Incentivizing biodiversity conservation in artisanal fishing communities through territorial user rights and business model innovation

Stefan Gelcich, C. Josh Donlan · 2015 · Conservation Biology

Summary. The authors designed a market-based program in Chile that gives artisanal fishers territorial user rights and financial incentives to establish no-take marine areas. The program commodifies biodiversity benefits created by fishers' conservation actions, using simple transactional infrastructure that can scale while remaining attractive to investors. Success requires matching supply, infrastructure, and demand components to local social-ecological conditions, potentially generating significant marine conservation gains.

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@article{gelcich-2015-incentivizing-biodiversity-conservation-artisanal-fishing,
  title   = {Incentivizing biodiversity conservation in artisanal fishing communities through territorial user rights and business model innovation},
  author  = {Stefan Gelcich and C. Josh Donlan},
  journal = {Conservation Biology},
  year    = {2015},
  doi     = {10.1111/cobi.12477},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12477}
}

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DOI

10.1111/cobi.12477

Countries

Chile

Regions

South America

Categories

food-systems, climate-and-environment, entrepreneurship, general-innovation

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2026-04-28