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The inclusion of fisheries and tourism in marine protected areas to support conservation in Indonesia

  • Sylvie N. Tranter
  • Estradivari
  • Gabby N. Ahmadia
  • Dominic A. Andradi-Brown
  • Dominic Muenzel
  • Firdaus Agung
  • Amkieltiela
  • Amanda K. Ford
  • Abdullah Habibi
  • Christian N. Handayani
  • Mohamad Iqbal
  • Nils C. Krueck
  • Muhammad E. Lazuardi
  • Umi Muawanah
  • Renoldy L. Papilaya
  • Tries B. Razak
  • Agus Sapari
  • Fikri F. Sjahruddin
  • Laura Veverka
  • Safran Yusri
  • Maria Beger
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Coastal resources

Abstract

With the rapid growth of Indonesia’s marine protected area (MPAs) estate in Indonesia, reaching 23.9 million hectares by January 2020, attention needs to be focused on strengthening the effectiveness of MPA management. Consolidating and expanding protection of Indonesia’s marine resources is critical with increasing pressure from a fast-expanding population, illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, pollution, coastal development, unsustainable tourism and climate change. Biodiversity conservation must therefore concurrently consider multiple economic sectors such as fisheries and tourism, and their synergies with MPA management. This paper aims to outline the current landscape of fisheries and marine tourism pertaining to area-based conservation in Indonesia, to inform and support improved integration into effective MPA management. Four areas to focus efforts were identified: diversification of governance types of community-based management, improved coordination between fisheries and MPAs during planning and management implementation, the development and support of pathways for sustainable tourism, and planning for future conditions. Sustainable development for fisheries and tourism must be incorporated into all aspects of MPA management, whilst recognising that current management systems are insufficient to ensure long-term sustainability for natural resources and local communities, and strategies need to increase resilience of social-ecological systems in anticipation of future conditions.

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Tranter S.N., Estradivari , Ahmadia G.N., Andradi-Brown D.A., Muenzel D., Agung F., Amkieltiela, Ford A.K., Habibi A., Handayani C.N., Iqbal M., Krueck N.C., Lazuardi M.E., Muawanah U., Papilaya R.L., Razak T.B., Sapari A., Sjahruddin F.F., Veverka L., Yusri S. and Beger M. (2022) The inclusion of fisheries and tourism in marine protected areas to support conservation in Indonesia. Marine Policy 146: 105301. 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105301

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Date 29.09.2022
Journal Marine Policy
Volume 146
Pages 105301
Open Access Closed Access
Open Access Status Closed Access
Eprints_link https://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/5025
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