Understanding How Marine Protected Areas Influence Local Prosperity—A Case Study of Gili Matra, Indonesia

Amrullah Rosadi (), Paul Dargusch and Taryono Taryono
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Amrullah Rosadi: School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Paul Dargusch: School of Earth and Environmental Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Taryono Taryono: Department of Aquatic Resources Management, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, Bogor 16680, West Java, Indonesia

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 20, 1-19

Abstract: A Marine Protected Area (MPA) is always expected to create a specified outcome in ecosystem improvement. While they are certain to benefit marine life, MPAs also impact the surrounding communities, as they directly affect the livelihoods of people who rely on marine exploits to make a decent living. In other words, MPAs create new communal dynamics influencing the rate of prosperity in the surrounding communities. Unfortunately, the leverage of MPAs in the coastal communities’ social economy is often under-assessed in MPA-related research. The MPA’s influence on communal prosperity emphasizes the importance of policy incentives from stakeholders. Therefore, stakeholders’ perceptions of MPAs are fundamental in the planning and implementation of MPAs, which could improve the prosperity of the coastal communities. In Gili Matra, Indonesia, where tourism is the MPA’s backbone, MPAs are expected to sustain prosperity for future generations. However, some stakeholders with different influential stances to the MPA (Influential Stakeholders (IS) and Non-Influential Stakeholders (NIS)) demand a contradictive approach. This could lead to managerial issues for the MPAs. These issues must be addressed to avoid contradictory objectives that could harm MPA implementation.

Keywords: marine protected area; prosperity; marine tourism; stakeholder; management approach; mental model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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