Prospects for Transboundary Marine Protected Areas in East Africa |
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Authors: | Catarina Grilo Aldo Chircop José Guerreiro |
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Affiliation: | 1. Instituto de Ciência Aplicada e Tecnologia Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa , Lisbon , Portugal;2. Marine &3. Environmental Law Institute Dalhousie University , Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada;4. Centro de Oceanografia Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa , Lisbon , Portugal |
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Abstract: | Transboundary marine protected areas have been proposed in East Africa to tackle threats to marine biodiversity, meet international MPA targets, promote tourism, and contribute to poverty reduction. This article examines what may drive, facilitate, or constrain states in creating a regime for transboundary MPAs. In East Africa, a regime between Mozambique and Tanzania is not yet formed and may be indefinitely delayed due to oil prospecting and exploration. There is, however, a well-developed regime between Mozambique and South Africa that has resulted in the two adjoining MPAs being declared the first transboundary MPA on the continent. |
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Keywords: | East Africa marine protected areas regime theory transboundary conservation |
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