…Bahamas’ marine environment helped the Bahamian government select the five sites, using a scoring system that ranked all candidate sites…
Urban MPAs: Protecting Marine Habitats in the Midst of Human Populations
…serving as recreational sites, for example, or as protective zones for remaining patches of undisturbed habitat, among other purposes. Such…
What Counts as a Marine Protected Area?
…own selections, but site-by-site alterations should come with a caution,” says Spalding. “In past studies we’ve added sites, but only…
Managers of Cultural MPAs Face Unique Challenges
…MPAs like the Monitor site. “A lot of the information you get from a shipwreck site is available only through…
Notes & News
…sites to attract greater financial resources and other support (political and managerial) necessary for adequate conservation. Listed sites become subject…
Paper Parks Re-Examined: Building a Future for “MPAs-in-Waiting”
…Sacramento Bee, the opinion piece is no longer available on the newspaper’s website.) At least those California sites are inshore,…
Do We Really Need 50 Ways to Say “Marine Protected Area”?: Views on MPA Terminology, and Efforts to Categorize MPAs
…bringing each site under the umbrella term of marine protected area. While the sites retained their original names, the classification…
The coming age of MPA certification? Two programs — Green List and GLORES — take shape at IMPAC3
…2000 sites to World Heritage sites and more. Many of these have their own unique effectiveness evaluation scheme, including criteria,…
Regional recognition system for well-managed MPAs is already underway in Coral Triangle region
…worldwide, site-by-site – the IUCN Green List of Well-Managed Protected Areas, and the Global Ocean Refuge System developed by the…
Protecting the Spawning and Nursery Habitats of Fish: The Use of MPAs to Safeguard Critical Life-History Stages for Marine Life
Marine protected areas are often designated to protect sites of high biodiversity or scenic character, like coral reefs. But many…