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Data

Data Needs

Almost all the managed MPAs in Belize have been

evaluated at least once. Several MPAs have been

A more refined area indicator would consider the

evaluated more than once, but none has been

percentage of each habitat type within the MPA

evaluated more than once by the same method. The

network. Regional data for such an indicator, however,

following table summarizes the contextual data for

are not yet readily available.

MPAs in Belize in 2000 and 2006. The most recently

created MPAs (spawning aggregation sites) are still

A paramount need is the adoption of a regionally

lacking active management. While the percent of

consistent and robust measure of MPA effectiveness

MPAs undergoing management evaluations and the

among all MPAs in the region. The MBRS project has

average score for governance have remained the

recently coordinated the adoption of an accepted

same, the robustness (in terms of covering all three

protocol43 among many of the region's MPAs which

major fields and in terms of using more quantitative

should be more widely applied among all MPAs in the

indicators) has increased.

region. Finally, these data should be consolidated into

a central regional database, facilitating a more robust

quantitative analysis on the network scale.

Belize

MPA CONTEXTUAL DATA

Belize 2000

2006

% Sea in MPA

12.9%

13.5%

Number of MPAs

12

18

% MPAs with active management

50%

33%

% MPA performing ME evaluations

33%

33%

% MPAs evaluations covering 3 fields

0

86%

MPA AVERAGE EFFECTIVENESS RATING

not

Biophysical

71

included

not

Socioeconomic

74

included

Governance

71

72

Data Source

36,40,42

Toni Parras

Ken Marks

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