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Release : 2003
Genre : Marine parks and reserves
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Download or read book MPA Management Effectiveness Initiative written by . This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook was produced over a 3-year period, with extensive collaboration from MPA experts and field-tested at eighteen pilot sites (See Figure 1). It was designed to provide coastal and marine protected area managers with information to help manage MPAs effectively. It does this by providing a field-tested, step-by-step process to measure biophysical, socioeconomic and governance indicators to evaluate whether management strategies are accomplishing the MPA goals and objectives. Armed with the results and knowledge that are generated from the evaluation process over time, managers and staff will be able to learn and adapt the activities and management of their MPA, thereby continually improving on its impact and concretely documenting the positive results. The process outlined in the guidebook presents a flexible approach that can be used in many types of MPAs, whether multiple use areas or no-take areas, and depending on their goals and objectives. The guidebook allows the user to best match the needs, aims, and capacity of their MPA with the following activities: (1) selecting a set of relevant and feasible indicators to be measured that match the goals and objectives of the MPA, (2) developing a realistic plan required to complete the evaluation, and (3) measuring the indicators and collecting necessary information to conduct the evaluation, and 4) communicating the results for decision-makers and stakeholders to adapt MPA management. The guidebook, lessons learned from pilot sites, and the four demonstration MPAs included in this CD will be presented at the Worlds Park Congress in Durban, South Africa, September 2003. WCPA-Marine has organized a full day session to share experiences of MPAs that have implemented management effectiveness evaluations and to identify actions to build capacity for all MPAs. The guidebook will be available in the Fall of 2003"--Welcome file.