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| Project title |
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Evaluating trade-offs between users in marine protected areas in the Caribbean |
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| Project number |
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R6919 |
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 Project leader |
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 Katrina Brown
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Lead organisation |
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Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia
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| Project
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01/05/1997 to 30/06/1999 |
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Budget (£) |
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8,000
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| NRSP
keyword |
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Buccoo Reef, coastal zone, data collection, fish, marine ecosystems, marine protected areas, participatory research, tourism, trade-off analysis |
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 Country |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Node:
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Caribbean 1: Institutional arrangements and decision support tools |
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| Production
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Land Water Interface |
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| Theme |
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2. Efficacy of participation in decision making for reaching the poor |
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| Project
summary |
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The project assessed the impacts of coastal zone management options and identified the potential conflicts and trade-offs between different uses and users.
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| Background |
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Marine protected areas are critical coastal resources for the small island developing states of the Caribbean. A critical development constraint, particularly for complex systems involving multiple uses, such as those found at the Land-water Interface, is the need to evaluate trade offs between social, economic and environmental costs and benefits of different development options.
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| Purpose |
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The project aimed to identify and quantify the impacts of coastal zone management options on urban and rural communities in the coastal zone, and to develop and promote sustainable resource use strategies through an analysis of the conflicts and trade-offs between different uses and users of marine protected areas.
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| Outputs |
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Costs and benefits of marine protected area (MPA) management options and their distribution amongst different stakeholders were assessed through stakeholder analysis and environmental economic valuation.
Potential conflicts and trade-offs between different uses and users were identified.
A synthesis of biophysical and socio-economic data and stakeholder analysis was undertaken.
Sustainable management options were identified through the generation of an actor-preference matrix developed by multi-criteria analysis.
A multiple-criteria analysis framework was developed and promoted for policy-making and decision-making support and demonstrated to regional target institutions.
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| Achievements |
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The project developed an effective methodology for incorporating different stakeholder needs and interests into management planning.
The approach developed by the project is flexible, applicable to other natural resources, and amenable to adaptation for other resource management contexts.
Project findings have been widely disseminated.
A subsequent NRSP research project (‘Building consensus amongst stakeholders for management of natural resources at the Land Water Interface’, R7408) built on the experience and findings of this project.
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