Establishing a Functional Region-Wide Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System

The six Coral Triangle countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste, each have evolving systems of marine protected areas (MPAs) at the national and local levels. Now with more than 1,900 MPAs covering 208,152 km 2 (1.6% of the extended economic zon...

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Published in:Coastal management 2014, Vol.42 (2), p.107-127
Main Authors: Walton, Anne, White, Alan T., Tighe, Stacey, Aliño, Porfirio M., Laroya, Lynette, Dermawan, Agus, Kasasiah, Ahsanal, Hamid, Shahima Abdul, Vave-Karamui, Agnetha, Genia, Viniu, De Jesus Martins, Lino, Green, Alison L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Area
Climate
Climate change
coastal management
Coral reefs
Coral Triangle countries
Corals
Countries
Effectiveness
Fisheries
Fisheries management
Fishery management
Food security
Frameworks
Implementation
Incentives
Indonesia
Islands
Malaysia
Management
Marine
Marine conservation
Marine ecology
Marine parks
Marine parks and reserves
Marine protected areas
marine spatial planning
Networks
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Protected areas
Quality
Regional
Regional development
Regional planning
Regional security
Regions
Scaling
Solomon Islands
Timor-Leste
Triangles
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Summary:The six Coral Triangle countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste, each have evolving systems of marine protected areas (MPAs) at the national and local levels. Now with more than 1,900 MPAs covering 208,152 km 2 (1.6% of the extended economic zone for the region), the Coral Triangle Initiative for Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security has endorsed a Regional Plan of Action that contains a target of establishing a "Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System" as part of its third goal on improving MPA management. This article details the contents of the Coral Triangle Marine Protected Area System Framework and Action Plan and describes its development and potential contribution to the improved management in the region once it is implemented. The MPA System Framework, as endorsed by the six countries, contains guidance for standardizing how MPAs and MPA networks are evaluated for effectiveness, and provides options for scaling-up existing MPAs to networks of MPAs that are more ecologically linked, integrated with fisheries management and responsive to changing climate. The Framework establishes an institutional mechanism by which the regional entity can facilitate the continued development and implementation of a region-wide MPA system that provides incentives for improved quality of management and enhanced marine area coverage at the local scale.
ISSN:0892-0753
1521-0421
DOI:10.1080/08920753.2014.877765