International MPA Plans Are Emerging Slowly, Amid Obstacles

International MPA Plans Are Emerging Slowly, Amid Obstacles

Despite the international distribution of many marine ecosystems, efforts to provide international management plans for them have been slow in coming. Transboundary ecosystems have generally received piecemeal protection at most, with only rare efforts by planners to...
International MPA Plans Are Emerging Slowly, Amid Obstacles

Letter from the Editor

Dear Reader, This issue marks the first anniversary of MPA News. Launched last July at the Coastal Zone ’99 conference in San Diego, California, USA, the newsletter now has subscribers on six continents, in 54 countries. Your fellow readers include the leaders...