| The influence of environmental change on marine resource use and the resilience of marine-dependent livelihoods; marine resource governance; integration of natural and social science approaches and perspectives to address issues relating to tropical marine management. |  |
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My current research project is focused on identifying links between governance structure and the implementation of coral reef management in the Caribbean. Using social science methods, the work aims to understand people’s perceptions of the marine environment, and the constraints to reef governance and management. In addition, the project will investigate the implications of environmental change for reef-dependent livelihoods, people’s ability to change their livelihoods and the formal and informal systems that can be established to support such change. Ultimately this project aims to develop an adaptive governance framework to help decision-makers both at government and stakeholder levels to respond to the changing world and participate actively in future reef management. This work is part of a wider project, Future of Reefs in a Changing Environment (FORCE), which integrates social and ecological information to determine effective management interventions for Caribbean coral reefs and the governance structures needed for their implementation in the face of environmental change. Principle Investigator Prof Selina Stead Funding EU FP7
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