Setting Performance Indicators for Coastal Marine Protected Areas: An Expert-Based Methodology
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) require effective indicators to assess their performance, in compliance with the goals of relevant national and international commitments. Achieving and prioritizing shortlists of multidisciplinary indicators demands a significant effort from specialists to depict the m...
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| author | Mariana Cardoso-Andrade Mariana Cardoso-Andrade Mariana Cardoso-Andrade Henrique Queiroga Henrique Queiroga Mafalda Rangel Inês Sousa Adela Belackova Luís Bentes Frederico Oliveira Pedro Monteiro Nuno Sales Henriques Carlos M. L. Afonso Ana F. Silva Bernardo R. Quintella Bernardo R. Quintella José L. Costa José L. Costa Miguel P. Pais Miguel P. Pais Sofia Henriques Sofia Henriques Marisa I. Batista Marisa I. Batista Gustavo Franco Emanuel J. Gonçalves Miguel Henriques Teresa Leonardo Paula Coelho Robert Comas-González Laura P. Fernández Carla Quiles-Pons André Costa Cristina Espírito-Santo João J. Castro João J. Castro Francisco Arenas Sandra Ramos Vasco Ferreira Jorge M. S. Gonçalves Bárbara Horta e Costa |
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| description | Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) require effective indicators to assess their performance, in compliance with the goals of relevant national and international commitments. Achieving and prioritizing shortlists of multidisciplinary indicators demands a significant effort from specialists to depict the multiple conservation and socioeconomic interests, and the large complexity of natural systems. The present paper describes a structured expert-based methodology (process and outputs) to co-define a list of multidisciplinary MPA performance indicators. This work was promoted by the management authority of coastal MPAs in mainland Portugal to gather a consensual and feasible list of indicators that would guide the design of a future national monitoring program. Hence, Portuguese coastal MPAs served as a case study to develop such a process between 2019 and 2020. In the end, participants (1) agreed on a shortlist of prioritized indicators (i.e., environmental, governance, and socioeconomic indicators) and (2) defined minimum monitoring frequencies for the indicators in this list, compatible with the potential replicability of the associated survey methods. The present approach recommends that management plans incorporate monitoring procedures and survey methods, with a validated list of indicators and associated monitoring periodicity, agreed among researchers, MPA managers and governance experts. The proposed methodology, and the lessons learned from it, can support future processes aiming to define and prioritize MPA performance indicators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f6ce1287a1c4e42b238d884b45c1b6e2022-12-22T03:29:42ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452022-06-01910.3389/fmars.2022.848039848039Setting Performance Indicators for Coastal Marine Protected Areas: An Expert-Based MethodologyMariana Cardoso-Andrade0Mariana Cardoso-Andrade1Mariana Cardoso-Andrade2Henrique Queiroga3Henrique Queiroga4Mafalda Rangel5Inês Sousa6Adela Belackova7Luís Bentes8Frederico Oliveira9Pedro Monteiro10Nuno Sales Henriques11Carlos M. L. Afonso12Ana F. Silva13Bernardo R. Quintella14Bernardo R. Quintella15José L. Costa16José L. Costa17Miguel P. Pais18Miguel P. Pais19Sofia Henriques20Sofia Henriques21Marisa I. Batista22Marisa I. Batista23Gustavo Franco24Emanuel J. Gonçalves25Miguel Henriques26Teresa Leonardo27Paula Coelho28Robert Comas-González29Laura P. Fernández30Carla Quiles-Pons31André Costa32Cristina Espírito-Santo33João J. Castro34João J. Castro35Francisco Arenas36Sandra Ramos37Vasco Ferreira38Jorge M. S. Gonçalves39Bárbara Horta e Costa40Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM), Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM), Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalDepartamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalLiga para a Protecção da Natureza (LPN), Lisboa, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), ISPA - Instituto Universitário, Lisboa, PortugalInstituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF), Lisboa, PortugalInstituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF), Lisboa, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Sines, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Sines, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Sines, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Sines, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Sines, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Sines, PortugalMarine and Environmental Sciences Centre (MARE), Laboratório de Ciências do Mar, Universidade de Évora, Sines, Portugal0 Departamento de Biologia, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal1Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal1Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR), Universidade do Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal2Município de Esposende, Esposende, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR), Universidade do Algarve, Faro, PortugalMarine Protected Areas (MPAs) require effective indicators to assess their performance, in compliance with the goals of relevant national and international commitments. Achieving and prioritizing shortlists of multidisciplinary indicators demands a significant effort from specialists to depict the multiple conservation and socioeconomic interests, and the large complexity of natural systems. The present paper describes a structured expert-based methodology (process and outputs) to co-define a list of multidisciplinary MPA performance indicators. This work was promoted by the management authority of coastal MPAs in mainland Portugal to gather a consensual and feasible list of indicators that would guide the design of a future national monitoring program. Hence, Portuguese coastal MPAs served as a case study to develop such a process between 2019 and 2020. In the end, participants (1) agreed on a shortlist of prioritized indicators (i.e., environmental, governance, and socioeconomic indicators) and (2) defined minimum monitoring frequencies for the indicators in this list, compatible with the potential replicability of the associated survey methods. The present approach recommends that management plans incorporate monitoring procedures and survey methods, with a validated list of indicators and associated monitoring periodicity, agreed among researchers, MPA managers and governance experts. The proposed methodology, and the lessons learned from it, can support future processes aiming to define and prioritize MPA performance indicators.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.848039/fullmarine protected areaMPA monitoringmarine and coastal managementperformance indicatorsmarine conservation |
| spellingShingle | Mariana Cardoso-Andrade Mariana Cardoso-Andrade Mariana Cardoso-Andrade Henrique Queiroga Henrique Queiroga Mafalda Rangel Inês Sousa Adela Belackova Luís Bentes Frederico Oliveira Pedro Monteiro Nuno Sales Henriques Carlos M. L. Afonso Ana F. Silva Bernardo R. Quintella Bernardo R. Quintella José L. Costa José L. Costa Miguel P. Pais Miguel P. Pais Sofia Henriques Sofia Henriques Marisa I. Batista Marisa I. Batista Gustavo Franco Emanuel J. Gonçalves Miguel Henriques Teresa Leonardo Paula Coelho Robert Comas-González Laura P. Fernández Carla Quiles-Pons André Costa Cristina Espírito-Santo João J. Castro João J. Castro Francisco Arenas Sandra Ramos Vasco Ferreira Jorge M. S. Gonçalves Bárbara Horta e Costa Setting Performance Indicators for Coastal Marine Protected Areas: An Expert-Based Methodology Frontiers in Marine Science marine protected area MPA monitoring marine and coastal management performance indicators marine conservation |
| title | Setting Performance Indicators for Coastal Marine Protected Areas: An Expert-Based Methodology |
| title_full | Setting Performance Indicators for Coastal Marine Protected Areas: An Expert-Based Methodology |
| title_fullStr | Setting Performance Indicators for Coastal Marine Protected Areas: An Expert-Based Methodology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Setting Performance Indicators for Coastal Marine Protected Areas: An Expert-Based Methodology |
| title_short | Setting Performance Indicators for Coastal Marine Protected Areas: An Expert-Based Methodology |
| title_sort | setting performance indicators for coastal marine protected areas an expert based methodology |
| topic | marine protected area MPA monitoring marine and coastal management performance indicators marine conservation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.848039/full |
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