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Lesson Learned

Marine Protected Areas: The beneficiaries of the Project’s three pilot marine protected areas responded quickly and positively to these interventions.

Marine Protected Areas: The beneficiaries of the Project’s three pilot marine protected areas responded quickly and positively to these interventions. There was general recognition among small-scale fishers that the stocks are not as abundant as they were “when they started fishing with their grandfathers” and that this state of affairs requires attention. The fishers understand that their livelihoods are at stake if the stocks are not allowed to re-generate. This component appears to be a powerful nexus between long-term economic growth and natural resource conservation.