Efficient and equitable design of marine protected areas in Fiji through inclusion of stakeholder-specific objectives in conservation planning

Conservation Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1378-1389

  Gurney, Georgina G ^a   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Ban, Natalie C ^b   Álvarez Romero, Jorge G ^a   Jupiter, Stacy ^c   Adams, Vanessa M ^d  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Fiji Country Program   (Fiji)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Marine protected area; Marine reserve design; Marine spatial planning; MPA; Opportunity costs; Social equity; Systematic conservation planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EQUITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE PARK; NATURE RESERVE; PRIORITIZATION; RESERVE DESIGN; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER;

FIJI; KUBULAU; VANUA LEVU;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIJI; FISH; FISHERY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FIJI; FISHERIES; FISHES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84941879729     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12514     Document Type: Article

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