A local fisheries management model employing short-term fisheries closures for rapidly growing species is proliferating across coastal east Africa and Indian Ocean islands. Aiming to improve management and boost incomes, NGOs, international finance institutions, and government agencies are promoting the technique in artisanal fishing communities. In southwest Madagascar alone, over...
Understanding how people value ecosystem goods and services can provide important information to managers and planners. Marine protected area valuations often focus on marketed goods and services. For many traditional fisherfolk, however, non-marketed ecosystem services are critically important inputs to their wellbeing. Using discrete choice experiments (DCEs), we quantify the...
The aquaculture of Holothuria scabra is under development in the southwest of Madagascar. In order to enable local communities to benefit from this new opportunity, Blue Ventures is implementing a village-based aquaculture programme, based on a public-private partnership with an international donor and a local private company. If the theoretical...