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In coastal ecosystems, scientists and managers often encourage the use of marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in order to provide both ecological and social benefits. This group is assessing the social, ecological, and political conditions in which the use of MPAs and OECMs are associated with positive outcomes for both people and nature, as well as the synergies and trade-offs that exist between multiple outcomes.
OUR APPROACH: Using data from seven coastal countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, we will identify how MPAs and OECMs contribute to successful outcomes under different political, social, and economic conditions, and will translate the results into a tool to help managers make related decisions in the future.
- Provide the first global synthesis examining the social and ecological outcomes of different types of coastal conservation and management actions
- Build a decision support tool that will help stakeholders implement coastal conservation and management actions that deliver social and ecological benefits
- Inform the negotiation related to the development and implementation of to the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, specifically with respect to OECMS
Wildlife Conservation Society
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
Food and Agriculture Organization
University of Queensland
University of Michigan
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University of Waterloo
The Nature Conservancy
World Wildlife Fund
World Wildlife Fund and Alliance for Conservation Evidence
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University of Waterloo and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
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Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia
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French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Laboratoire d'Excellence CORAIL
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University of Victoria
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Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Conservation Society
Wildlife Conservation Society
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RARE Indonesia
Wildlife Conservation Society
FAO
NCEAS and University of California, Santa Barbara