Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 6229-6234

  Halpern, Benjamin S ^a,b   Klein, Carissa J ^c   Brown, Christopher J ^c   Beger, Maria ^c   Grantham, Hedley S ^c,d   Mangubhai, Sangeeta ^e   Ruckelshaus, Mary ^f   Tulloch, Vivitskaia J ^c   Watts, Matt ^c   White, Crow ^b   Possingham, Hugh P ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Science and Knowledge Conservation International   (United States)

^e THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem based management; Environmental justice; Marine protected areas; Marine spatial planning; Social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDONESIA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EQUITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHERIES; HUMANS; INDONESIA;

ANTHOZOA; RAJA;

EID: 84876019179     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1217689110     Document Type: Article

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