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Description:
Author(s):
Unknown
Title:
Assessment of management effectiveness for the Marine Protected Areas at the Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Park (Cartagena): Towards an adaptive management of Colombias first coral reef protected area
Publication Date:
2007
Institution:
Rosario and San Bernardo Corals National Park
Type Period Note:
Final Report
Abstract:
This is the first management effectiveness evaluation with biological, socioeconomic and governance components. The project followed an approach, which consisted of: 1. Initial meetings to identify and prioritize the relevant MPA effectiveness indicators. During three days of academic discussion a group of participants including government authorities, conservationists, academicians, researchers, stake-holders and managers was gather in a workshop to reviewed the MPA objectives as well as to chose indicators (three types: socioeconomic, biophysical, and governance) for the evaluation process. 2. Planning and a work plan for the evaluation - a smaller meeting with investigators/team leaders conducting the project took place in order to assess methodologies, teams and resource needed. 3. Several months were taken to collect data according to the work plan. Teams in each area carried out analyses. 4. A final meeting to conduct the evaluation with team leaders of each area.
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Notes:
FY2005 CRCP Project ID 1395; Project Title: International Coral Grants Program; Principal Investigator: Eileen Alicea. NOAA-Coral Grants No. NA05NO54631013
Grant Number(s):
NA05NO54631013
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