Perception of natural habitat changes of West African marine protected areas

• Published in: Ocean & coastal management Vol. 187; p. 105120
• Main Authors: Failler, Pierre, Touron-Gardic, Grégoire, Sadio, Oumar, Traoré, Marie-Suzanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: anthropogenic activities; beaches; Biodiversity and Ecology; climate change; coastal forests; coastal zone management; coral reefs; Environmental change; Environmental Sciences; estuaries; geographic information systems; Habitats changes; Manager perception; marine protected areas; Marine Protected Areas (MPAs); rain; reforestation; remote sensing; Satellite images; seagrasses; surface area; surveys; Western Africa; Western Africa; Manager perception; Environmental change; Satellite images; Habitats changes; Marine Protected Areas (MPAs); SUD; ACL; senegal; DISCOVERY; dynamics; examples; IRD; coastal zones; climate-change; ecosystem services; guinea-bissau

The evolution of marine protected areas (MPAs) in West Africa is reviewed through a survey of managers' perception carried on between 2017 and 2018 for the establishment of the baseline of MPAs of the Network of Marine Protected Areas of West Africa (RAMPAO). Managers report that all natural ha...