Large-sample-size assessment of socioeconomic predictors of community-level resource management occurrence.

ABSTRACT: Community-level resource management efforts are cornerstones in ensuring sustainable use of natural resources. Yet, understanding how community characteristics influence management practices remains contested. With a sample size of ≥725 communities, we assessed the effects of key community (i.e., socioeconomic) characteristics (human population size and density, market integration, and modernization) on the probability of occurrence of fisheries management practices, including gear, species, and spatial restrictions. The study was based in Solomon Islands, a Pacific Island country with a population that is highly dependent on coastal fisheries. People primarily dwell in small communities adjacent to the coastline dispersed across 6 island provinces and numerous smaller islands. We used nat

SUBMITTER: Brewer TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290117 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature