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Semporna Islands Darwin Project Capacity building to enhance Marine Protected Area effectiveness Tun Sakaran Marine Park Visitor and Willingness-to-Pay Survey Elizabeth Wood and Jamie Valiant Ng 2011 Contact information Dr Elizabeth Wood: Marine Conservation Society; Semporna Islands Darwin Project Manager. ewood@f2s.com; elizabeth.wood@mcsuk.org Jamie Valiant Ng: SIDP/Sabah Parks: Community Outreach Public Awareness Officer. jmieval@hotmail.com Helen Brunt: SIDP Sabah Coordinator: helen@sempornaislandsproject.com Sabah Parks, PO Box 163, 91307 Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia PO Box 10626 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah www.sabahparks.org.my sabahparks@gmail.com Marine Conservation Society, Unit 3 Wolf Business Park, Alton Road,†¦show more content†¦Respondents were invited to comment on any subject they felt was important regarding their visit to the Tun Sakaran Marine Park. The issues raised were lack of facilities, rubbish on the islands and in the sea (mentioned by 30 respondents) and fish bombing and damaged reefs. Positive comments were made about the beautiful islands, natural environment and marine life. Regarding entry to the Park, the fee which the majority (i.e. more than 50%) of Malaysians were willing-to-pay was just under RM10, while for other nationalities it was about RM16. Regarding entry + diving in the Park, the fee which the majority (i.e. more than 50%) of respondents was willing-to-pay was just over RM20, regardless of nationality. It is recommended that a single fee is introduce d that covers all activities in TSMP. This would follow the system that has been running successfully for many years in Australia for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and at Bunaken National Park in Indonesia and a number of other MPAs. The recommended daily rate (environmental management charge) for all activities based on this WTP survey and the MPAs mentioned above is RM20 for non-Malaysians and RM10 for Malaysians. The recommended annual rate (environmental management charge) for all activities is RM60 for non-Malaysians and RM30 for Malaysians. o o o o o o o o o o 3 TSMP Visitor andShow MoreRelatedEssay On No Child Left Behind1055 Words   |  5 PagesInternational Com., 2007, April). As so is the drop-out rate of that of two largest minority groups, Hispanic and African-American students when compared to those of Caucasian descent (Magnus ,2007, December). According to Texas Schools Microdata Panel (TSMP) in an attempt to determine what factors contributed to the higher minority dropout rates, they showed that poverty is a key contributor. Because of lack of English proficiency, it is most probable for the link to the higher Hispanic dropout probabilityRead MoreThe Uses Of A Sensor1462 Words   |  6 Pagesrequest and based on the request it allocated the network resources required to the node. In mesh topology two or more transmission paths can be allotted to sensor nodes to improve the overall reliability of network. Time synchronized mesh protocol (TSMP) can be used to support and maintain self-organized network for around hundred nodes [4]. In previous years the sensor network used inter address scheme to manage the network nodes. The address length was kept short to implement low power nodes. But