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Valuing conservation benefits of an offshore marine protected area [PDF]

, 2014
Increasing anthropogenic pressure in the offshore marine environment highlights the need for improved management and conservation of offshore ecosystems.
Atkins, JP, Borger, T, Hattam, C, Burdon, Daryl, Austen, Melanie C., Austen, MC, Burdon, D, Börger, Tobias, Atkins, Jonathan P, Atkins, Jonathan P., Hattam, Caroline, Austen, Melanie C   +11 more
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L’extension récente de la taille des aires marines protégées : une progression des surfaces inversement proportionnelle à leur normativité

VertigO, 2011
Multiplying the creation of marine protected areas and especially large areas is a recent political phenomenon at large scale. Legal content of the areas is often poorly defined and it appears that their normativity is generally quite low, inversely ...
François Féral
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Strengthened enforcement enhances marine sanctuary performance

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2015
Marine sanctuaries are areas where the extraction of biota is not permitted. Although most marine sanctuaries have a positive influence on biotic communities, not all sanctuaries are meeting their conservation objectives.
Brendan P. Kelaher, Andrew Page, Matt Dasey, David Maguire, Andrew Read, Alan Jordan, Melinda A. Coleman   +6 more
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Marine protection dividend [PDF]

, 2013
As the NSW government considers marine management reforms, this report finds that marine parks already provide significant economic benefits, but it is too early to judge their environmental effectiveness.This short paper presents compelling evidence ...
Caroline Hoisington
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Marine Protected Areas: Economic and Social Implications [PDF]

This paper is a guide for citizens, scientists, resource managers, and policy makers, who are interested in understanding the economic and social value of marine protected areas (MPAs).
Emerson , Peter, Sanchirico, James, Cochran, Kathryn   +2 more
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Reconciling conservation and development in Madagascar's rapidly-expanding protected area system [PDF]

, 2014
The creation and management of protected areas is our principal approach to conserving biodiversity worldwide. Management and governance models for these diverse institutions have become more pluralistic in recent decades, moving away from the ...
Gardner, Charlie J.
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Management costs for small protected areas and economies of scale in habitat conservation [PDF]

, 2011
Protected area management must be resourced adequately to achieve its conservation objectives. The variability in management costs across candidate sites for protection therefore should inform conservation planning.
Armsworth, Paul R., Stoneman, Rob, Davies, Zoe G., Paul R. Armsworth, Rob Stoneman, Mark Parnell, Zoe G. Davies, Parnell, Mark, Cantu-Salazar, Lisette, Lisette Cantú-Salazar   +9 more
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Marine protected areas and the problem of paper parks

, 2022
Paper aim is to overview paper parks problem regarding Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Ocean makes Earth habitable for humankind; careful management of ocean is a key feature of sustainable future. MPAs are a key instrument of ocean protection; MPAs effective management is essential to reduce environmental challenges.
Josip Dorigatti, Tina Peric, Gorana Jelic Mrcelic   +2 more
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Conservation in a Crisis: Marine Resource Management Authority and Legitimacy During Political Instability in Madagascar

Conservation & Society, 2019
This study explores how the 2009 political crisis in Madagascar influenced local access to, and claims over, marine resources within marine protected areas. It focuses specifically on how different conservation actors constructed and maintained authority
Merrill Baker-Médard
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Fishing industry and related perspectives on the issues raised by no-take marine protected area proposals

, 2008
In the face of growing calls for no-take marine protected areas (NTMPAs), the views of fishing industry representatives in south-west (SW) England on related issues are analysed.
Jones, PJS
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