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Marine protected areas for dive tourism [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Marine and coastal tourism deliver economic benefits to coastal communities that far surpass those generated by fisheries, yet its potential contribution to global marine conservation remains underexamined.
Reniel B. Cabral, Katherine D. Millage, Juan Mayorga, Tia Kordell, Mukta Kelkar, Alicia M. Caughman, Fabio Favoretto, Anna Schuhbauer, Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Enric Sala, Darcy Bradley   +10 more
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Marine protected areas, marine heatwaves, and the resilience of nearshore fish communities. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Anthropogenic stressors from climate change can affect individual species, community structure, and ecosystem function. Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are intense thermal anomalies where water temperature is significantly elevated for five or more days. Climate
Ziegler SL, Johnson JM, Brooks RO, Johnston EM, Mohay JL, Ruttenberg BI, Starr RM, Waltz GT, Wendt DE, Hamilton SL.   +9 more
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The Marine Protected Areas debate: Implications for the proposed Phakisa Marine Protected Areas Network

South African Journal of Science, 2016
South Africa recently had the privilege of hosting prominent fisheries scientist Professor Ray Hilborn from Washington University who stimulated lively discussion on global stock status, food production, impacts of trawling on the seabed, fisheries management and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Professor Hilborn gave a seminar billed as 'Fisheries Myths'
Kerry Sink
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Climate benefits from establishing marine protected areas targeted at blue carbon solutions. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2022
Significance Marine conservation and the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs) have gained attention as ways to protect and restore ecosystems and rebuild fish populations. They may also play an important role in sequestering carbon and reducing
Jankowska E, Pelc R, Alvarez J, Mehra M, Frischmann CJ.   +4 more
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Severe 21st-century ocean acidification in Antarctic Marine Protected Areas. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Biodiversity in established or proposed Antarctic Marine Protected Areas is threatened by climate change. The authors show that projected ocean acidification is severe in Antarctic coastal waters due to strong vertical mixing of anthropogenic carbon ...
Nissen C, Lovenduski NS, Brooks CM, Hoppema M, Timmermann R, Hauck J.   +5 more
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Marine protected areas promote stability of reef fish communities under climate warming. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Protection from direct human impacts can safeguard marine life, yet ocean warming crosses marine protected area boundaries. Here, we test whether protection offers resilience to marine heatwaves from local to network scales.
Benedetti-Cecchi L, Bates AE, Strona G, Bulleri F, Horta E Costa B, Edgar GJ, Hereu B, Reed DC, Stuart-Smith RD, Barrett NS, Kushner DJ, Emslie MJ, García-Charton JA, Gonçalves EJ, Aspillaga E.   +14 more
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Revisiting “Success” and “Failure” of Marine Protected Areas: A Conservation Scientist Perspective

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018
Marine protected areas (MPAs) form the cornerstone of marine conservation. Identifying which factors contribute to their success or failure is crucial considering the international conservation targets for 2020 and the limited funds generally available ...
Hugh Possingham, Jennifer McGowan, Morena Mills   +2 more
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The Important Marine Mammal Area Network: A Tool for Systematic Spatial Planning in Response to the Marine Mammal Habitat Conservation Crisis

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) initiative was launched by the Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in 2016, as a response to a conservation crisis in the protection of marine ...
Michael J. Tetley, Gill T. Braulik, Gill T. Braulik, Caterina Lanfredi, Caterina Lanfredi, Gianna Minton, Gianna Minton, Simone Panigada, Simone Panigada, Elena Politi, Elena Politi, Margherita Zanardelli, Margherita Zanardelli, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara, Erich Hoyt, Erich Hoyt   +16 more
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Welcoming the World to Vancouver in 2023: The Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5)

Parks Stewardship Forum, 2022
The Secretariat provides an overview of IMPAC5, scheduled for February 2023 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. The roles of the Host First Nations and the congress' Indigenous Working Group are featured.
Marine Protected Areas Congress The Secretariat of the Fifth International
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Co-benefits of marine protected areas for nature and people

Nature Sustainability, 2023
Whether or not marine protected areas (MPAs) deliver positive outcomes for both people and nature remains a challenging question. Using a statistical matching approach, this study provides quantitative evidence of co-benefits for fish and people ...
A. Nowakowski, Steven W. J. Canty, Nathan J. Bennett, C. Cox, A. Valdivia, J. Deichmann, T. Akre, Sara E. Bonilla-Anariba, S. Costedoat, M. McField   +9 more
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