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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...
Engaging and legitimizing communities: co-designing a community-based marine pr...
Rangel, Mafalda; Horta e Costa, Barbara; Guimarães, Mª Helena; Ressurreição, Adriana; Monteiro, Pedro; Oliveira, Frederico; Bentes, LuisMarine 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...
Creating a common ground for the implementation of a community-based Marine Pro...
Guimarães, Mª Helena; Rangel, Mafalda; Horta e Costa, Barbara; Ressurreicão, Adriana; Oliveira, Frederico; Gonçalves, JorgeMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a key tool for the worldwide strategy to halt the decline of biodiversity, yet they can also escalate conflicts between different human activities, conservation and other societal interests. Enabling conditions to secure MPAs effectiveness and the ability to deliver the desired socio-ecological outcomes often include the application of participatory approaches. One example of t...