Experiences in zonation planning for management of marine protected area: the Indonesian case

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The expansions of coastal and small islands’ resources utilization and the increasing needs to meet international and national commitments to biodiversity conservation have led to an enhanced interest in zonation plan as a tool for integrated coastal management. The Berau Regency in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, with a local initiative and driven by National Law No. 27/2007 has taken global leadership in implementing of Berau Marine Protected Area (Berau MPA). This paper will discuss the Berau MPA experiences in zonation planning process. It will give a short historical overview based on legal developments and review the implementation process of a ‘Zonation Plan’ as a spatial management policy for the Berau MPA. In addition, this paper will review the research that has been carried out in the study area to apply a spatial and conservation planning approach to the coastal and small island environment. The zonation planning process in Berau shows that a spatial approach to coastal and small islands management is a possible entry point despite the lack of a legal zoning framework. However, it concludes that a legal basis for zonation plan in the future would provide a more strategic and integrated framework for ecosystem-approach for fisheries, coastal and small islands management.