WHAT QUALITIES MAKE A GOOD MPA MANAGER?
The job of the MPA manager is a challenging one. Despite shortages of funds and personnel in many cases, the manager is expected to administer a site effectively, including managing resource threats and juggling stakeholder interests. To do the job well requires people with special skills, backgrounds, or personalities. For insights on finding such people, MPA News consulted a range of practitioners and other experts in the MPA field. Each was asked a single question: What quality or qualities make a good MPA manager? Below are their answers, in their words: __ Nirmal Jivan Shah Chief executive, Nature Seychelles [NGO], Seychelles. Shah was the first director of the Conservation and National Parks Service of the Seychelles. The qualities of a good MPA manager are having the foresight of a prophet, the patience of a saint, and the understanding of a psychiatrist. __ Sue Wells Private consultant, UK. Wells is former coordinator of the Marine and Coastal Programme of the IUCN Eastern Afri
