Impact of a local, coastal community based management regime when defining marine protected areas: Empirical results from a study in Okinawa, Japan.

There is a growing impetus to increase marine protected areas coverage globally from 6% to 30% in 2030. Successfully establishing and maintaining marine protected areas require incorporating public preferences into their establishment and management. We investigate the role of alternate management r...

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Main Authors: Payal Shah, Sahan T M Dissanayake, Yoko Fujita, Paulo A L D Nunes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213354