Ocean literacy in managing marine protected areas: bridging natural and cultural heritage

IF 2.8 2区生物学 Q1 MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Frontiers in Marine Science Pub Date : 2025-04-15 DOI:10.3389/fmars.2025.1540163

Sílvia Gómez, Anna Garriga, Maria Teresa Bosch, Marta Bosch, Sebastian Villasante, Janire Salazar

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Abstract

This study explores the factors driving the integration of ocean literacy into the management of Marine Protected Areas, highlighting its role as a powerful tool to transform the human–ocean relationship to improve conservation efforts. A survey was completed by 197 visitors in Cap de Creus (Northeastern Catalonia, Spain). The findings show that visitors who were more willing to pay for conservation valued cultural and natural heritage more highly, and held more positive opinions about protection, regardless of their knowledge and despite their lower income and educational level. These results show us that knowledge does not necessarily indicate greater environmental awareness. The need to consider the marine environment as a cultural-natural embedded heritage is highlighted to foster a cultural connection, inspire commitment to its protection and promote conservation that ensures human well-being and health. Finally, some recommendations are offered to improve the integration of OL in MPA policies.

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海洋保护区管理中的海洋知识：连接自然与文化遗产

本研究探讨了推动将海洋素养纳入海洋保护区管理的因素，强调了其作为改变人类与海洋关系以改善保护工作的有力工具的作用。一项由197名游客在Creus角（西班牙加泰罗尼亚东北部）完成的调查。研究结果显示，无论游客的知识水平、收入和教育水平如何，愿意为保护付费的游客对文化和自然遗产的重视程度更高，对保护持更积极的看法。这些结果告诉我们，知识并不一定意味着更强的环保意识。强调有必要将海洋环境视为一种嵌入文化-自然的遗产，以促进文化联系，激发对保护海洋环境的承诺，并促进保护，确保人类福祉和健康。最后，提出了一些建议，以改善海洋保护区政策中OL的整合。

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来源期刊

Frontiers in Marine Science Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Aquatic Science

CiteScore

5.10

自引率

16.20%

发文量

2443

审稿时长

14 weeks

期刊介绍： Frontiers in Marine Science publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research that advances our understanding of all aspects of the environment, biology, ecosystem functioning and human interactions with the oceans. Field Chief Editor Carlos M. Duarte at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal is supported by an outstanding Editorial Board of international researchers. This multidisciplinary open-access journal is at the forefront of disseminating and communicating scientific knowledge and impactful discoveries to researchers, academics, policy makers and the public worldwide. With the human population predicted to reach 9 billion people by 2050, it is clear that traditional land resources will not suffice to meet the demand for food or energy, required to support high-quality livelihoods. As a result, the oceans are emerging as a source of untapped assets, with new innovative industries, such as aquaculture, marine biotechnology, marine energy and deep-sea mining growing rapidly under a new era characterized by rapid growth of a blue, ocean-based economy. The sustainability of the blue economy is closely dependent on our knowledge about how to mitigate the impacts of the multiple pressures on the ocean ecosystem associated with the increased scale and diversification of industry operations in the ocean and global human pressures on the environment. Therefore, Frontiers in Marine Science particularly welcomes the communication of research outcomes addressing ocean-based solutions for the emerging challenges, including improved forecasting and observational capacities, understanding biodiversity and ecosystem problems, locally and globally, effective management strategies to maintain ocean health, and an improved capacity to sustainably derive resources from the oceans.