Designation processes for marine protected areas in the coastal wetlands of South Korea
- Authors
- Nam, Jungho; Ryu, Jongseong; Fluharty, David; Koh, Chul-hwan; Dyson, Karen; Chang, Won Keun; Choi, Hee-Jung; Kang, Daeseok; Khim, Jong Seong; Lee, Chang-Hee
- Issue Date
- Nov-2010
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCI LTD
- Citation
- OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT, v.53, no.11, pp.703 - 710
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
- Volume
- 53
- Number
- 11
- Start Page
- 703
- End Page
- 710
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/115394
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2010.10.002
- ISSN
- 0964-5691
- Abstract
- The history of Korean tidal flat management and the process for designating Coastal Wetland Protected Areas (CWPAs) are described. Korean coastal wetlands have a long history of intensive use through reclamation for agricultural and industrial uses in the 20th century. Recently, the management policy is shifting away from intensive use towards the conservation of wetlands. This shift is caused by increasing public awareness of the value of wetlands and strong institutional support from the government. Since the Wetlands Conservation Act was passed in 1999, a total of twelve CWPAs have been designated through both top-down and bottom-up processes. Three designation paths are classified based on the relevant drivers, namely government-driven designations (seven CWPAs), local community driven designations (three CWPAs), and conflict resolution (trade-offs) driven designation (two CWPAs). The lessons learned from the designation of Korean CWPAs is that diversification of designation process could facilitate voluntary participation of local stakeholders and thereby enhance the chance of successful implementation of wise use strategy of tidal flats. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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