TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of stakeholder’s perceptions of the value of coral reef ecosystem services
T2 - the case of Gili Matra Marine Tourism Park
AU - Rahmadyani, Ratu Fathia
AU - Dargusch, Paul
AU - Adrianto, Luky
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their deepest gratitude to the interviewees for their participation in the study. We also acknowledge and appreciate the support of partners and institutions, The Ministry of National Development and Planning, Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund, IPB Univeristy and BKKPN Kupang, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. We are very grateful for the help of Agus Salim for his assistance during the field research; lastly, we express our utmost gratitude to the entire GMMTP community.
Funding Information:
This research was funded by The Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Project- Coral Triangle Initiative (COREMAP-CTI) Asian Development Bank, administered by the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund, Ministry of National Development and Planning, Indonesia, and IPB University. Grant number: 0379-INO.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Ecosystem services is a concept broadly applicable to describe environmental interrelations with human activities. It serves as a practical instrument for assessing the success of resource management in natural reserves, with the goals of maximising conservation effort and achieving sustainable use. The Gili Matra Marine Tourism Park (GMMTP) has been extensively researched as a marine protected area centred on anthropocentric activities of marine-based tourism. However, there still a lack of research to address the full scope of ecosystem services derived from the coral reef ecosystem. From an ecosystem services viewpoint, the study’s objectives were to define the services obtained from the GMMTP’s coral reef ecosystem, relevant stakeholders, and how their utilisation activities were posed as drivers of changes that reflect the flow of services and the possible implications of these. Marine tourism, capture fisheries, and land-based activities were identified as services impacting upon the regulating and supporting services, with the resultant compounding externalities potentially degrading the services’ utilisation value. Although there have been certain changes in community behaviour that may reduce the intensity of the impacts, the present prediction of service flow still confirms the previous statement. The results provided insight into current resources management implications on the state of ecosystem services. Overall, failing to recognise the causes that drives the interaction of these ecosystem services will increase the risk of incurring unexpected trade-offs, restricting the potential for resources’ synergies, and eventually causing drastic and irreversible changes in the provision of coral reef ecosystem services in the GMMTP.
AB - Ecosystem services is a concept broadly applicable to describe environmental interrelations with human activities. It serves as a practical instrument for assessing the success of resource management in natural reserves, with the goals of maximising conservation effort and achieving sustainable use. The Gili Matra Marine Tourism Park (GMMTP) has been extensively researched as a marine protected area centred on anthropocentric activities of marine-based tourism. However, there still a lack of research to address the full scope of ecosystem services derived from the coral reef ecosystem. From an ecosystem services viewpoint, the study’s objectives were to define the services obtained from the GMMTP’s coral reef ecosystem, relevant stakeholders, and how their utilisation activities were posed as drivers of changes that reflect the flow of services and the possible implications of these. Marine tourism, capture fisheries, and land-based activities were identified as services impacting upon the regulating and supporting services, with the resultant compounding externalities potentially degrading the services’ utilisation value. Although there have been certain changes in community behaviour that may reduce the intensity of the impacts, the present prediction of service flow still confirms the previous statement. The results provided insight into current resources management implications on the state of ecosystem services. Overall, failing to recognise the causes that drives the interaction of these ecosystem services will increase the risk of incurring unexpected trade-offs, restricting the potential for resources’ synergies, and eventually causing drastic and irreversible changes in the provision of coral reef ecosystem services in the GMMTP.
KW - coral reef
KW - ecosystem services
KW - Gili Matra
KW - MPA
KW - resources management
KW - social perception
KW - stakeholder
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85145973819&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/ijerph20010089
DO - 10.3390/ijerph20010089
M3 - Review Article
C2 - 36612411
AN - SCOPUS:85145973819
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 20
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 1
M1 - 89
ER -