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Wilkinson, C., A. Green, J. Almany and S. Dionne, 2003

Monitoring coral reef marine protected areas: version 1. A practical guide on how monitoring can support effective management of MPAs.

Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia and IUCN Global Marine Program, Gland 1196, Switzerland.

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20831

Author

Wilkinson, C., A. Green, J. Almany and S. Dionne

Year

2003

Title

Monitoring coral reef marine protected areas: version 1. A practical guide on how monitoring can support effective management of MPAs.

Source

Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Australia and IUCN Global Marine Program, Gland 1196, Switzerland.

Keywords

Marine Protected Areas, management decisions, threats, monitoring method manual

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Abstract

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for marine conservation and management; monitoring plays a critical role in managing these MPAs. Monitoring provides the essential information required to make management decisions and determine if the decisions are working. Without monitoring, managers are essentially operating in the dark! This book was written in response to requests from many managers of MPAs from around the world who asked for advice on how to design and implement monitoring programs that can help them manage their MPAs more effectively. The goals of this book are to: . Demonstrate how monitoring can play a major role in the effective management of MPAs; . Provide advice on which monitoring programs to use to facilitate effective management; and . Demonstrate how monitoring has played an important role in the effective management of MPAs using case studies from around the world. Coral reefs around the world are at risk from many threats including global warming causing coral bleaching, over-fi shing or destructive fi shing, pollution by sediments, nutrients and toxic chemicals, coral mining and shoreline development, and unregulated tourism. Monitoring the ecology of the reefs and the socioeconomics of the people is the only way to understand the extent, nature and causes of the damage, and to identify ways to address these threats. How can monitoring assist in the effective management of MPAs? Monitoring assists through the following tasks: 1. Resource Assessment and Mapping 2. Resource Status and Long-Term Trends 3. Status and Long-Term Trends of User Groups 4. Impacts of Large-Scale Disturbances 5. Impacts of Human Activities 6. Performance Evaluation and Adaptive Management 7. Education and Awareness Raising 8. Building Resilience into MPAs 9. Contributing to Regional and Global Networks This book will provide practical advice on how to design and implement ecological and socio-economic monitoring programs aimed at addressing these issues. Many useful references are included at the back along with Internet sites. We have used case studies from around the world to illustrate how others have used monitoring to assist them in managing MPAs. There are many useful lessons from these case studies and all contain recommendations for other MPA managers. The book provides information on many of the organisations involved in coral reef monitoring and management, along with the recommendations on coral reef monitoring and information processing from the recent ITMEMS2 (International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium, 2003) meeting, which featured MPA managers from all over the world. This is Version 1 of the book being released at the World Parks Congress in Durban South Africa, September 2003. Our intention is to keep it alive and continually update it. This copy will be lodged on the www.reefbase.org, www.gcrmn.org and www.aims.gov.au websites where we want to continually update it for use by MPA managers to improve their management and conservation of coral reefs.

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