Establishing Indicators Framework to Evaluate Marine Protected Areas in Taiwan – A Case Study of Liouciou Fish Recourse Conservation Area

• Main Authors: Yi-chieh Lai, 賴意婕
• Other Authors: Shui-kai Chang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zd85sc

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 海洋事務研究所 === 106 === The study aims to establish an indicator framework for evaluating the management effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs) in Taiwan. MPAs are considered one of the most appropriate tools to raise biodiversity and preserve marine resources and environment. Establishing MPA networks has been working around the world; however, a successful MPA should not only establishing properly but also implementing schedule evaluation and adaptive management. Instead of establishing an exaggerated paper parks, what we need is a well-managed MPA. The study through Modified Delphi method and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) methods to define and prioritize management effecitivess indicators. The results defined 7 dimensions and 30 indicators as the MPA management evaluation indicators. The priority rankings of the indicators are legal system, public participation and cognition, management system, personnel system and capacity building, environmental education, monitoring and researching, design and infrastructure of MPAs. The overall weighting showed experts placed “personnel system and capacity building”, “level of stakeholder participation” and “financial resource” as the high priority indicators in the evaluation process. The MPA management evaluation indicators framework was applied to conducted a feasibility study for evaluating the management effectiveness of Liouciou Fish Recourse Conservation Area and gave suggestions for improving its performance.