SUMMARY
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has set a target of protecting 10% of all coastal and marine areas through protected areas and other conservation measures by 2020. As of 2012, only 2.3% of the total ocean surface area was estimated to be under protected status. Furthermore, many existing marine protected areas (MPAs) face significant shortcomings. As we suspected that poor performance relates to weaknesses in the formal and informal rules (institutions) influencing MPA governance, a situation that is particularly problematic in developing nations, we considered this
issue through an examination of MPAs in Costa Rica.
As Costa Rica has a long history of conservation and has recently been working to improve its MPAs, it provides an opportunity to observe how governance challenges have been reproduced over time and how stakeholders are trying to overcome them. In order to explain the current state of MPA governance in Costa Rica, we used a qualitative research approach, drew on theories of institutional stability and change, and posed four questions:
• What are the current challenges for MPA governance in Costa Rica?
• How have these challenges emerged over time?
• What improvements have taken place?
• Which issues still need to be addressed and why?
Weber de Morais G., Schlüter A. and Verweij M. (2016) Policy Brief 2016/1 - Governance of Marine Protected Areas: Where the Past Meets the Future https://dx.doi.org/10.21244/zmt.2016.001
@misc{Weber de Morais2016,
Title = {Policy Brief 2016/1 - Governance of Marine Protected Areas: Where the Past Meets the Future},
Author = {Weber de Morais, Gabriela and Schlüter, Achim and Verweij, Marco},
Editor = {},
Year = {2016},
Doi = {https://dx.doi.org/10.21244/zmt.2016.001},
Abstract = {SUMMARY
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has set a target of protecting 10% of all coastal and marine areas through protected areas and other conservation measures by 2020. As of 2012, only 2.3% of the total ocean surface area was estimated to be under protected status. Furthermore, many existing marine protected areas (MPAs) face significant shortcomings. As we suspected that poor performance relates to weaknesses in the formal and informal rules (institutions) influencing MPA governance, a situation that is particularly problematic in developing nations, we considered this
issue through an examination of MPAs in Costa Rica.
As Costa Rica has a long history of conservation and has recently been working to improve its MPAs, it provides an opportunity to observe how governance challenges have been reproduced over time and how stakeholders are trying to overcome them. In order to explain the current state of MPA governance in Costa Rica, we used a qualitative research approach, drew on theories of institutional stability and change, and posed four questions:
• What are the current challenges for MPA governance in Costa Rica?
• How have these challenges emerged over time?
• What improvements have taken place?
• Which issues still need to be addressed and why?},
}
TY - RPRT
AU - Weber de Morais, Gabriela
AU - Schlüter, Achim
AU - Verweij, Marco
TI - Policy Brief 2016/1 - Governance of Marine Protected Areas: Where the Past Meets the Future
PY - 2016
DO - https://dx.doi.org/10.21244/zmt.2016.001
AB - SUMMARY
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has set a target of protecting 10% of all coastal and marine areas through protected areas and other conservation measures by 2020. As of 2012, only 2.3% of the total ocean surface area was estimated to be under protected status. Furthermore, many existing marine protected areas (MPAs) face significant shortcomings. As we suspected that poor performance relates to weaknesses in the formal and informal rules (institutions) influencing MPA governance, a situation that is particularly problematic in developing nations, we considered this
issue through an examination of MPAs in Costa Rica.
As Costa Rica has a long history of conservation and has recently been working to improve its MPAs, it provides an opportunity to observe how governance challenges have been reproduced over time and how stakeholders are trying to overcome them. In order to explain the current state of MPA governance in Costa Rica, we used a qualitative research approach, drew on theories of institutional stability and change, and posed four questions:
• What are the current challenges for MPA governance in Costa Rica?
• How have these challenges emerged over time?
• What improvements have taken place?
• Which issues still need to be addressed and why?
ER -
