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The Impact of Marine Protected Areas on Poorer Communities Living In or Around Them: Institutional Opportunities and Constraints: Appendix 4 - Case Study of Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve, Belize

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Author(s)Garaway, C.
Esteban, N.
Date2002
Reference typePaper
Pages29 pp.
PublisherDFID, London

Summary
This report details the results of the case study conducted by C. Garaway and N. Esteban at Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve in Belize. The report begins by detailing the history of the reserve and current park management practices and major activities. The authors then outline the primary opportunities and constraints of effective management as perceived by GRMR staff and other decision-making bodies. Upon identifying the primary stakeholders, the potential benefits and costs MPA management are enumerated. The primary ecological impacts, impacts on local fishermen, and perceptions of fishers and fishers’ cooperatives are considered as well. Finally, the report summarizes the findings in terms of ecological outcomes, benefits or lack of benefits to fishers and the extent to which these impacts and MPA management strategies have affected overall management effectiveness.

Themes
Protected areas
Case study

Geographic coverage
Belize

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