Conservation of Marine Resources and Sustainable Coastal Community Development in Malaysia
ISBN:
9789811397325
Auflage:
1st ed. 2019
Verlag:
Springer Singapore
Land des Verlags:
Malaysia
Erscheinungsdatum:
09.08.2020
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
139
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This book addresses a timely and compelling emerging issue related to the conservation and sustainable use of marine resources and the sustainable development of the coastal community. Marine protected areas (MPAs) make a remarkable contribution to the protection of marine communities by providing sustainable livelihoods, deriving financial benefits from the development of fisheries and tourism, as well as by restoring ocean productivity and preventing further environmental degradation. These areas have been considered the cornerstone of a blue economy due to their substantial economic, social and environmental contributions. However, MPAs around the world are severely hampered by a multitude of issues and challenges such as inefficient management, poor socioeconomic conditions and environmental degradation due to human activities, overexploitation of marine resources, degradation of water quality, massive waste production and climate change. These are the main obstacles to economic, social and environmental sustainability. Hence, a collaborative management approach and an integrated management policy framework is urgently needed for the economic, social, political, cultural, technological, and ecological development of coastal communities.
Schlagwörter
Economic
marine and freshwater sciences
Sustainable Community Development
Integrated Management Policy Framework for MPAs
social and environmental contribution of MPAs
Collaborative Management System for Marine Protected Areas
Community-Based Management
Livelihood sustainability
Conservation of Natural Resources
Sustainable Development in Malaysia
Marine Protected Areas in Malaysia
Marine Park Communities in Malaysia
Hurdles to Sustainable Development
Biografische Anmerkung
Muhammad Mehedi Masud is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has published more than 40 scientific papers in internationally refereed Journals. His research interests are development economics, environment and sustainable development, environmental impact assessment, ecotourism development, climate change adaptation and mitigation, community development, livelihoods, poverty and social mobility. He has received several awards such as Academic Excellence Award -2014, Excellence Award-2015 and BSN Award- 2016 from University of Malaya.
