Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Johannes Pty Ltd
Publication Year:
2002
Publication Place
Australia
Physical Description:
various pagings ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 6983 [EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35857
Legacy PEIN ID:
75860
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection
Subject Heading(s)
Marine resource management - Oceania
Protected areas - Oceania
Protected areas - Management
Marine resource
Marine resource management
Marine resources - Pacific - Oceania
Protected areas
Abstract
Twenty-five years ago, the centuries-old Pacific Island practice of community-based marine resource management (CBMRM) was in decline, the victim of various impacts of westernization. During the past two decades, however, this decline has reversed in various island countries. Today CBMRM continues to grow, refuting the claim that traditional non-Western attitudes toward nature cannot provide a sound foundation for contemporary natural resource management. Limited entry, marine protected areas, closed areas, closed seasons, and restrictions on damaging or overly efficient fishing methods are some of the methods being used. Factors contributing to the upsurge include a growing perception of scarcity, the restrengthening of traditional village-based authority, and marine tenure by means of legal recognition and government support, better conservation education, and increasingly effective assistance, and advice from regional and national governments and NGOs. Todays CBMRM is thus a form of cooperative management, but one in which the community still makes and acts upon most of the management decisions.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Johannes Pty Ltd
Publication Year:
2002
Publication Place
Australia
Physical Description:
various pagings ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 6983 [EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35857
Legacy PEIN ID:
75860
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection
Record Created: 15-Jun-2009
Record Modified: 15-Dec-2020