Towards a network of locally managed marine areas (LMMAs) in the Western Indian Ocean.

ABSTRACT: In the Western Indian Ocean (WIO), local communities are increasingly assuming responsibility for inshore marine resources either on their own or through collaborative management arrangements with governments or non-state actors. In this paper, we trace the evolution and expansion of community management in the WIO and present the first ever inventory and assessment of the region's locally managed marine areas (LMMAs). We compare the key attributes of these areas to those under government stewardship and assess their relative contributions to progress towards the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) target of 10% of marine and coastal ecological regions to be effectively conserved by 2020. We also explore the legal frameworks that underpin locally managed marine initiatives in Kenya, Madagasca

SUBMITTER: Rocliffe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4108387 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature