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- Title
- Sustainable financing of a national Marine Protected Area network in Fiji
- Author/Creator
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Ison, Sierra |
Hills, Jeremy M |
Morris, Cherie |
Stead, Selina M
- Description
- Marine Protected Areas (MPA) are mostly studied from an environmental context. A review of available information identified a lack of knowledge in sustainable mechanisms to finance MPA networks. At the United Nations Ocean Conference in 2017, Fiji reaffirmed its voluntary commitment to make 30% of its inshore and offshore marine area MPAs by 2020 under Sustainable Development Goal 14. The work presented here uses empirical data to explore potential benefits from selected community-based MPAs to recipient local stakeholders. A Willingness to Pay (WTP) and Willingness to Contribute Time (WtCT) method was used to explore the extent to which bottom-up governance systems represent a potential financing mechanism of a MPA network. Results of 115 interviews concluded that proximity to a fishing market, dependence on marine resources, food security, income and international commitments were significant variables influencing stakeholder's WTP and WtCT to manage a MPA. We argue that there is a discrepancy between WtCT and WTP driven by income constraints. Thus, by using WTP and WtCT to support financing of a MPA network, a Provincial Trust Fund (PTF) could promote an equitable and benefits-based contribution. Equally important, a PTF has a polycentric and decentralized governance model, which endorses sustainable management of traditional fishing communities. The conclusions provide insight into a bottom-up approach for long-term financial sustainability of Fiji's national MPA commitments.
- Relation
- Ocean & Coastal Management / Vol. 163, pp.352-363
- Relation
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.07.011
- Year
- 2018
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd.
- Subject
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FoR 04 (Earth Sciences) |
FoR 05 (Environmental Sciences) |
FoR 16 (Studies in Human Society) |
marine protected areas |
livelihoods |
willingness to pay |
willingness to contribute time |
user fees |
trust funds |
Fiji |
Qoliqoli
- Collection(s)
- Research Publications
- Resource Type
- Journal Article
- Identifier
- ISSN: 0964-5691
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