Participation, process quality, and performance of marine protected areas in the wider Caribbean

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1224-1237

  Dalton, Tracey ^a   Forrester, Graham ^a   Pollnac, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Conservation; Marine protected area; No take area; Participation; Perceptions; Performance

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ASSOCIATED COMMUNITIES; CARIBBEAN; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS; ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; PARTICIPATION; PERFORMANCE; STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

HABITAT CONSERVATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE USE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN; COMMUNITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MARINE BIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84866791123     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9855-0     Document Type: Article

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