by John Davis | Nov 15, 2006
Editor’s note: Jeffrey Leis is principal research scientist for ichthyology at the Australian Museum. Our March 2003 edition (MPA News 4:9) featured his remarks on larval dispersal and marine reserves, accompanied by an extended online interview. By Jeffrey M....
by John Davis | Nov 15, 2006
New publications on coral bleaching and management There are two new publications available on managing coral reefs in an era of climate change. A Reef Manager’s Guide to Coral Bleaching – co-produced by the (US) National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
by John Davis | Oct 15, 2006
In the marine realm, the rising popularity in recent years of the concept of ecosystem-based management – or, alternatively, ecosystem approaches to management – has been swift, with management organizations at multiple levels endorsing it worldwide. The...
by John Davis | Oct 15, 2006
Shankar Aswani has spent more than a dozen years researching marine ecosystems and coastal communities in the Solomon Islands in the southwestern Pacific. An anthropologist at the University of California at Santa Barbara (US), Aswani is now leading a project to...
by John Davis | Oct 15, 2006
Handbook available on creating MPA boundaries A new handbook provides best practices for the establishment of MPA boundaries. Offering guidance for conceptualizing and writing boundary descriptions, the 66-page Marine Managed Areas: Best Practices for Boundary Making...
