…the “outstanding universal value” of the site among other qualifications. A multinational committee compares the nominee to sites of similar…
MPA Perspective: With Three Federal Authorities Protecting Marine Areas, Canada Takes an Integrated Approach to MPA Establishment
…sites based on the sites’ biological and ecological importance and feasibility considerations: Are the characteristics of that key site particularly…
Notes & news: IMPAC4 website – France – Great Barrier Reef – MPAs and livelihoods – Preventing paper parks – Rating MPAs – Conservation boot camp – MPA News vault
Are you looking for the IMPAC4 website? The Fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4) will be held 4-8 September…
Sacred MPAs: Where Protected Areas Hold Spiritual Value for Stakeholders, and How This Affects Management
…was often tied to a belief system. Today, countless MPAs worldwide hold spiritual value for stakeholders. Whether a site plays…
Assessing the Carrying Capacity of MPAs: How Many Visitors Can Your MPA Hold?
…“limits of acceptable change” for protected sites instead. This month, MPA News examines both methods, and how managers are incorporating…
Creating MPA Inventories: How Canada and the US Are Meeting the Challenge
…government. Some site managers are not bilingual, requiring the translation of their site information. Hale said it has also been…
World Conservation Congress Brings Many Developments for MPA Practitioners: New Tools, Publications, Principles
…purchases from the website’s online gift shop. MPA Layer in Google Earth Incorporated in the Protect Planet Ocean website is…
Bahamas to Create No-Take Reserve Network to Protect Fisheries, Fishermen
…Bahamas’ marine environment helped the Bahamian government select the five sites, using a scoring system that ranked all candidate sites…
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…
New Book, Website Provide MPA Inventory for British Columbia
…website (http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/oceans/closure/default.htm) allows visitors to search more detailed maps of each MPA and closure than the book offers. In addition,…