Learning through experience: Non-implementation and the challenges of protected area conservation in The Bahamas

Marine Policy

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-118

  Wise, Sarah P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Institutional learning; Marine governance; Marine Protected Areas; Non implementation; Participation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLICY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PROTECTED AREA;

ANDROS [BAHAMAS]; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; BIMINI; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 84893355039     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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