{"id":62912,"date":"2010-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-scientists-find-community-involvement-not-only-enforcement-drives-success-of-marine-reserves\/"},"modified":"2010-03-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T00:00:00","slug":"uri-scientists-find-community-involvement-not-only-enforcement-drives-success-of-marine-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/03\/uri-scientists-find-community-involvement-not-only-enforcement-drives-success-of-marine-reserves\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 scientists find community involvement, not only enforcement, drives success of marine reserves"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tLargest study of marine protected areas links social, ecological systems<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 March 1, 2010 \u2013 In one of the most comprehensive global studies of marine reserves, a team of natural and social scientists from the 溏心vlog免费B站 and other institutions has found that community involvement is among the most important factors driving the success of marine reserves.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe make a big mistake thinking that a marine reserve is just about coral, fish and other aquatic organisms,\u201d said Richard Pollnac, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of anthropology and marine affairs, who led the study. \u201cThey are also composed of the people who can make them succeed or fail and who are either helped or hurt by them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on February 22.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe researchers studied 127 marine protected areas in the Caribbean, Western Indian Ocean and the Philippines to identify the key factors that determine the success of marine reserves, which protect the marine environment by prohibiting fishing. Biological assessments were conducted at 56 of the reserves to determine their ecological health, while surveys of residents and community leaders in local communities discerned perceptions and opinions in all 127 reserves.<\/p>\n


\n\tAmong their results, the researchers found that the reserves where residents said they complied with the rules were more effective at protecting fish stocks than those where the rules were often ignored. They noted, however, that compliance with reserve rules occurred not only due to surveillance and enforcement but also due to complex social interactions among community members and opinion leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe most successful reserves were those where the people said that most of the community follows the rules,\u201d explained Graham Forrester, 溏心vlog免费B站 associate professor of natural resources science and a co-author of the study. \u201cCompliance with the rules is a measure of how a community feels about the reserve. It\u2019s their choice to follow the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe researchers noted that their surveys indicated that it is vital to the success of any marine reserve that community members are participants in the process of setting up and monitoring the reserve.<\/p>\n


\n\tOther research results were somewhat surprising.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe effect of human population density near marine reserves, for instance, differed significantly from location to location. As the researchers expected, greater population density negatively impacted reserves in the Caribbean, but it had no detectable affect at marine reserves in the Philippines. At reserves in the Western Indian Ocean, on the other hand, greater population density was correlated with healthier reserves and greater fish biomass inside the reserve compared with outside.<\/p>\n


\n\tStudy co-author Tracey Dalton, 溏心vlog免费B站 associate professor of marine affairs, said that it is not easy to explain these disparities. The positive effects in the Indian Ocean may be driven by increased fishing pressure outside the reserve or the result of people migrating to areas where the marine reserves are most successful.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s important to recognize that people are part of the ecology of marine reserves,\u201d Pollnac said. \u201cIf you can demonstrate to them that the reserve will have more fish while also providing benefits to the community, and if you pay attention to the needs of the people, then there\u2019s a much greater chance that the reserve will be a success.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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