Reconciling competing objectives for the design of marine reserve networks: biodiversity, food security, and local equity in benefits (2013-2018)
Source: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/14214 Parent: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920
Abstract
Concern is mounting over the prospect for food security and biodiversity in tropical coastal areas. Meeting this challenge has seen a growth in the implementation of marine reserves both to manage fisheries and biodiversity. Theoretically, reserve criteria for fisheries and biodiversity are starkly different, particularly in their treatment of larval connectivity among reefs. Yet, these divergent objectives have not been reconciled. Ecologists and decision-theorists collaborate with two international "reserve implementation" agencies to develop a new reserve design that meets the dual objectives of fisheries and biodiversity while also responding to concerns over climate change and offering a socially-equitable distribution of benefits.
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Experts
Professor Peter Mumby
Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science : Centre for Marine Science : Faculty of Science
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Faculty of Science
Professorial Research Fellow : School of the Environment : Faculty of Science
Professor Hugh Possingham
Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science : Centre for Marine Science : Faculty of Science
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Faculty of Science
V-C Senior Research Fellow : School of the Environment : Faculty of Science
Professor Cynthia Riginos
Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science : Centre for Marine Science : Faculty of Science
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science : Faculty of Science
Professor : School of the Environment : Faculty of Science
Grant type : ARC Linkage Projects
Funded by : Australian Research Council