Collaborative Management: A New Proposition for Sustainable Development of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

2019 ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mehedi Masud
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Collaborative Management

scholarly journals Marine Protected Areas, Multiple-Agency Management, and Monumental Surprise in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
John N. Kittinger ◽  
Anne Dowling ◽  
Andrew R. Purves ◽  
Nicole A. Milne ◽  
Per Olsson
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Collaborative Management ◽  
Governance Arrangement ◽  
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Agency Management ◽  
Multiple Agency

Large, regional-scale marine protected areas (MPAs) and MPA networks face different challenges in governance systems than locally managed or community-based MPAs. An emerging theme in large-scale MPA management is the prevalence of governance structures that rely on institutional collaboration, presenting new challenges as agencies with differing mandates and cultures work together to implement ecosystem-based management. We analyzed qualitative interview data to investigate multi-level social interactions and institutional responses to the surprise establishment of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (monument) in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). The governance arrangement for the monument represents a new model in US MPA management, requiring two federal agencies and the State of Hawai‘i to collaboratively manage the NWHI. We elucidate the principal barriers to institutional cotrusteeship, characterize institutional transformations that have occurred among the partner agencies in the transition to collaborative management, and evaluate the governance arrangement for the monument as a model for MPAs. The lessons learned from the NWHI governance arrangement are critical as large-scale MPAs requiring multiple-agency management become a prevalent feature on the global seascape.

Community-based ecotourism management for sustainable development of marine protected areas in Malaysia

2017 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 104-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mehedi Masud ◽  
Abdullah Mohammed Aldakhil ◽  
Abdelmohsen A. Nassani ◽  
Mohammad Nurul Azam
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Community Based

scholarly journals Advancing Sustainable Development and Protected Area Management with Social Media-Based Tourism Data

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 2427
Author(s):  
Katie K. Arkema ◽  
David M. Fisher ◽  
Katherine Wyatt ◽  
Spencer A. Wood ◽  
Hanna J. Payne
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Natural Landscapes

Sustainable tourism involves increasingly attracting visitors while preserving the natural capital of a destination for future generations. To foster tourism while protecting sensitive environments, coastal managers, tourism operators, and other decision-makers benefit from information about where tourists go and which aspects of the natural and built environment draw them to particular locations. Yet this information is often lacking at management-relevant scales and in remote places. We tested and applied methods using social media as data on tourism in The Bahamas. We found that visitation, as measured by numbers of geolocated photographs, is well correlated with counts of visitors from entrance surveys for islands and parks. Using this relationship, we predicted nearly 4 K visitor-days to the network of Bahamian marine protected areas annually, with visitation varying more than 20-fold between the most and least visited parks. Next, to understand spatial patterns of tourism for sustainable development, we combined social media-based data with entrance surveys for Andros, the largest island in The Bahamas. We estimated that tourists spend 125 K visitor-nights and more than US$45 M in the most highly visited district, five times that of the least visited district. We also found that tourists prefer accessible, natural landscapes—such as reefs near lodges—that can be reached by air, roads, and ferries. The results of our study are being used to inform development and conservation decisions, such as where to invest in infrastructure for visitor access and accommodation, siting new marine protected areas, and management of established protected areas. Our work provides an important example of how to leverage social media as a source of data to inform strategies that encourage tourism, while conserving the environments that draw visitors to a destination in the first place.

scholarly journals MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN MALAYSIA: TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (19) ◽  
pp. 50-66
Author(s):  
Darwinah Darwin Lim ◽  
Nor Hasni Osman
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Marine Protected Area ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Protected Areas Management ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Key Aspects

Nowadays, sustainable development brings a different kind of meaning especially among scholars who have their own purposes. This principle is not only limited to the preservation of the environment and its resources, but it also included human resources and financial management as well as physical development. The awareness towards sustainable development had been started in 1987 which was pioneered by the report of Brundtland (UNWCED), then it was recognized by Rio de Jeneiro Summit in 1992. Next, the concept of this agenda is also has been reinforced during the World Conference in 2002 on sustainable development in Johannesburg, South Africa by bringing the world's attention to the challenges and importance of sustainable development. In Malaysia, there are not all of the activities on Marine Protected Area (MPA) that are carried out in line with the concept of sustainable development, although there are various efforts and policies that have been introduced to preserve the natural environment and ecosystems for the sake of future generations. Therefore, this article highlights the key aspects that stakeholders should consider in order to introduce a philosophy of sustainable development in the Marine Protected Areas management sector. The initiative proposed in this article provides a strategic focus on maintaining harmony between those involved in the management of the Marine Park and the industry of maritime tourism. It also takes into account the legal framework and economic interests of stakeholders in this sector to focus on exploiting the national resources of the National Park and protecting the integrity of the Marine Park environment in line with the concept of sustainable development.

scholarly journals Marine Protected Areas in Peninsular Malaysia: Shifting from Political Process to Co-Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Mohd Ashraf Abdul Rahman ◽  
Farahdilah Ghazali ◽  
Mohd Hazmi Mohd Rusli ◽  
Nazli Aziz ◽  
Wan Izatul Asma Wan Talaat
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Breeding Habitat ◽  
Environmental Stability ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Collaborative Management ◽  
Management Approach

Since fishing is a primary source of income to the coastal communities, conservation of marine natural resources is crucial to safeguard its sustainable supply. Therefore, intensive measures should be taken by all the stakeholders – from the authorities to the local fishermen. The precious coral reefs should be protected as important breeding habitat of various commercially valued species of marine resources and. Thus, in carrying out the political process of designating marine protected areas (MPAs) as marine parks, the local communities must also be engaged by the government due to their proximity to and dependency on the environment as direct resources users. Co-management or collaborative management by engaging the local communities, or community-based management, is the concept that could be able to remedy ineffective MPAs management in Peninsular Malaysia. Co-management or collaborative management approach between the authorities and the communities must be strategised by factoring in their local knowledge of living within and off the marine environment and resources. This study utilises content analysis method on the primary data, namely the national policies, federal acts, and state enactments. While the secondary data in form of official reports, scholarly articles and others deemed relevant are used to supplement and support the findings. This paper dwells on the possibility of shifting the process of MPAs designation from political process to co-management in Peninsular Malaysia, in order to achieve both environmental stability and the livelihood sustainability of the local communities.

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