by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Oct 19, 2012
Dozens of innovative tools have been created to help integrate scientific research and societal values into management in exciting ways, but many of these tools fail. One reason is that tool developers are unable to find consistent, long-term funding for their work. A...
by Sarah Carr, Ph.D. | Oct 19, 2012
Recognize the connections within ecosystems. Balance the needs of those ecosystems with the needs of humans. Manage in an adaptive way. Collaborate. These and other principles of ecosystem-based management have been laid out in numerous publications. But what do these...
by John Davis | Sep 21, 2012
MPA News and its sister newsletter Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) have partnered to build a new website to help you and your peers around the world share knowledge more easily. OpenChannels (openchannels.org ) is designed to become your comprehensive source...
by John Davis | Sep 21, 2012
The 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress, held 6-15 September in Jeju, Korea, was the launch site for several new reports and initiatives related to marine protected areas. Among the highlights: New guidelines on applying protected area management categories to MPAs...
by John Davis | Sep 21, 2012
Dear MPA News: I read with interest your most recent edition (MPA News 14:1). What was particularly interesting to me was the juxtaposition of two of the articles. The first was the report of the work of the Marine Reserves Coalition on the new calculations of the...
