South Asia : India
Year completed: 2012
Socio-economic monitoring for coastal managers of South Asia: field trials and baseline surveys in Gulf of Mannar Region, South Tamilandu, India
Objectives
To build capacity among stakeholders to conduct socioeconomic assessments using regionally agreed protocols; To conduct a socioeconomic base line assessments of the selected villages around the Gulf of Mannar; To assess the perceptions/awareness of the people on MPA’s relating to Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve (management and rules); To develop Management and development advice based on the assessments