Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah

Marine Protected Area (MPA) has always been seen as a tool to save marine ecosystems that are in danger of being over exploited. Management of MPA has always been centered to ecological protection but human elements are increasingly being considered in the challenges of managing a MPA. Without the n...

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Main Authors: Nair, Madhavan, Ramachandran, Sridar, Shuib, Ahmad, Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman
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Published: Institut Kajian Dasar Pertanian dan Makanan, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
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spelling my.upm.eprints.409122016-07-28T04:08:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40912/ Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah Nair, Madhavan Ramachandran, Sridar Shuib, Ahmad Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman Marine Protected Area (MPA) has always been seen as a tool to save marine ecosystems that are in danger of being over exploited. Management of MPA has always been centered to ecological protection but human elements are increasingly being considered in the challenges of managing a MPA. Without the necessary structures in place, many MPA have become merely paper parks. Semporna Sabah has the most valuable MPA in the east coast of Sabah. The MPA in Semporna were gazetted for the very same reason. However, with the existence of community living within the marine park, management of the MPA requires approaches that are not conventional. The problems faced are multi facet and requires the marine park management to look at multiple criteria in their decision making process. The aim of this study is to present some of the findings gathered from various stakeholders on criterions that are essential in the decision making process to manage the marine park responsibly. A Delphi approach was used to gather the data using a three-step approach. A total of 93 decision-making criterions were identified. The shortcomings of MPA management could be addressed by analyzing the important management criteria using a decision hierarchy. Institut Kajian Dasar Pertanian dan Makanan, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40912/1/40912.pdf Nair, Madhavan and Ramachandran, Sridar and Shuib, Ahmad and Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman (2015) Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah. In: International Conference on Natural Resources, Tourism and Services Management 2015, 14-16 Apr. 2015, Hotel Promenade, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. (pp. 39-45). http://www.ikdpm.upm.edu.my/dokumen/IKDPM_Proceeding_ICNTS2015.pdf
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description Marine Protected Area (MPA) has always been seen as a tool to save marine ecosystems that are in danger of being over exploited. Management of MPA has always been centered to ecological protection but human elements are increasingly being considered in the challenges of managing a MPA. Without the necessary structures in place, many MPA have become merely paper parks. Semporna Sabah has the most valuable MPA in the east coast of Sabah. The MPA in Semporna were gazetted for the very same reason. However, with the existence of community living within the marine park, management of the MPA requires approaches that are not conventional. The problems faced are multi facet and requires the marine park management to look at multiple criteria in their decision making process. The aim of this study is to present some of the findings gathered from various stakeholders on criterions that are essential in the decision making process to manage the marine park responsibly. A Delphi approach was used to gather the data using a three-step approach. A total of 93 decision-making criterions were identified. The shortcomings of MPA management could be addressed by analyzing the important management criteria using a decision hierarchy.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Nair, Madhavan
Ramachandran, Sridar
Shuib, Ahmad
Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman
spellingShingle Nair, Madhavan
Ramachandran, Sridar
Shuib, Ahmad
Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman
Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah
author_facet Nair, Madhavan
Ramachandran, Sridar
Shuib, Ahmad
Mohammad Afandi, Syamsul Herman
author_sort Nair, Madhavan
title Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah
title_short Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah
title_full Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah
title_fullStr Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah
title_full_unstemmed Multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in Semporna Sabah
title_sort multi-criteria decision analysis for responsible management of marine protected area in semporna sabah
publisher Institut Kajian Dasar Pertanian dan Makanan, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40912/1/40912.pdf
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http://www.ikdpm.upm.edu.my/dokumen/IKDPM_Proceeding_ICNTS2015.pdf
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