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Showing 1 to 20 of 79 for “"Marine protected areas"”.
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Multiple perspectives for envisioning marine protected areas
… science-based approaches to the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs). MPAs are one potentially effective conservation tool, but are being established very slowly. My research shows that community involvement in placing MPAs can help meet many ecological goals, although biophysical data …
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Marine protected areas in the management of artisanal fisheries
… of effort by fishers in waters adjoining a marine protected area, and their impacts on the reserve’s ability to reduce the impacts of overfishing. The artisanal fisheries operating near Blue Bay Marine Park, Mauritius, provided case-study data for analysis. Two forms of spatial connectivity …
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'UK Marine Protected Areas: Powerful legal protection or paper parks?’
… addresses the question of whether or not UK marine protected areas (MPA) are designated and managed in accordance with the obligations accepted under international and domestic law. Since first mooted in the 1960’s, MPAs have become the most popular tool for the conservation of marine …
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Marine Protected areas of the mediterranean region: Management and challenges
… Diversity adopted a Programme of Work on Protected Areas. The overall target of this programme was to establish and maintain by 2010, for terrestrial areas and by 2012 for marine protected areas, a comprehensive, effectively managed and ecologically representative system of protected areas …
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Coastal Resource Use, Management, and Marine Protected Areas in the Philippines
… Luzon, Mindoro Occidental, and Mindoro Oriental, marine conservation perceptions and behaviors were evaluated. Coastal resource users were found to perceive resource problems such as a decline in fish and feel that management and conservation are the responsibility of the government. Barangays …
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The Potential for Marine Protected Areas in the San Francisco Bay
… decades, very little has been done establishing marine protected areas in the San Francisco Bay. In 2009, with the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA), California adopted a regional network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to effectively protect its coastal waters. All designated regions of the …
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The global network of marine protected areas: developing baselines and identifying priorities
Recently adopted global marine protection targets aim to protect 10-30% of marine habitats within the next 3 to 5 years. However, these targets were adopted without prior assessment of their attainability. Moreover, our ability to monitor progress towards such targets has been constrained by a lack …
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Governance of High Sea Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas from a Maltese Perspective
The conservation of marine resources is gaining importance as more research is carried out leading to an increase in public awareness through campaigns and news. One conservation tool that is attracting more attention is commonly referred to as marine protected area (MPA). This tool has been used …
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Waves of Change? Politics of Knowledge and Participation in Marine Protected Areas
<p>Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an increasingly prevalent and popular conservation tool, yet there is still much debate over whether they should emphasize the role of expert knowledge or local participation. This debate occurs among an international network of scientists and conservation …
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The role of marine protected areas in enhancing biodiversity and ocean sustainability.
Human activities are greatly affecting the marine environment, reducing biodiversity and diminishing the fauna and flora at an unsustainable rate. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a tool to help reduce the effects of these harmful impacts. Several aspects of an MPA affect its success in achieving …
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Marine Protected Areas and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are specifically designated zones of restricted human activity, based on ecological, biological, or socioeconomic factors. Since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in December 1982, states and international organisations have …
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Evaluating the Conservation and Ecological Roles of Large Marine Protected Areas for Threatened Sharks
… with respect to spatial protection. Many of the marine protected areas in the ocean were created specifically with the goal of conserving shark species, despite equivocal evidence for their efficacy, particularly for broad ranging species. Here, I test a set of questions about the role of large …
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Blue economy investments and injustices around marine protected areas: the case of Mtwara coast, Tanzania
… Blue Economy investments and injustices around marine protected areas. It examines whether fishing communities are gaining or losing from investments in the marine park areas; and unpacks the dilemmas that authorities face when they promote investments while protecting communities’ livelihoods …
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Blue economy investments and injustices around marine protected areas: The case of Mtwara Coast, Tanzania
… Blue Economy investments and injustices around marine protected areas. It examines whether fishing communities are gaining or losing from investments in the marine park areas; and unpacks the dilemmas that authorities face when they promote investments while protecting communities’ livelihoods …
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Understanding Community Support Towards Three Marine Protected Areas in the Visayas Region of the Philippines
… This study considers the case of community based Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Philippines where, despite their proliferation many are failing to achieve their objectives. The lack of acceptance and support from the adjacent community is thought to lead to these “failures” of MPAs. Very …
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Surface circulation in the KwaZulu-Natal Bight and its impact on the connectivity of marine protected areas
… that assist with recruitment and retention of marine organisms in this region. This study aims to gain a deeper understanding of the surface circulation within the KwaZulu-Natal Bight and its impact on the connectivity between several surrounding Marine Protected Areas. These include …
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A Stakeholder Analysis of the Creation of High Seas Marine Protected Areas within the Antarctic Treaty System
… among actors involved in creating a marine protected area (MPA) in the Southern Ocean. It relies on the Australian Centre of Excellence on Risk Analysis (ACERA) method of critical stakeholder analysis, a concise, step-by-step model to identify stakeholders, assess their perceptions …
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Advances in modelling the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to enhance conservation management of mobile fish stocks.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been proposed as beneficial for conservation of fish species and as fisheries management tools. However, there is lack of consensus about the benefit of MPAs for mobile species, which are under-represented in the literature. Empirical data in this field are …
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The Role of Social, Economic, and Political Factors in the Design and Establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas
… contributed to significant declines in global marine biodiversity. This global environmental crisis has inspired international environmental regimes, such as the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), to manage human activity and ensure the long-term …
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Comparisons of Fish Species Inside and Outside of Marine Protected Areas off the South Central Coast of California
… OF FISH SPECIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS OFF THE SOUTH CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA</p> <p>David E. Rasmussen</p> <p>From 2004-2008 and 2008-2009 Cal Poly University researchers conducted two separate tag and recapture studies of nearshore fish populations along …
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