Estimating the Adaptive Capacity of Local Communities at Marine Protected Areas in Latin America: a Practical Approach

The establishment of marine protected areas (MPA) has become the prevailing management strategy to stop the degradation of coastal and marine ecosystems; however, the effectiveness of MPAs is affected not only by ecological factors but also by social ones. Identifying and understanding socioeconomi...

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Main Authors: Jorge H. Maldonado, Rocio del Pilar. Moreno-Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2014-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol19/iss1/art16/