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| Title: | Economic impacts of marine protected areas: A case study of the Mombasa Marine Park |
| Authors: | Ngugi, I. |
| ASFA Terms: | Marine parks |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Abstract: | The conservation of the marine environment is an integral part of the
broader initiatives of environmental conservation in Kenya. A major
motivation for the delineation of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Kenya
has been the promotion of tourism and also the need to conserve marine
biodiversity for posterity. However, the conservation of marine resources
in Kenya has led to certain resource-use conflicts between national
conservation agencies such as the Kenya Wildlife Service and local fishing
communities. The study reported in this paper sought to examine the
economic implications of the Mombasa Marine Park on a local fishing
community, and thus provide an insight into the factors that lead to such conflicts ..... |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/830 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous
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