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...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2004
The December 2003/January 2004 issue of MPA News offered two essays by scientists on marine reserve research. One questioned the rigor with which reserve research has been conducted, while the other explained difficulties involved in studying reserves, including...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2004
Australia to compensate fishers impacted by MPAs Under a new policy announced in January, the Australian Government will compensate fishermen and communities that suffer “significant and demonstrable negative impacts” from new or re-zoned MPAs in...
