Adaptive Comanagement of a Marine Protected Area Network in Fiji

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1234-1244

  Weeks, Rebecca ^a,b   Jupiter, Stacy D ^a  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society Fiji Country Program   (Fiji)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Community based conservation; Conservation planning; Coral reefs; Customary management; Fiji; Marine protected areas; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA; WILD POPULATION;

FIJI; KUBULAU; VANUA LEVU;

ANTHOZOA;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARRECIFES DE CORAL; ARTICLE; ÁREAS MARINAS PROTEGIDAS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION; CONSERVACIÓN BASADA EN LA COMUNIDAD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEF; CUSTOMARY MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIJI; FIYI; GEOGRAPHY; MANEJO ADAPTATIVO; MANEJO COMÚN; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANIFICACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN; RESILIENCE; RESISTENCIA; SEA; TIME;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARRECIFES DE CORAL; ÁREAS MARINAS PROTEGIDAS; COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION; CONSERVACIÓN BASADA EN LA COMUNIDAD; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORAL REEFS; CUSTOMARY MANAGEMENT; FIJI; FIYI; MANEJO ADAPTATIVO; MANEJO COMÚN; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS; PLANIFICACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN; RESILIENCE; RESISTENCIA;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; DECISION MAKING; FIJI; GEOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897058586     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12153     Document Type: Article

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