by John Davis | Apr 15, 2006
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati (pronounced Kee-ree-bahss) has designated one of the world’s largest MPAs in a bid to guard against overfishing and climate change. The nearly uninhabited Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA), encompassing 184,700 km2 with...
by John Davis | Apr 15, 2006
Editor’s note: Kevin Stokes is chief scientist for the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council (SeaFIC). He also chairs the advisory board for Victoria University of Wellington’s Centre for Marine Environmental and Economic Research. Prior to his work in New...
by John Davis | Apr 15, 2006
Editor’s note: Bertrand Cazalet is a Ph.D. student in public law at the University of Perpignan, France. From 2002-2005, he assisted the European Commission-funded CONSDEV project, described in the following essay. By Bertrand Cazalet In 2002, the European...
by John Davis | Apr 15, 2006
Project underway to assess global development of MPA systems A worldwide project is underway to review advances in the development of MPA systems at different spatial scales (regional, national, and sub-national), with the ultimate goal of distilling lessons learned...
