by John Davis | Oct 22, 2014
With a stroke of his pen in September, US President Barack Obama expanded the size of the existing Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) to 1.269 million km2, creating the world’s largest MPA in which all commercial resource extraction is...
by John Davis | Oct 22, 2014
For nearly 30 years, dating back to its establishment under Australian law in 1975, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) has served as a leader for the global community of MPA planners and managers. With experience gained from managing one of the...
by John Davis | Oct 22, 2014
In the May-June 2014 issue of MPA News, we examined cases in which MPAs have worked to make their financing more sustainable (MPA News 15:5). The article focused in particular on the value of diversifying funding streams. By generating revenue from multiple sources...
by John Davis | Oct 22, 2014
Book: Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal Conservation: Prospects, Challenges, and Implications Edited by Essam Yassin Mohammed, 2014, Routledge, London. The book is available at amazon.com for US $37.57. Review by Tundi Agardy, MPA News contributing editor....
by John Davis | Oct 22, 2014
Barbuda designates five MPAs as part of new ocean plan In August the Barbuda Council – which governs half of the twin-island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda – instituted a sweeping set of regulations to transform its ocean management and...
