| Summary | Collaborative partnership between local communities, the Raja Ampat Regency government and International NGOs (CI and TNC). |
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| Project | SESMAD |
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| Sector | Marine protected areas |
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| Interest Heterogeneity | Medium (2) |
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| Explanation | Some divergence of interests at the start due to nature of groups: communities (food security); NGOs (conservation/food security), local governement (economic revenue) - but these are now largely convened. |
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| Costs Of Exit | Not Applicable |
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| Proportionality (Of Costs And Benefits) | Not Applicable |
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| Actor Group Coordination | Formal |
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| Explanation | Formal. There is a head of the overall MPA network, and each local level MPA has its own head. |
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| Leadership | ["Formal leader"] |
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| Explanation | There is a head of the overall MPA network, and each local level MPA has its own head. |
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| Leadership Accountability | High (3) |
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| Explanation | Formally appointed. |
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| Leadership Authority | High (3) |
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| Actor Group Trust | High (3) |
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| Explanation | MPAs were set up as a collaboration from the outset so trust is very high (M.Erdmann pers comm) |
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| Past Collaboration | Medium (2) |
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| Explanation | High past collaboration for communities (long-term traditional management), but NGOs arrived in the area in 2001 and the Raja Ampat Regency was inaugurated in 2003 - so overall coded as medium |
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| Personal Communication | More than once a year (5) |
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| Remote Communication | More than once a year (5) |
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