Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are useful tool for conserving biodiversity and managing fisheries. The government of Malaysia has established several Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to enable overexploited marine resources to recover and to conserve coral reef ecosystems. The paper investigates the ef...
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| author | Md. Nurul Islam, Gazi Tai, Shzee Yew Mohd Noh, Kusairi Shuib, Ahmad Mohd Noh, Aswani Farhana Muhamad Senan, Mohamad Khair Afham Ahmad, Ali |
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| description | Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are useful tool for conserving biodiversity and managing fisheries. The government of Malaysia has established several Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to enable overexploited marine resources to recover and to conserve coral reef ecosystems.
The paper investigates the effect of governance approach on the effective management of two MPAs, Perhentian and Kapas marine parks in Terengganu State of Peninsular Malaysia. The data for this study was obtained from face-to-face interviews with local people from two MPAs using a structured questionnaire. The results of the analysis show that local participation in MPA management and fisheries regulations are significant factors for the effective MPA management in the study areas. The regression results show that users' participation has contributed significantly to the MPA governance, which indicate that local peoples' participation play an important role for effective management of MPAs in Malaysia. The MPA management activities should be coordinated with other relevant agencies and local users to achieve successful management of MPAs in Malaysia. There is a need to give priority to encourage local fishers' participation in decision making for MPAs management in the future marine resource conservation policy in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | upm-585612018-01-23T04:45:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58561/ Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia Md. Nurul Islam, Gazi Tai, Shzee Yew Mohd Noh, Kusairi Shuib, Ahmad Mohd Noh, Aswani Farhana Muhamad Senan, Mohamad Khair Afham Ahmad, Ali Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are useful tool for conserving biodiversity and managing fisheries. The government of Malaysia has established several Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to enable overexploited marine resources to recover and to conserve coral reef ecosystems. The paper investigates the effect of governance approach on the effective management of two MPAs, Perhentian and Kapas marine parks in Terengganu State of Peninsular Malaysia. The data for this study was obtained from face-to-face interviews with local people from two MPAs using a structured questionnaire. The results of the analysis show that local participation in MPA management and fisheries regulations are significant factors for the effective MPA management in the study areas. The regression results show that users' participation has contributed significantly to the MPA governance, which indicate that local peoples' participation play an important role for effective management of MPAs in Malaysia. The MPA management activities should be coordinated with other relevant agencies and local users to achieve successful management of MPAs in Malaysia. There is a need to give priority to encourage local fishers' participation in decision making for MPAs management in the future marine resource conservation policy in Malaysia. Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/58561/1/Community%20perspectives%20of%20governance%20for%20effective%20management%20of%20marine%20protected%20areas%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Md. Nurul Islam, Gazi and Tai, Shzee Yew and Mohd Noh, Kusairi and Shuib, Ahmad and Mohd Noh, Aswani Farhana and Muhamad Senan, Mohamad Khair Afham and Ahmad, Ali (2017) Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia. Ocean & Coastal Management, 135. pp. 34-42. ISSN 0964-5691; ESSN: 1873-524X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096456911630271X 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.11.001 |
| spellingShingle | Md. Nurul Islam, Gazi Tai, Shzee Yew Mohd Noh, Kusairi Shuib, Ahmad Mohd Noh, Aswani Farhana Muhamad Senan, Mohamad Khair Afham Ahmad, Ali Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia |
| title | Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia |
| title_full | Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia |
| title_short | Community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in Malaysia |
| title_sort | community perspectives of governance for effective management of marine protected areas in malaysia |
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