Combining human preference and biodiversity priorities for marine protected area site selection in Sabah, Malaysia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 396-404

  Teh, Lydia C L ^a   Teh, Louise S L ^a   Jumin, Robecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Malaysia   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community consultation; Fishers' spatial preferences; Fuzzy logic; Marine protected area zoning; Marine spatial management; Sabah, Malaysia

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA ACQUISITION; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL PLANNING; ZONING;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; SABAH;

EID: 84885032373     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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