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Tourist traps : assessing the role of tourism in sustaining life below water

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Savage, Jessica, Cook, Sarah and Yeboah, Godwin (2021) Tourist traps : assessing the role of tourism in sustaining life below water. In: Filho, Walter Leal and Anabela Marisa, Azul and Brandli, Luciana and Lange Salvia, Amanda and Wall, Tony, (eds.) Life Below Water. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals . Cham: Springer. ISBN 9783319710648

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Abstract

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are often heralded as the solution to issues associated with the overexploitation of natural resources. There are extensive international targets for the declaration of MPAs, which are likely unachievable. However, these targets drive countries to make quick and often short-sighted decisions regarding MPA development, encouraging a quantity over quality approach. As a result, numerous targets are yet to be met as per the 2030 timeline, and the proposed interventions to fulfil these targets have, in some instances, impeded conservation, negatively impacting local people. The time-lag between the declaration of MPAs and the recovery of previously overexploited populations can be upwards of a decade, and this success depends entirely on local community buy-in. As a method of encouraging community engagement, marine tourism is often proposed as an alternative livelihood strategy. Nevertheless, MPA declaration continues, expecting that they will support both communities and their environment. Tourism has its own impacts. This study explores the realities and contexts of the interactions between communities, tourism and MPAs. Particular focus is placed on the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14.7 ‘increase the economic benefits from sustainable use of marine resources’. We examine some case-studies from Southeast Asia to evaluate the synergistic relationship between tourism, communities and effective environmental management. Critically, we examine how marine tourism can support livelihoods to the degree required to minimise marine environmental degradation and sufficiently meet SDG 14 in order to ‘sustain life below water’.

Item Type: Book Item
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GC Oceanography
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Q Science > Q Science (General)
S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General)
S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering
Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Global Sustainable Development
Faculty of Arts > School for Cross-faculty Studies > Institute for Global Sustainable Development
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Series Name: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Publisher: Springer
Place of Publication: Cham
ISBN: 9783319710648
Book Title: Life Below Water
Editor: Filho, Walter Leal and Anabela Marisa, Azul and Brandli, Luciana and Lange Salvia, Amanda and Wall, Tony
Official Date: 2021
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2021Published
14 January 2021Available
12 August 2020Accepted
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71064-8_126-3
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 25 October 2020
Funder: Warwick Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Accelerator Fund
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