Marine Sustainability: Socio-Economic Outcomes of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs)
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 10026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: marine ecology; conservation; MPAs; fisheries management; protection levels; MPA effectiveness; ocean threats; MSP; climate change
Interests: socio-economics study; value chain analysis; gender study; cost-benefit analysis
2. MARE- Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, University of Lisbon, 3004-517 Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: biodiversity conservation; economic valuation; sustainable management; stakeholders engagement; MPAs; MSP
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been widely studied in terms of their ecological outcomes. However, cultural, social, and economic impacts of MPA implementation are much less understood but are central for MPA creation and management. Recent studies are evidencing the lack of such assessments as well as the importance of understanding the outcomes of different protection measures. Protection levels are associated with different ecological results, yet they are also expected to deliver diverse social, economic, and cultural outcomes, as these often rely on ecosystems’ health. Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are areas delivering conservation outcomes, even when primary objectives are not conservation-related. These are being increasingly valued as legitimate area-based mechanisms with ecological but also social, economic, and cultural roles. OECMS are expected to markedly expand in the following years, but their range of benefits remains to be understood. This Special Issue aims to contribute evidence on social, economic, and cultural outcomes, likely relying on positive ecological results, of different protection and management regimes of MPAs and OECMs. Submitted papers can include empirical case studies, assessments, reviews, meta-analyses, and models.
Dr. Bárbara Horta E Costa
Dr. Aruna Maheepala
Dr. Carina Vieira da Silva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- MPAs
- OECMs
- human well-being
- social, economic and cultural outcomes
- protection levels
- ecosystem services
- sustainable management