A global evaluation of coral reef management performance: Are MPAs producing conservation and socio-economic improvements?

Environmental Management

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 684-700

  Hargreaves Allen, Venetia ^a   Mourato, Susana ^b   Milner Gulland, Eleanor Jane ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Ecological; Effectiveness; Global; Marine Protected Area; Socio economic; Threat

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL; EFFECTIVENESS; GLOBAL; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; THREAT;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANAGERS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; REEFS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; CORAL REEF; MARINE PARK; PROTECTED AREA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; THREAT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79955575011     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9616-5     Document Type: Article

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