…the sites allow and how those activities could impact biodiversity. The proposed system relies on scoring. An MPA that allows…
MPA Perspective: Indo-Pacific Should Protect More Reef Fish Spawning Aggregation Sites
…our website, at http://www.mpanews.org/.] Many different species of coral reef food fish aggregate at the same locations each year in…
Notes & News: ‘Most Beautiful Office’ contest – Trivia winners – Ocean plastics – World Heritage sites – Coral mortality – Bleaching-resistant corals – Seafloor visualization tool – EU overseas MPAs – MPA News vault
…and what can be done about it. Number of natural World Heritage sites affected by climate change nearly doubles in…
Notes & news: IMCC4 live-blog – Cambodia – SIDS – World Heritage sites – Arctic MPAs – High seas treaty – Big versus small MPAs – Healthier coral reefs – MPA News vault – MPA Science Corner
…World Heritage Committee inscribes two marine sites In July 2016, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee inscribed two more marine sites…
What Scientists Want in an MPA Study Site: Interview with Callum Roberts
For a scientist’s view on what researchers look for when considering MPA study sites, MPA News interviewed Callum Roberts of…
MPA Perspective: Deep-Sea Vents Should Be World Heritage Sites
…in unregulated scientific activity at some of the best-known vent sites. Ironically, the Worldwide Fund for Nature has highlighted scientists…
Challenges, successes, and lessons from building effective MPA manager networks: Part II – The regional networks
…workshops for peer-to-peer sharing, follow-up site-specific support, and regional and international networking opportunities. MPAConnect comprises 31 MPA sites in 10…
“As an MPA manager, it’s nice to know I’m not alone out there”: Challenges, successes, and lessons from building effective MPA management networks (Part I – The global networks)
…Marine sites. It stood to reason that at least some sites had developed solutions to those challenges, and that those…
MPAs and marine litter: Snapshots of how sites are addressing the problem worldwide
…include highly isolated sites like Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument and Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve. Other MPAs have relatively little marine…
Race against time?: Before the seabed mining rush, scientists try to determine which sites need protection
…study the sites. Believed to contain higher-than-average benthic biodiversity (based on preliminary models), these provisional sites cover 1.44 million km2…