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Two-MPA Model for Siting a Marine Protected Area: Bahamian Case |
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| Authors: | Richard W Stoffle Jessica Minnis Amanda Murphy Kathleen Van Vlack Nathan O'Meara Tavarrie Smith |
| Institution: | 1. Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, School of Anthropology , University of Arizona , Tucson, Arizona, USA;2. School of Social Sciences , College of the Bahamas , Nassau, Bahamas;3. School of Marine Affairs , University of Washington , Seattle, Washington, USA;4. Department of Anthropology , Northern Arizona University , Flagstaff, Arizona, USA |
| Abstract: | This article recommends the parallel but separate modeling of nature-based and people-based marine protected areas (MPA) before the design and siting stages of establishing an MPA. Separate but simultaneous modeling of ideal nature and people MPAs permits each to be maximized for its own variables and subsequently compared to identify conflicts and agreements. The case that supports this recommendation is in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, where the study conducted 572 interviews with people from six traditional settlements in the central Exumas Islands and Cays. The research is focused on why members of these settlements differentially responded to three nearby national MPA proposals. |
| Keywords: | Bahamas coastal communities marine protected areas marine TEK |