Tracking the Debate Around Marine Protected Areas: Key Issues and the BEG Framework |
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Authors: | Andy Thorpe Maarten Bavinck Sarah Coulthard |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Economics, University of Portsmouth, Richmond Building, Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1 3DE, UK;(2) University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(3) University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA, UK |
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Abstract: | Marine conservation is often criticized for a mono-disciplinary approach, which delivers fragmented solutions to complex problems
with differing interpretations of success. As a means of reflecting on the breadth and range of scientific research on the
management of the marine environment, this paper develops an analytical framework to gauge the foci of policy documents and
published scientific work on Marine Protected Areas. We evaluate the extent to which MPA research articles delineate objectives
around three domains: biological-ecological B]; economic-socialE]; and governance-management G]. This permits us to develop
an analytic BEG] framework which we then test on a sample of selected journal article cohorts. While the framework reveals
the dominance of biologically focussed research B], analysis also reveals a growing frequency of the use of governance/management
terminology in the literature over the last 15 years, which may be indicative of a shift towards more integrated consideration
of governance concerns. However, consideration of the economic/social domain appears to lag behind biological and governance
concerns in both frequency and presence in MPA literature. |
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