Marine protected areas: country case studies on policy, governance and institutional issues.

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 556/1

Marine protected areas

Country case studies on policy, governance and institutional issues

Compiled by
Jessica S. Sanders
Fishery Planning Analyst
Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Economics Division
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

Dominique Gréboval
Senior Fishery Planning Officer
Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Economics Division
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

and
Antonia Hjort
FAO Consultant
Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Economics Division
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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ABSTRACT

Sanders, J.S.; Gréboval, D.; Hjort, A. (comp.)
Marine protected areas: country case studies on policy, governance and institutional issues
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper. No. 556/1, Rome. FAO. 2011. 118p.

This document presents case studies of the policy, governance and institutional issues of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Brazil, India, Palau and Senegal. It is the first of four in a global series of case studies on MPAs. An initial volume provides a synthesis and analysis of all the studies. The set of global MPA case studies was designed to close a deficit in information on the governance of MPAs and spatial management tools, within both fisheries management and biodiversity conservation contexts. The studies examine governance opportunities in and constraints on the use of spatial management measures at the national level. They were also designed to inform implementation of the FAO Technical Guidelines on marine protected areas (MPAs) and fisheries, which were developed to provide information and guidance on the use of MPAs in the context of fisheries.

CONTENTS

Preparation of this document Abstract Contributors
Introduction
Brazil
	1. Introduction
	2. Fisheries and spatial management
	3. MPA design, management and governance
	4. Impacts and challenges to effective MPA implementation
	5. Concluding remarks
	6. Acknowledgements
	References
India
	1. Introduction
	2. Fisheries and spatial management
	3. MPAs for fisheries and conservation: design, management and governance
	4. MPA governance
	5. Socio-economic and ecological considerations and impacts
	6. Coordinated approaches to MPAs for fisheries management and conservation
	7. Future directions
	References
Palau
	1. Introduction
	2. Fisheries and spatial management
	3. MPAs for fisheries and conservation: design, management and governance
	4. MPAs for fisheries and conservation: governance
	5. Socio-economic and ecological considerations and impacts
	6. Coordinated approaches to MPAs for fisheries management and conservations
	7. Future directions
	8. Acknowledgements
	References
Sénégal (en Français)
	1. Introduction
	2. Aménagement des pêches
	3. État des lieux concernant la création et la gestion des AMP
	4. Gouvernance dans les AMP (pêche et conservation)
	5. Impacts et problématiques d'ordre écologique et socio-économique
	6. Perspectives
Senegal (in English)
	1. Introduction
	2. Fisheries management
	3. Current situation concerningthe creation and the management of MPAs
	4. governance in MPAs
	5. impacts and issues of an ecological and socio-economic nature
	6. Outlook

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