Winners and Losers in Marine Conservation: Fishers' Displacement and Livelihood Benefits from Marine Reserves

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 994-1005

  Cinner, Joshua E ^a   Daw, Tim ^b,c   Huchery, Cindy ^a   Thoya, Pascal ^d   Wamukota, Andrew ^e   Cedras, Maria ^f   Abunge, Caroline ^g  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Seychelles Fishing Authority   (Seychelles)

^g Wildlife Conservition Society   (Kenya)

Author keywords

coral reef; marine reserve; protected areas; small scale fishery; social impacts; social ecological system; socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905567271     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2014.918229     Document Type: Article

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