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TY - JOUR
T1 - Comanagement of coral reef social-ecological systems
AU - Cinner, Joshua E.
AU - McClanahan, Tim R.
AU - MacNeil, M. Aaron
AU - Graham, Nicholas A. J.
AU - Daw, Tim M.
AU - Mukminin, Ahmad
AU - Feary, David A.
AU - Rabearisoa, Ando L.
AU - Wamukota, Andrew
AU - Jiddawi, Narriman
AU - Campbell, Stuart J.
AU - Baird, Andrew H.
AU - Januchowski-Hartley, Fraser A.
AU - Hamed, Salum
AU - Lahari, Rachael
AU - Morove, Tau
AU - Kuange, John
PY - 2012/4/3
Y1 - 2012/4/3
N2 - In an effort to deliver better outcomes for people and the ecosystems they depend on, many governments and civil society groups are engaging natural resource users in collaborative management arrangements (frequently called comanagement). However, there are few empirical studies demonstrating the social and institutional conditions conducive to successful comanagement outcomes, especially in small-scale fisheries. Here, we evaluate 42 comanagement arrangements across five countries and show that: (i) comanagement is largely successful at meeting social and ecological goals; (ii) comanagement tends to benefit wealthier resource users; (iii) resource overexploitation is most strongly influenced by market access and users' dependence on resources; and (iv) institutional characteristics strongly influence livelihood and compliance outcomes, yet have little effect on ecological conditions.
AB - In an effort to deliver better outcomes for people and the ecosystems they depend on, many governments and civil society groups are engaging natural resource users in collaborative management arrangements (frequently called comanagement). However, there are few empirical studies demonstrating the social and institutional conditions conducive to successful comanagement outcomes, especially in small-scale fisheries. Here, we evaluate 42 comanagement arrangements across five countries and show that: (i) comanagement is largely successful at meeting social and ecological goals; (ii) comanagement tends to benefit wealthier resource users; (iii) resource overexploitation is most strongly influenced by market access and users' dependence on resources; and (iv) institutional characteristics strongly influence livelihood and compliance outcomes, yet have little effect on ecological conditions.
KW - common property
KW - governance
KW - human-environment interaction
KW - institutional design principles
KW - common-pool resources
KW - NATURAL-RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
KW - MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
KW - FISHERIES COMANAGEMENT
KW - ADAPTIVE COMANAGEMENT
KW - CONSERVATION
KW - GOVERNANCE
KW - LIVELIHOODS
KW - RESILIENCE
KW - ECOSYSTEMS
KW - KNOWLEDGE
U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1121215109
DO - 10.1073/pnas.1121215109
M3 - Journal article
VL - 109
SP - 5219
EP - 5222
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
SN - 0027-8424
IS - 14
ER -