by John Davis | Mar 15, 2004
MPA practitioners can benefit in learning from the experience of their peers, particularly when addressing similar challenges. But with MPAs spread out across the world, the transfer of knowledge among practitioners can be a challenge in itself. Without ways of...
by John Davis | Mar 15, 2004
Assisting with overseeing the design and implementation of the LMMA Network (described in the previous article) is a US-based not-for-profit organization, Foundations for Success (FOS). Established in 2000, FOS aims to improve the practice of nature conservation by...
by John Davis | Mar 15, 2004
Editor’s note: The social and political unrest facing the Galapagos Marine Reserve, described in the article below, holds serious potential consequences for one of the world’s best-known MPAs. It also reflects challenges this MPA shares with other sites...
by John Davis | Mar 15, 2004
Dear MPA News: In supporting what Adrian Phillips said in the February MPA News (MPA News 5:7) about failures in local management, I’d like to quote from my paper in the proceedings of the 2000 International Coral Reef Symposium in Bali entitled “The...
by John Davis | Mar 15, 2004
Report: Most coral reefs may disappear by 2050 due to climate change By 2050, coral cover will decrease to less than 5% on most existing, shallow-water coral reefs if global carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced and sea surface temperatures continue to rise as a...
