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Title
Spatial analysis to achieve 20 Million Hectares of Marine Protected Areas for Indonesia by 2020
Author(s)
WCS Indonesia Program
Published
2013
Abstract
The President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in his speech at theConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Brazil (2006), declared a target of ten millionhectares of marine protected areas (MPAs) for Indonesia by 2012. One of the key steps toachieve Indonesia’s MPA target is the selection of appropriate sites for MPA establishment, whereecological functions, environmental services, resource utilization, local knowledge regarding re-source management and the socioeconomic welfare of local communities are improved and sus-tained. The objective of this study is to develop strategic recommendations to the GoI, and definepriority areas to achieve the target of twenty million hectares of MPAs by 2020.
Keywords
WCS MPAG Spatial Assessment
Full Citation
WCS MPAG Spatial Assessment 20 mill Ha MPA
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