Summary analysis of site support costs for Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) - Institute of Applied Sciences (USP) sites

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Full page photo 1 Summary analysis of site support costs for Fiji Locally Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) - Institute of Applied Sciences (USP) sites. Hugh Govan, Alifereti Tawake, Isoa Korovulavula, Seini Tawakelevu April 2009 hgovan@gmail.com, alifereti.tawake@jcu.edu.au, korovulavula@usp.ac.fj IAS Technical Report Background Goal Basic understanding of costs and inputs required to establish and run Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMAs) to form the basis for cost-effectiveness analysis and enable budgeting for support and up- scaling of such approaches. Objectives • Define standard types of cost that LMMAs can be expected to require including community in-kind contributions • Pilot the use of this format on small but representative number of Fiji LMMA network (FLMMA) sites • Analyze initial results and assess accuracy of costing • If data are available attempt basic cost effectiveness analysis Phases or stages When costing interventions it will be important to disti