Substantial efforts and investments are being made to increase the scale and improve the
effectiveness of marine conservation globally. Though it is mandated by international law …

Abstract Effective designation of Protected Areas (PAs) requires the careful consideration of
their social impacts as these are perceived by people. These refer to a variety of issues such …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) socio-ecological effectiveness depends on a number of
management and governance elements, among which stakeholder engagement and …

This paper examines how perceived social equity (distributional equity, procedural equity,
and recognitional equity) affects acceptance of protected areas by local communities. We …

The seas as the next economic frontier have led to conflicts at the intersection of resource
conservation and exploitation; a space where cultural values and social practices overlap …

During the past two decades, the world has seen exponential growth in the number of
companies reporting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data, and various ESG …

Ocean-based economic development arising from an increasing interest in the 'blue
economy'is placing ecosystems and small-scale fisheries under pressure. The dominant …

To contribute to the sustainable management of the coastal fishing in the future Marine
Protected Area (MPA) of “Taza”(Algeria, SW Mediterranean), the aim of this study was to …

Advancing social equity has been implicitly and explicitly central to water resources policy
for decades. Yet, equity remains largely outside of standard water resources planning and …

This paper conducts a systematic review of the literature (SRL) to update the relevance of
social perception (SP) for managing protected areas and conservation spaces that …