The Economic Value of Marine Protected Areas along the Garden Route Coast (Clark, Hutchings, Turpie)
Presentation from the Cape Town Economic Valuation Workshop, hosted by IW:LEARN and IUCN-GMP in July 2007.
Background
•Proposal by government to open up parts of Africa’s oldest MPA to recreational fishing
•Decision made to appease a highly vociferous local lobby
–Highly political
–Threat of non-compliance
•WWF commissioned valuation report
gardenroute_mpa.pdf
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