (MPAs) are one tool that has been shown to be effective for achieving marine conservation objectives. MPAs might also result in beneficial social and economic outcomes for local communities through, for example, increasing fish abundance and the resultant spillover into surrounding fisheries or the creation of alternative livelihoods. Yet the percentage of MPAs that might be considered “successful” on ecological and/or socio-economic accounts is debatable. MPA scholars and conservation organizations alike have suggested that much remains to be understood about what the requirements are for successful implementation and operation of MPAs. It is on this problem that this paper focuses through asking: “What inputs are required to achieve the potential ecological, social, and economic outcomes of marine protected areas?” In this paper, we discuss the potential positive and negative outcomes of MPAs and explore the inputs required to achieve balanced and beneficial outcomes while giving consideration to the implications of local and macro contexts. Moreover, we suggest that a tripartite approach to MPA implementation and operations that gives appropriate and contextualized attention to governance, management, and development is more likely to lead to successful MPA outcomes as there are inherent feedbacks between the three inputs.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research that led to this working paper was completed during a PhD in Geography at the University of Victoria under the supervision of Dr. Philip Dearden. We would like to acknowledge the support of the Social Science and Human Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project, the Centre for Global Studies, and a scholarship from SSHRC and the Trudeau Foundation. Project IMPAACT is a project of the Marine Protected Areas Research Group at the University of Victoria. International and Thai partners of Project IMPAACT include the BOBLME Project, the Thai Department of Fisheries, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, the Phuket Marine Biological Centre, the Centre for Biodiversity in Peninsular Thailand at the Prince of Songkla University, and the Department of Conservation in the Faculty of Forestry at Kasetsart University.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBennett, N. & Dearden, P. (2012). From Outcomes to Inputs: What is Required to Achieve the Ecological and Socio-Economic Potential of Marine Protected Areas? (Working Paper). Victoria, Canada: Marine Protected Areas Research Group/University of Victoria. 38 p.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4511
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMarine Protected Areas Research Group/University of Victoriaen_US
dc.subjectmarine protected areasen_US
dc.subjectdevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectmanagementen_US
dc.subjectgovernanceen_US
dc.subjectsuccessen_US
dc.titleFrom outcomes to inputs: What is required to achieve the ecological and socioeconomic potential of marine protected areas?en_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US

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