by John Davis | Dec 15, 2003
Re-zoning plan for Great Barrier Reef delivered to Australian Parliament The enormous effort to re-zone the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (MPA News 4:11 and 5:1) is now one step closer to completion. On December 3, Australian Environment Minister David Kemp delivered...
by John Davis | Nov 15, 2003
Editor’s note: The following article is based on a workshop held in September 2003 at the World Parks Congress in Durban, South Africa. Entitled “Building a Complex Portfolio to Sustainably Finance Marine Protected Area Networks”, the workshop was...
by John Davis | Nov 15, 2003
The shortage of funding for protected areas often spurs conservation planners to search for new revenue sources outside the conventional support realm of governments, donors, and multilateral agencies. But a strategy focused solely on new revenue generation is likely...
by John Davis | Nov 15, 2003
New guidebook: Planning alternative livelihoods in context of biodiversity conservation By adopting a focused strategy for small business development, conservation planners can help local communities participate actively in sustainable management of nearby ecosystems...
by John Davis | Oct 15, 2003
At least five ecologically significant MPAs should be designated on the high seas by 2008, according to delegates to the World Parks Congress, a once-a-decade meeting of government officials, scientists, and conservationists held last month in Durban, South Africa....
