dc.contributor.author | Brown, Christopher J | |
dc.contributor.author | Parker, Brett | |
dc.contributor.author | Ahmadia, Gabby N | |
dc.contributor.author | Ardiwijaya, Rizya | |
dc.contributor.author | Purwanto | |
dc.contributor.author | Game, Edward T | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-05T12:33:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-05T12:33:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0006-3207 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.09.021 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/382081 | |
dc.description.abstract | Protected areas are the primary management tool for conserving ecosystems, yet their intended
outcomes may often be compromised by poaching. Poaching can be prevented through educating
community members so they support protected areas and enforcement, but both activities can be
costly. Consequently, many protected areas are ineffective ‘paper parks’ that contribute little
towards conserving ecosystems. We develop a model of enforcement in a marine protected area
and ask how much does it cost to enforce a marine protected area so that it has greater biomass
of fished species than a paper park or has fish biomasses that meet ecological targets. Using a
case-study from one of the most biodiverse reef systems globally, Raja Ampat in Indonesia, we
find that slight improvements in the biomass of fished species beyond paper park status are
relatively cheap, but achieving pristine fish biomass is far beyond the budget of most
conservation agencies. We find that community engagement activities that reduce poaching rates
can greatly reduce the cost of enforcement. Thus we provide dollar values that can be used to
compare the value of community engagement with the cost enforcement. We conclude that the
current policy of protected area enforcement is an ineffective way to manage protected areas.
Budgets for park management should be optimised across spending on enforcement and
alternative activities, like education to build community support. Optimized budgets will be much
more likely to achieve ecological targets for recovering fish biomasses. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 259 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 265 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Biological Conservation | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 227 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Environmental sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Biological sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Other biological sciences not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 41 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 31 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 319999 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 30 | |
dc.title | The cost of enforcing a marine protected area to achieve ecological targets for the recovery of fish biomass | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.description.version | Submitted Manuscript (SM) | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Sciences, School of Environment and Science | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2018 Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Brown, Chris J. | |