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Engaging and legitimizing communities: co-designing a community-based Marine Protected Area

2025-08-01Research article Open access
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datacite.subject.sdg08:Trabalho Digno e Crescimento Económico
datacite.subject.sdg14:Proteger a Vida Marinha
datacite.subject.sdg16:Paz, Justiça e Instituições Eficazes
dc.contributor.authorRangel, Mafalda
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Barbara Horta e
dc.contributor.authorGuimarães, Mª Helena
dc.contributor.authorRessurreição, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorMonteiro, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Frederico
dc.contributor.authorBentes, Luís
dc.contributor.authorHenriques, Nuno Sales
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Inês
dc.contributor.authorAlexandre, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorPontes, João
dc.contributor.authorAfonso, Carlos M. L.
dc.contributor.authorBelackova, Adela
dc.contributor.authorMarçalo, Ana
dc.contributor.authorCardoso-Andrade, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorCortês, António
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, António José
dc.contributor.authorLobo, Vanda
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Emanuel J.
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Tiago Pitta e
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Jorge M. S.
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-13T14:34:32Z
dc.date.available2025-08-13T14:34:32Z
dc.date.issued2025-08-01
dc.description.abstractMarine Protected Areas are increasingly used as tools to preserve marine habitats and biodiversity worldwide. Nonetheless, creating MPAs in densely populated multi-use coastal areas comes with intrinsic conflict potential, since protection and economic development are not always hand-in-hand and local users might disagree with the designation of such conservation tools. The use of inclusive and transparent participatory processes to co-design such MPAs can be seen as a way of protecting biodiversity while acknowledging the needs of local users and building conservation tools that fit both purposes. Here we describe a participatory process developed to co-design a Marine Protected Area of Community Interest in a biodiversity, fishing and tourism hotspot in the Algarve (southern Portugal) where the majority of involved stakeholders (96 %) endorsed the final MPA proposal. The methodology and tools used are described in detail, lessons learned are critically analysed and a roadmap to be used in other realities is provided. Evidences collected show that the approach developed allows conservation and economic activities to share the same ground and advocate for the same goals in preserving coastal marine habitats.eng
dc.identifier.citationRangel, M., Costa, B. H. E., Guimarães, M. H., & Ressurreição, A. et al. (2025). Engaging and legitimizing communities: co-designing a community-based Marine Protected Area. Marine Policy, 178, Article 106695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106695
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106695
dc.identifier.eid105002015975
dc.identifier.issn0308-597X
dc.identifier.other6f1b328f-8b3b-476d-a862-59da2f113372
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/54547
dc.identifier.wos001468905000001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectBottom-up processes
dc.subjectCo-design
dc.subjectCommunity-based
dc.subjectMPAs
dc.subjectParticipatory process
dc.subjectStakeholder participation
dc.titleEngaging and legitimizing communities: co-designing a community-based Marine Protected Areaeng
dc.typeresearch article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleMarine Policy
oaire.citation.volume178
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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