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MPA NEWS, Vol. 13, No. 2 (September-October 2011)
TABLE OF CONTENTS The Surge in Very Large MPAs: What Is Driving It and What Does the Future Hold? Letter to the Editor: Additional Comment on Australia’s Proposed South-west MPAs Is Mexico’s Cabo Pulmo National Park the Most Successful No-Take Marine Reserve in the World? Notes & News: MPA enforcement - UK MPAs - Pacific shark sanctuary – 15 MPAs in one town - Brazil protest - New Zealand reserves - Deep ocean MPAs - Mediterranean - Marine mammals - US MPA Bookshelf: New Publications
MPA NEWS, Vol. 12, No. 4 (January-February 2011)
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Comparing Two Methods of Building MPA Networks: One Site at a Time vs. All at Once Network Launched for Managers of Very Large MPAs MPA Perspective: Autonomous Vessels Offer New Tool for MPA Research and Enforcement Letters to the Editor Science Spotlight: Studies on Larval Export, MPA Impacts on Communities Notes & News: MPA web domains for sale - Purse seine closures - California - Raja Ampat - US - IMCC2 - MPAs in fisheries management
MPA NEWS, Vol. 12, No. 3 (November-December 2010) TABLE OF CONTENTS With Global MPA Coverage Falling Short of 10% Target, Biodiversity Summit Extends Deadline Views on Global MPA Coverage and the 10% Target: Interview with Kristina Gjerde and Mark Spalding More Outputs from the Convention on Biological Diversity Meeting: Publications, Awards, Debt Swap Large New MPAs Designated in North Atlantic, South America, Western Australia Five-Year Study Releases Findings on Effects of MPAs Program to Help Displaced Fishers Ends Up Costing 25 Times More than Planned Letters to the Editor: On Chagos, MPA terminology Notes & News: Carbon-neutral MPA - Shark sanctuaries - Plastic in MPAs - French-funded MPAs - Applying IUCN categories - Parks Canada Reef Resilience: Management Tips to Prepare for Ocean Acidification SUBSCRIPTIONS TO MPA NEWS ARE FREE.
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MPA NEWS, Vol. 12, No. 2 (September-October 2010)
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MPAs and Indigenous Peoples: Co-Management as a Means of Respecting Traditional Culture and Strengthening Conservation
MPA Perspective: Reflections on Resource Management, Native Hawaiian Culture, and Papahānaumokuākea By Miwa Tamanaha
From the Editor: MPA News in Spanish; Reader Feedback
Notes & News: UK - Canada - Malta - World Heritage - US - MPA expert database - Connectivity handbook - Coral Triangle MPA - LMMA Network - Invasive lionfish - MPA networks - Coral ID guide - Sea level rise - Undersea weddings
Science Spotlight: Can Protected Areas Change Fish Behavior?
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MPA news is a Global News and Analysis on Marine Protected Areas. In this May_June 2010 issue the education spotlight is on our very own Experiencing Marine Reserves programme. This issue features : The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico contributing millions of litres of crude oil entering the water column daily The MPA around the Chagos Archipelego touted as the largest MPA in the world, yet the degree in which fishing will be restricted remains unclear MPA law enforcement Whale Sanctuary in Tokelau Phoenix Islands Protected Area starts fundraising; no-take area to increase over time and much more…
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History of the Whangarei Harbour Marine Reserve
A practical guide and checklist summarized from marine reserve literature intended to help people who are involved in the process of designing a network of highly protected areas as part of a marine protection network.
A Secure Future for Pacific Island Nations Based on Ocean Conservation and Management By The Republic of Kiribati President Anote Tong I. Purpose: A summary briefing document for President Anote Tong (Kiribati) to use as a country initiative announcement at the Pacific Leaders Forum (4-7 August 2009, Cairns Australia).
II. Next steps: Following review, amendment as needed and endorsement by Kiribati, officials need to notify the Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) of this Kiribati country initiative at the PPAC meeting (14-15 July 2009) or soon thereafter.
III. Desired goal: Kiribati announces the Pacific Oceanscape and component Pacific Ocean Arcs at the 2009 Pacific Leaders Forum with an invitation for collaboration in this initiative consistent with the Pacific Plan and the Forum Leaders Ocean Policy. Kiribati, with the support from Conservation International, can further develop this concept for partnership and resourcing at the Regional Marine Managed Areas Meeting (November, 2009, French Polynesia).
IV. Rationale Ocean conservation and management is the preeminent issue of our time and our region. Pacific Island people have depended on the ocean and its resources for millennia. But with rising sea levels, declining fishery resources, warming ocean temperatures, and pollution, the oceans are now changing rapidly in ways that our ancestors could not imagine, and in ways that degrade our people’s lives and threaten our existence. The time has come for our region to join together and face common threats to the ocean, a resource that moves between our communities and that we share like the atmosphere we breathe. The time has come for a new Pacific Ocean vision as demonstrated by the Pacific Oceanscape.
Ad hoc reserve design has been shown to produce inefficient reserve systems in terrestrial environments, limiting opportunities to achieve conservation goals. In this paper, the authors have devised a framework for systematic marine reserve design using South Australia as a case study. The framework consists of the reservation goals, a database of conservation features, a method for identifying conservation priorities and measures to evaluate the performance of alternative marine reserve systems.
This is an excerpt from a database of locations and approaches to marine conservation planning approaches compiled by Heather Leslie.
