title: Conservation biology: beyond marine protected areas.
abstract: Socioeconomic and ecological analyses of eleven coral reef conservation efforts make clear that marine protected areas are not the answer, and that in fact support of local communities is far more important than some government mandated 'fishing closure'. Apparently there are marine 'paper parks' just as there are terrestrial 'paper parks'.
authors.affiliation: The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, Washington 98105, USA. pkareiva@tnc.org
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kareiva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa; D044822:Biodiversity; D018533:Biomass; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D005398:Fisheries / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans