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Annotated Bibliography on Socio-economic and Ecological Impacts of Marine Protected Areas in Pacific Island Countries
2008
This report compiles an annotated bibliography on socioeconomic and ecological impacts of Marine Protected Areas in the Pacific Islands. The literature presented here includes peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, institutional technical papers and unpublished reports. The "impacts" referred in the literature reviewed cover a wide range – from biological and ecological impacts; economic and livelihood benefits; social, institutional and governance systems; and improvements of mechanisms for communications and knowledge sharing. The document includes a collection of references up to June 2008.
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