Organization Science improves management effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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Scianna, Claudia^1,11  Niccolini, Federico²  Giakoumi, Sylvaine^1,3  Di Franco, Antonio¹  Gaines, Steven D.⁴  Bianchi, Carlo Nike⁵  Scaccia, Luisa⁶  Bava, Simone⁷  Cappanera, Valentina⁸  Charbonnel, Eric⁹  Culioli, Jean-Michel¹⁰  Di Carlo, Giuseppe¹¹  De Franco, Francesco¹²  Dimitriadis, Charalampos¹³  Panzalis, Pier¹⁴  Santoro, Pasquale¹⁵  Guidetti, Paolo^1,16 

[1] Univ Cote Azur, CNRS, UMR 7035 ECOSEAS, Parc Valrose 28,Ave Valrose, F-06108 Nice 2, France

[2] Univ Pisa, Dept Econ & Management, Via C Ridolfi 10, I-56124 Pisa, Italy

[3] Univ Queensland, Sch Biol Sci, ARC Ctr Excellence Environm Decis, Brisbane, Qld, Australia

[4] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Bren Sch Environm Sci & Management, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA

[5] Univ Genoa, Dept Earth Environm & Life Sci, Corso Europa 26, I-16132 Genoa, Italy

[6] Univ Macerata, Dept Econ & Law, Via Crescimbeni 20, I-62100 Macerata, Italy

[7] Marine Protected Area Isola Bergeggi, Via A de Mari 28-D, I-17028 Bergeggi, Italy

[8] Marine Protected Area Portofino, Vle Rainusso 1, I-16038 S Margherita Ligure, Italy

[9] Marine Pk Cote Bleue, Observ PMCB Plage Rouet, 31 Ave Jean Bart,BP 42, F-13620 Carry Le Rouet, France

[10] Nat Reserve Bouches Bonifacio, Off Environm Cors, F-20250 Corte, France

[11] World Wide Fund Nat WWF, Via Po 25-C, I-00198 Rome, Italy

[12] Marine Protected Area Torre Guaceto, Via St Anna 6, I-72012 Carovigno, Italy

[13] Natl Marine Pk Zakynthos, 1 Eleftheriou Venizelou Str, Zakynthos 29100, Greece

[14] Marine Protected Area Tavolara Punta Coda Cavallo, Via Dante 1, I-07026 Olbia, Italy

[15] Marine Protected Area Isole Tremiti, Via St Antonio Abate 121, I-71037 Monte St Angelo, Italy

[16] Interuniv Consortium Marine Sci CoNISMa, Piazzale Flaminio 9, I-00196 Rome, Italy

关键词: Marine conservation;    Management performance;    Employees;    Fish biomass;    Management process;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.052

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The ecological management effectiveness (EME) of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is the degree to which MPAs reach their ecological goals. The significant variability of EME among MPAs has been partly explained by MPA design, management and implementation features (e.g. surface area, enforcement, age of protection). We investigated EME variability by employing, for the first time, Organization Science. Eight Mediterranean MPAs were taken into account as case studies to explore the relationships between EME and MPA features, such as: 1) organizational size (i.e. the ratio between the number of full-time employees and the total MPA surface area), 2) management performance (i.e. the level of effort exerted to enhance and sustain the MPA management, including enforcement), 3) total surface area, and 4) MPA age. The log-response ratios of fish biomass and density in protected vs unprotected (control) areas were used as a proxy of EME. Management performance, organizational size and, to a lesser extent, MPA age were positively correlated with the log-response ratio of fish biomass, whereas total surface area did not display a significant role. None of the four features considered was significantly correlated with the log-response ratio of fish density. Based on our findings, we argue that the employment of Organization Science in the management effectiveness assessment can assist MPA managers to reach MPAs goals more effectively, with a more efficient use of available resources.

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