Low-quality management of Marine Protected Areas in the North-East Atlantic
The effectiveness of a marine protected area (MPA) requires adequate management plans (MgPs), good man-agement performance and effective governance. This study diagnosed management quality on 126 MPAs and 57 MgPs in four countries in the NE Atlantic Ocean (France, England, Spain and Portugal) by ada...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/137747 2023-10-09T21:54:14+02:00 Low-quality management of Marine Protected Areas in the North-East Atlantic Álvarez-Fernández, Inmaculada Freire, Juan Sanchez Carnero, Noela Belen application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/137747 eng eng Elsevier Ltd. info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103922 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308597X19303847?via%3Dihub http://hdl.handle.net/11336/137747 Álvarez-Fernández, Inmaculada; Freire, Juan; Sanchez Carnero, Noela Belen; Low-quality management of Marine Protected Areas in the North-East Atlantic; Elsevier Ltd.; Marine Policy; 117; 7-2020 0308-597X CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ GOVERNANCE MARINE PROTECTED AREA MARINE RESERVE MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT PLANS NORTH-EAST ATLANTIC OCEAN https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.9 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103922 2023-09-24T18:34:47Z The effectiveness of a marine protected area (MPA) requires adequate management plans (MgPs), good man-agement performance and effective governance. This study diagnosed management quality on 126 MPAs and 57 MgPs in four countries in the NE Atlantic Ocean (France, England, Spain and Portugal) by adapting the MPA Management Effectiveness Assessment Tool to assess management quality, and management effort, strengths and weaknesses. Despite the fact that these MPAs were, in 2013, on average 14-year old, fewer than 30% showed sufficient management capacity, 18% showed operational management, and only 3% showed effective management. Therefore, 70% could be considered unmanaged or “paper” reserves. Among their strengths, MPAs were in general well legislated in the four countries and had operational management bodies in France and England. However three key factors need to be improved in all countries: (i) periodic MgP updated; (ii) periodic MPA monitoring and assessment; and (iii) education and communication activities. Enforcement should be improved in England, France and Portugal; Portugal and Spain also need to improve the management body and England and Portugal the community participation. Fil: Álvarez-Fernández, Inmaculada. Universidad da Coruña; España Fil: Freire, Juan. Tecnologico de Monterrey; México Fil: Sanchez Carnero, Noela Belen. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos; Argentina Article in Journal/Newspaper North East Atlantic CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Argentina Marine Policy 117 103922 |
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The effectiveness of a marine protected area (MPA) requires adequate management plans (MgPs), good man-agement performance and effective governance. This study diagnosed management quality on 126 MPAs and 57 MgPs in four countries in the NE Atlantic Ocean (France, England, Spain and Portugal) by adapting the MPA Management Effectiveness Assessment Tool to assess management quality, and management effort, strengths and weaknesses. Despite the fact that these MPAs were, in 2013, on average 14-year old, fewer than 30% showed sufficient management capacity, 18% showed operational management, and only 3% showed effective management. Therefore, 70% could be considered unmanaged or “paper” reserves. Among their strengths, MPAs were in general well legislated in the four countries and had operational management bodies in France and England. However three key factors need to be improved in all countries: (i) periodic MgP updated; (ii) periodic MPA monitoring and assessment; and (iii) education and communication activities. Enforcement should be improved in England, France and Portugal; Portugal and Spain also need to improve the management body and England and Portugal the community participation. Fil: Álvarez-Fernández, Inmaculada. Universidad da Coruña; España Fil: Freire, Juan. Tecnologico de Monterrey; México Fil: Sanchez Carnero, Noela Belen. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Centro Nacional Patagónico. Centro para el Estudio de Sistemas Marinos; Argentina |
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Low-quality management of Marine Protected Areas in the North-East Atlantic |
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Low-quality management of Marine Protected Areas in the North-East Atlantic |
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Low-quality management of Marine Protected Areas in the North-East Atlantic |
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