The renaissance of community-based marine resource management in Oceania
Johannes RE. 2002. The renaissance of community-based marine resource management in Oceania. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 33:317-340
Twenty-five years ago, the centuries-old Pacific Island practice of community-based marine resource management (CBMRM) was in decline, the victim of various impacts of westernization. During the past two decades, however, this decline has reversed in various island countries. Today CBMRM continues to grow refuting the claim that traditional non-Western attitudes toward nature cannot provide a sound foundation for contemporary natural resource management. Limited entry, marine protected areas, closed areas, closed seasons, and restrictions on damaging or overly efficient fishing methods are some of the methods being used. Factors contributing to the upsurge include a growing perception of scarcity, the restrengthening of traditional village-based authority, and marine tenure by means of legal recognition and government support, better conservation education, and increasingly effective assistance, and advice from regional national governments and NGOs. Today`s CMBRM is thus a form of cooperative management, but one is which the community still makes and acts upon most of the management decisions.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Johannes, R
- Units
- NPSA , PACN
- Keywords
- Coastal/Marine Systems, Conservation, customary marine tenure, marine protected areas (MPAs), Pacific Island, Western Samoa