Comanagement of coral reef social-ecological systemsShow others and affiliations
2012 (English)In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, ISSN 0027-8424, E-ISSN 1091-6490, Vol. 109, no 14, p. 5219-5222Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
In an effort to deliver better outcomes for people and the ecosystems they depend on, many governments and civil society groups are engaging natural resource users in collaborative management arrangements (frequently called comanagement). However, there are few empirical studies demonstrating the social and institutional conditions conducive to successful comanagement outcomes, especially in small-scale fisheries. Here, we evaluate 42 comanagement arrangements across five countries and show that: (i) comanagement is largely successful at meeting social and ecological goals; (ii) comanagement tends to benefit wealthier resource users; (iii) resource overexploitation is most strongly influenced by market access and users' dependence on resources; and (iv) institutional characteristics strongly influence livelihood and compliance outcomes, yet have little effect on ecological conditions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2012. Vol. 109, no 14, p. 5219-5222
Keywords [en]
common property, governance, human-environment interaction, institutional design principles, common-pool resources
National Category
Biological Sciences
Research subject
Ecology, Aquatic Ecology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-70916DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121215109ISI: 000302294700029PubMedID: 22431631Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84859467542OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-70916DiVA, id: diva2:1182959
2018-02-152018-02-152019-08-29Bibliographically approved