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President Obama expands Papahānaumokuākea, creating largest protected area in world

President Obama expands Papahānaumokuākea, creating largest protected area in world

by John Davis | Sep 1, 2016

On 26 August, US President Barack Obama expanded the boundaries of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands from its previous size of 362,000 km2 — already one of the largest MPAs in the world — to an enormous 1.5 million km2....
President Obama expands Papahānaumokuākea, creating largest protected area in world

Examining the small print of Aichi Target 11: Is it time for a conversation on what the words mean?

by John Davis | Sep 1, 2016

At the World Conservation Congress in coming days (1-5 September in Honolulu, Hawai‘i), there will be much talk about how the MPA community can best meet Aichi Target 11. That target, established under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), calls for at...
President Obama expands Papahānaumokuākea, creating largest protected area in world

How do you respond when a mysterious mortality event happens in your MPA?

by John Davis | Sep 1, 2016

In late July 2016 a group of recreational divers in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana in the US, noticed something weird. The water was green and hazy instead of the normal clear blue. Large and dense white mats...
President Obama expands Papahānaumokuākea, creating largest protected area in world

New MPA classification system proposed; sites get scores based on what uses they allow

by John Davis | Sep 1, 2016

A joint team of Portuguese and French researchers has proposed a new system for classifying MPAs based on what activities the sites allow and how those activities could impact biodiversity. The proposed system relies on scoring. An MPA that allows relatively impactful...
President Obama expands Papahānaumokuākea, creating largest protected area in world

Letter to the editor: To consider only one culture’s interaction and influence over a landscape is insufficient

by John Davis | Sep 1, 2016

Dear editor, The article “MPAs as ‘eco-cultural systems’: Indigenous people and the intersection of culture and conservation” in your June-July 2016 issue illuminates an important element of the heritage of these places. Too often the indigenous communities have had...
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