by John Davis | Feb 15, 2003
Editor’s note: The following perspective piece, authored by David Stein, addresses a challenge often encountered by MPA managers: inexact or inconsistent boundary information. Stein, a geographer for the US-based Technology, Planning and Management Corporation...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2003
Dear MPA News: I refer to your item “Designation expected soon: Antarctica’s first wholly marine protected area” in the December 2002/January 2003 issue (MPA News 4:6). While it is true that the Terra Nova Bay (approximately 30 km2) proposal will be...
by John Davis | Feb 15, 2003
Correction: Due to an editorial error in last month’s issue (MPA News 4:6), the MPA Perspective essay by William Alevizon contained a temporarily faulty web link to a list of his cited literature. The link is now active at the URL provided with the article....
by John Davis | Dec 15, 2002
In the past year, milestones were reached in two high-profile processes to create representative systems of marine protected areas. In the Australian state of Victoria and in the Channel Islands of the US state of California, government officials approved plans for...
by John Davis | Dec 15, 2002
Editor’s note: William Alevizon, author of the following perspective piece, is a senior marine ecologist with the marine conservation program of the Wildlife Conservation Society, a US-based NGO. A specialist in population and community ecology of reef fishes,...