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| Title: | Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania: Implications of Applying a Marine Park Paradigm in a Developing Country |
| Authors: | Andrews, G. |
| ASFA Terms: | Marine parks |
| Issue Date: | 1998 |
| Publisher: | ITMEMS |
| Citation: | ITMENS proceedings 1998. Case Studies: Destructive Fishing Practices and Collecting Methods. p.267-279 |
| Abstract: | The group of islands incorporating Mafia Island lie off the east coast of Africa and are a part
of mainland Tanzania (Figure 1). The islands are within 20 km of the mainland coast and
under the influence of Tanzania’s largest river, the Rufiji. Mafia Island Marine Park (MIMP)
was gazetted in April 1995, and its boundary incorporates varied coral reef, mangrove,
seagrass and soft bottom habitats, islands of raised Pleistocene reef, cays, and coastal forest
with a total area of 821 km2 (Fig. 2).
This paper critiques the process and motives for the establishment of the MIMP. The paper
explores conservation advantages and disadvantages of the establishment of the Park and the
use of the World Conservation Union/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (IUCN/GBRMP)
paradigm for its management. The premise that the project was a model of community
participation and represents a new approach is challenged. The management of two key
environmental threats (dynamite fishing and coral mining) are used to illustrate the
advantages and disadvantages of transposing conservation and management paradigms from
developed countries to developing countries. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/905 |
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