Managing marine protected areas : a toolkit for the Western Indian Ocean
With more than 70 individual sites, nationally and internationally designated, in the Western Indian Ocean, there is a growing need to ensure and improve the management effectiveness of the marine protected areas. This toolkit aims to act as a first point of call in the search for information on issues that MPA managers and practitioners face in day-to-day operations. Designed as a hands-on guide, the toolkit consists of a ring-binder of 78 theme sheets, each of which addresses a key issue, problem or situation faced by an MPA manager. Divided into two section the management process and conservation and sustainable use it is applicable to many areas outside of Eastern Africa as well as the 10 states of the Western Indian Ocean and seabord of Eastern Africa.