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Title: In a network of lines that intersect: The socio-economic development impact of marine resource management and conservation in Southeast Asia
Authors: Marco J. Haenssgen
Jessica Savage
Godwin Yeboah
Nutcha Charoenboon
Sorn Srenh
Authors: Marco J. Haenssgen
Jessica Savage
Godwin Yeboah
Nutcha Charoenboon
Sorn Srenh
Keywords: Economics, Econometrics and Finance;Engineering;Social Sciences
Issue Date: 1-Oct-2021
Abstract: Marine protected areas (MPAs) are rapidly spreading to meet global conservation targets, but new governance arrangements can have unintended impacts on socio-economic development that can undermine and counteract their intended outcomes. We use an exploratory mixed-method research design to understand these development impacts and their underlying mechanisms, guided by an innovative activity space framework that situates marine resource management and conservation in a network of relationships between communities, human services, and nature. Qualitative research – based on 22 interviews in Koh Sdach Archipelago, Cambodia – demonstrates how the local community experienced improving relationships with the state and a slowing deterioration of marine resources, but also social division, heightened livelihood anxiety, and potentially a false sense of economic security. We hypothesise on this basis that marine conservation could impede socio-economic development, for which we find support in our quantitative analysis across Cambodia, the Philippines, and Timor-Leste: MPAs materialised in better-off communities but were associated with slower and partly regressive socio-economic development, in particular decreasing wealth and increasing child mortality. These findings suggest that the rapid global expansion of MPA coverage in its current, environmental-conservation-focused form is problematic as it disregards local social realities. Livelihood adaptation support should complement the implementation of marine resource governance mechanisms to mitigate unintended negative consequences.
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http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/76429
ISSN: 18735991
0305750X
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