Wongbusarakum, Supin; Brown, Valerie; Loerzel, Adrienne; Gorstein, Matt; Kleiber, Danika; Quinata, Marybelle; Iwane, Mia; Heenan, Adel

Achieving social and ecological goals of coastal management through integrated monitoring

2019

Journal of Applied Ecology

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1-10

"High school students work alongside foresters in the Manell-Geus Habitat Focus Area to plant trees in watersheds adjacent to sensitive coral reef habitat. Integrated monitoring indicated a disconnect between measured resource status and community perception of these resources. To address this, the project was adaptively managed to add a social strategy to engage the community in activities, such as tree plantings, to foster support for management and increase the knowledge of community members."

coastal management, ecosystem services, ecosystem-based management, Guam, human well-being, integrated monitoring, interdisciplinaryresearch, social-ecological systems

10.1111/1365-2664.13494

FY2015; CRCP Project: 30091; Project Title: Strengthening Sustainable Socioeconomic Monitoring of Reef-Dependent Communities in Micronesia (Guam and Hawaii); Principal Investigator: Supin Wongbusarakum