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Marine protected areas: Interactions with fisheries livelihoods and food security

Year of publication 2017

Pages 172 p.

Author Lena Westlund, Devin Bartley, Tony Charles, Serge Garcia and Jessica Sanders

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109606-2

Series title FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Papers

Series number T603

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Building on work presented at the IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC) held in Sydney, Australia, on 12–19 November 2014, this document explores experiences with aquatic protected areas (PAs), marine protected areas (MPAs) and protected areas in inland waters in the context of livelihoods and food security. It includes: (i) ten papers reporting on the interface of MPA/protected areas with livelihoods and food security, based on case studies in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania; (ii) an eleventh contribution providing a more general overview of MPAs and food security and how to assess their impact; and (iii) a final paper synthesizing the conclusions of the papers and discussing the observed outcomes of aquatic PAs, together with problems and solutions.

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