Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia
The Perhentian Islands located in the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia. They are well-known for their rich coral reef ecosystems. Marine resources of Malaysia have been overexploited in general due to overfishing and other development activities. Such no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) were esta...
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| author | Md. Nurul Islam, Gazi Tai, Shzee Yew Mohd Noh, Kusairi Mohd Noh, Aswani Farhana |
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| description | The Perhentian Islands located in the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia. They are well-known for their rich coral reef ecosystems. Marine resources of Malaysia have been overexploited in general due to overfishing and other development activities. Such no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) were established in Malaysia including Perhentian Islands Marine Park to enable overexploited marine resources to recover and to conserve coral reef ecosystems. This paper examines the current level of activities causing damages to the coral reef habitats in the Perhentian MPA. This study used paired comparison method to elicit the perception of the local stakeholders on the activities harmful to the marine habitats. The results of the analysis showed that various respondent groups had similar preference rankings on the harmful activities: littering, discarding fishing equipments, excess fishing and too many divers that cause damage to the habitats in the MPA area. The findings suggest that policy makers should take cognizance of the local stakeholders’ concern in planning and designing of marine protected areas in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | upm-368232018-01-23T04:29:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36823/ Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia Md. Nurul Islam, Gazi Tai, Shzee Yew Mohd Noh, Kusairi Mohd Noh, Aswani Farhana The Perhentian Islands located in the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia. They are well-known for their rich coral reef ecosystems. Marine resources of Malaysia have been overexploited in general due to overfishing and other development activities. Such no-take marine protected areas (MPAs) were established in Malaysia including Perhentian Islands Marine Park to enable overexploited marine resources to recover and to conserve coral reef ecosystems. This paper examines the current level of activities causing damages to the coral reef habitats in the Perhentian MPA. This study used paired comparison method to elicit the perception of the local stakeholders on the activities harmful to the marine habitats. The results of the analysis showed that various respondent groups had similar preference rankings on the harmful activities: littering, discarding fishing equipments, excess fishing and too many divers that cause damage to the habitats in the MPA area. The findings suggest that policy makers should take cognizance of the local stakeholders’ concern in planning and designing of marine protected areas in Malaysia. Scientific Research Publishing 2014-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36823/1/36823.pdf Md. Nurul Islam, Gazi and Tai, Shzee Yew and Mohd Noh, Kusairi and Mohd Noh, Aswani Farhana (2014) Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia. Open Journal of Marine Science, 4 (2). pp. 51-60. ISSN 2161-7384; ESSN: 2161-7392 http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=44563 10.4236/ojms.2014.42007 |
| spellingShingle | Md. Nurul Islam, Gazi Tai, Shzee Yew Mohd Noh, Kusairi Mohd Noh, Aswani Farhana Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia |
| title | Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia |
| title_full | Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia |
| title_short | Community's perspectives towards marine protected area in Perhentian Marine Park, Malaysia |
| title_sort | community's perspectives towards marine protected area in perhentian marine park, malaysia |
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