Document of bibliographic reference 319815
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- Journal article
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- Well-being outcomes of marine protected areas
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- Marine protected areas are advocated as a key strategy for simultaneously protecting marine biodiversity and supporting coastal livelihoods, but their implementation can be challenging for numerous reasons, including perceived negative effects on human well-being. We synthesized research from 118 peer-reviewed articles that analyse outcomes related to marine protected areas on people, and found that half of documented well-being outcomes were positive and about one-third were negative. No-take, well-enforced and old marine protected areas had positive human well-being outcomes, which aligns with most findings from ecological studies. Marine protected areas with single zones had more positive effects on human well-being than areas with multiple zones. Most studies focused on economic and governance aspects of well-being, leaving social, health and cultural domains understudied. Well-being outcomes arose from direct effects of marine protected area governance processes or management actions and from indirect effects mediated by changes in the ecosystem. Our findings illustrate that both human well-being and biodiversity conservation can be improved through marine protected areas, yet negative impacts commonly co-occur with benefits.
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- https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000471032700017
- Bibliographic citation
- Ban, N.C.; Gurney, G.G.; Marshall, N.A.; Whitney, C.K.; Mills, M.; Gelcich, S.; Bennett, N.J.; Meehan, M.C.; Butler, C.; Ban, S.; Tran, T.C.; Cox, M.E.; Breslow, S.J. (2019). Well-being outcomes of marine protected areas. Nature Sustainability 2(6): 524-532. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0306-2
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- Marine
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- true
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- Natalie Ban
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- Georgina Gurney
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- Nadine Marshall
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- Charlotte Whitney
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- Morena Mills
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- Stefan Gelcich
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- Nathan James Bennett
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- Mairi Meehan
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- Caroline Butler
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- Stephen Ban
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- Tanya Tran
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- Michael Cox
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- Sara Breslow