Management strategies
An examination of management of environmental change impacting marine environments (coral reefs), needs to discuss the influence of people’s worldviews on any programs or initiatives put in place.
Worldviews
Environmental worldviews are the viewpoints that people hold about how the world works and where people fit into the world. The worldview that someone holds will form the assumptions and values that guide an individual’s actions towards the environment.
Worldviews
Environmental worldviews are the viewpoints that people hold about how the world works and where people fit into the world. The worldview that someone holds will form the assumptions and values that guide an individual’s actions towards the environment.
Egocentric: where people see themselves and their needs as the most important factor to consider.
Anthropocentric: acknowledges that humans have a variety of needs and wants that often must be placed above the desire to protect environments.
Stewardship: recognises that although humans need to make use of environments for survival and development, they have a responsibility
Biocentric: recognises the significant role that the Earth and its environments play in sustaining life, including human life. It strives to minimise the impact of human activities on environments and species.
Ecocentric: a worldview that places the preservation of environments above all other needs and wants.
Implications – competing demands for and uses of coral reefs result in varied and sometimes opposing management of the marine environment (coral reefs).
Anthropocentric: acknowledges that humans have a variety of needs and wants that often must be placed above the desire to protect environments.
Stewardship: recognises that although humans need to make use of environments for survival and development, they have a responsibility
Biocentric: recognises the significant role that the Earth and its environments play in sustaining life, including human life. It strives to minimise the impact of human activities on environments and species.
Ecocentric: a worldview that places the preservation of environments above all other needs and wants.
Implications – competing demands for and uses of coral reefs result in varied and sometimes opposing management of the marine environment (coral reefs).
- International agreements and government cooperation
- Government Policy
- Legislation
- World Heritage Sites/ Marine Parks
- Zoning
- Periodic closure
- Equipment restraints
- Artificial lagoons
- Reef restoration
- Species protection
- Ecotourism
- Yield Constraints
- Education
- Research
- Species monitoring
- Traditional use of low intensity fishing techniques
- Taboos
- Reef and lagoon tenure
