Marine Protected Area - Management Effectiveness Assessment Tool (MPA MEAT)

Abstract

MEAT e-form v3.pdfversion: 01 Feb. 2011 The MPA MEAT is a harmonized version of the MPA Report Guide of the Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation, Inc. (CCEF,White et al. 2004) as modified by the Philippine Environmental Governance Project 2 (EcoGov2), (Arceo et al. in prep), facilitated by the MPA Support Network (MSN) through the CTI (Coral Triangle Initiative) Support Partnership or CTSP. Some elements are incorporated in the MPA MEAT to gauge and highlight important threshold indicators and processes that help promote and achieve MPA management effectiveness outputs and outcomes. The MPA MEAT was initiated by the:What is the MPA MEAT? e MPA MEAT aims to assess governance in terms of enforcement, implementation and maintenance. However, MPA management in the context of governance approaches in the Philippines is not limited to the physical management of the MPA only but also includes direct and indirect uses, threats, people, and the systemic interaction between people and re