Perspectives of youths on cultural ecosystem services provided by Tun Mustapha Park, Malaysia through a participatory approach

Successful buy-in and support for management of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) should acknowledge the existing cultural ecosystem services and their connections to the well-being of local communities to gain positive perceptions. It is necessary to engage local stakeholders, especially among the youth...

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Published in:Environmental education research 2023, Vol.29 (1), p.63-80
Main Authors: Mohd Noor, Mohd Iqbal, N. Alagappar, Ponmalar, Then, Amy Yee-Hui, Justine, Eva Vivian, Lim, Voon-Ching, Goh, Hong Ching
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classification
Conservation (Environment)
cultural ecosystem service
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Employment
Environment
Environmental degradation
Environmental Education
Foreign Countries
Governance
Local communities
Marine Biology
Marine ecosystems
Marine Education
Marine environment
Marine Protected Areas
Parks
participatory approach
Participatory Research
Photography
photovoice
Protected areas
Qualitative research
Secondary School Students
Stakeholders
Student Attitudes
Well Being
Workshops
Youth
youths
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Summary:Successful buy-in and support for management of Marine Protected Areas (MPA) should acknowledge the existing cultural ecosystem services and their connections to the well-being of local communities to gain positive perceptions. It is necessary to engage local stakeholders, especially among the youths, to explore governance complexities of MPAs and how to better understand cultural ecosystem services. Thus, this qualitative study investigated the perceptions of youths on cultural ecosystem services using a visual method, namely photovoice, as part of the participatory research in a newly established MPA of Tun Mustapha Park, Sabah. Three themes were identified in the process, namely social, economic, and environment. The engagement demonstrated the value of using the participatory approach, which yielded important insights of youths as a part of the community, which included the need for additional livelihood means post-establishment of MPA and issues of degradation of the marine environment. This paper contributed to the MPA governance literature specifically on the empirical youth perception which has been underrepresented as well as the employment of visual participatory methods to encourage better expression among the youths towards their living environment.
ISSN:1350-4622
1469-5871
DOI:10.1080/13504622.2022.2075831