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Engaging and legitimizing communities: co-designing a community-based Marine Pr...
Rangel, Mafalda; Costa, Barbara Horta e; Guimarães, Mª Helena; Ressurreição, Adriana; Monteiro, Pedro; Oliveira, Frederico; Bentes, LuísMarine Protected Areas are increasingly used as tools to preserve marine habitats and biodiversity worldwide. Nonetheless, creating MPAs in densely populated multi-use coastal areas comes with intrinsic conflict potential, since protection and economic development are not always hand-in-hand and local users might disagree with the designation of such conservation tools. The use of inclusive and transparent part...
Fisher's perceptions about a marine protected area over time
Pita, Cristina Brice; Costa, Barbara Horta e; Franco, Gustavo; Coelho, Rui; Sousa, Inês; Gonçalves, Emanuel João; Gonçalves, Jorge M. S.; Erzini, KarimThe perceptions of fishers towards the Arrábida Marine Park, a marine protected area (MPA) in the west coast of Portugal, were studied through face-to-face interviews in two different moments of the MPA life cycle. Fishers' perceptions about the MPA and the impact it had on the fishing activity over time were identified just before the full implementation of the zoning and regulations of the management plan and...