by John Davis | Sep 28, 2013
The new Coalition Government of Australia, elected by national vote on 7 September, has announced its intent to review the boundaries and regulations of most of the nation’s representative system of MPAs – namely the 33 sites that were designated in 2012...
by John Davis | Sep 28, 2013
In a move aimed to help secure other nations’ approval of a large new MPA in Antarctica’s Ross Sea, New Zealand and the US have scaled back the size of their proposed protected area – from 2.28 million km2 to 1.34 million km2, a reduction of 41%. The...
by John Davis | Sep 28, 2013
Dear MPA News: I’m writing with regard to your article on the Great Barrier Reef, which is under threat of being added to the List of World Heritage in Danger due to plans for significant new port development in the region (“World Heritage Committee...
by John Davis | Sep 28, 2013
The Third International Marine Protected Areas Congress, or IMPAC3, will be held this 21-27 October in Marseille and Corsica, France. As the largest MPA-focused meeting in the world, IMPAC3 will feature more than 700 accepted abstracts (http://impac3.org). It will...
by John Davis | Sep 28, 2013
By Chris Cvitanovic [Editor’s note: Chris Cvitanovic is a marine and social scientist for the Climate Adaptation Flagship of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.] Like a lot of people reading this, the sea has always been a big part of my life....
