%0 Journal Article %T Marine protected area governance: Prospects for co-management in the European Mediterranean | Advances in Oceanography and Limnology %A Katie Hogg %A Mar¨ªa Gim¨¦nez-Casalduero %A Mar¨ªa Semitiel-Garc¨ªa %A Pedro Noguera-M¨¦ndez %J Advances in Oceanography and Limnology %D 2013 %R https://doi.org/10.4081/aiol.2013.5346 %X Marine protected areas (MPAs) raise serious challenges in terms of their governance. By applying a participatory approach co-management can help in overcoming many of the deficiencies of top-down management processes. Yet, despite benefits of co-management, it is still found to be the exception in the Mediterranean. This paper provides a review of co-management and the prospects for decentralisation in the European Mediterranean. The role of social capital (SC) in co-management is discussed and a framework for SC and participation to attain effective co-management is proposed %K marine protected areas %K co-management %K participation %K social capital %K governance %U https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiol/article/view/5346