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Uses of ecosystem services provided by MPAs: How much do they impact the local economy? A southern Europe perspective
- Source :
- Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal for Nature Conservation, Elsevier, 2008, 16 (4), pp.256-270. ⟨10.1016/j.jnc.2008.09.006⟩, Journal for Nature Conservation, 2008, 16 (4), pp.256-270. ⟨10.1016/j.jnc.2008.09.006⟩, Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2008.
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Abstract
- 15 pages, 12 figures, 5 tables.-- Issue title: Special Issue on European marine protected areas as tools for fisheries management and conservation<br />Presentation with same title (18 slides) by Frédérique Alban, Nicolas Roncin and Jean Boncoeur at Les Journées AMURE, Brest, May 27-28, 2009, available at: http://www.umr-amure.fr/conf/journees_amure/2009/empafish.pdf<br />This paper addresses the problem of measuring the local economic impact of marine protected areas (MPAs). It relies on a broad socio-economic field survey covering 12 case studies in southern Europe, and focusing on two major uses of MPA ecosystem services: fishing and scuba-diving. The impact of these uses on the local economic system is expressed in terms of incomes and jobs, and the methodology relies on a distinction between users transforming ecosystem services into commodities, and users consuming ecosystem services for recreational purposes. Assessment results show a variety of situations, from MPAs where commercial fishing is the major economic stake, to MPAs where recreational activities have a dominant economic role. However, available information concerning the number of recreational users and visitors, on one side, and the number and characteristics of commercial fishing boats, on the other side, suggest that the second situation is more representative of the area under study than the former one. Due to the lack of baseline, the question of sorting out the “reserve effect” from the “site effect” is addressed with the help of survey results concerning perceptions and attitudes of users. As regards divers and diving operators, answers to the survey suggest that the reserve effect plays an important role in the attractiveness of the area. Results are not so clear in the case of fishers, an ambiguity reflecting the uncertainty of the spill-over effects expected from marine reserves on fishing grounds<br />The research presented in this paper was developed as a part of the research project "European Marine Protected Areas as Tools for fisheries Management and Conservation" (EMPAFISH SSP8-006539) supported by the Commission of the European Communities within the 6th Framework Programme
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Southern Europe
Diving
Fishing
Fisheries
Activity-based user value
Socio-economic field surveys
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Ecosystem services
Commercial fishing
Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares
Local economic impact
value
Marine protected areas
14. Life underwater
Economic impact analysis
Medio Marino
Baseline (configuration management)
Environmental planning
Recreation
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecology
business.industry
010604 marine biology & hydrobiology
Environmental resource management
Marine reserve
Activity-based user
15. Life on land
[SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance
13. Climate action
Marine protected area
business
Subjects
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16171381
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal for Nature Conservation, Elsevier, 2008, 16 (4), pp.256-270. ⟨10.1016/j.jnc.2008.09.006⟩, Journal for Nature Conservation, 2008, 16 (4), pp.256-270. ⟨10.1016/j.jnc.2008.09.006⟩, Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC, instname
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2c74987450e83da314f8c865e4c39148