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, 2019 Marine protected areas (MPAs) play an important role in protecting and conserving our global ocean ecosystems. The history and development of MPAs around the world are addressed, from early stages to current levels of protection today, through to globally recognized progressive targets for ocean conservation. This outlines the positive benefits of MPAs,
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A review of new and existing non-extractive techniques for monitoring marine protected areas
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Ocean biodiversity loss is being driven by several anthropogenic threats and significant efforts are required to halt losses and promote healthy marine ecosystems. The establishment of a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can help restrict damaging
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Plastic and paint debris in marine protected areas of Peru.
Science of the Total Environment, 2023 Contamination with anthropogenic debris, such as plastic and paint particles, has been widely investigated in the global marine environment. However, there is a lack of information regarding their presence in marine protected areas (MPAs). In the present
G. De-la-Torre +10 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are essential to reach the UN Ocean’s Decade challenges and the Sustainable Development Goal 14 (life bellow water – conserve coastal and marine areas), and their crucial role for the health of the planet was highlighted in ...
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) promotes the sustainable human activities development and uses in the marine space, playing a role in their effective management.
C. Podda, E. Porporato
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Scientific Reports, 2021 Two common strategies organisms use to finance reproduction are capital breeding (using energy stored prior to reproduction) and income breeding (using energy gathered during the reproductive period). Understanding which of these two strategies a species
Jade Carver +3 more
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Microplastic contamination in seawater across global marine protected areas boundaries.
Environmental Pollution, 2022 Despite the relatively rich literature on the omnipresence of microplastics in marine environments, the current status and ecological impacts of microplastics on global Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are still unknown.
B. Nunes +7 more
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Self-financed marine protected areas
Environmental Research Letters, 2021 Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an important tool for conservation but can be victims of their own success—higher fish biomass within MPAs create incentives to poach.
Katherine D Millage +5 more
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A meta‐analysis examining how fish biodiversity varies with marine protected area size and age
Ecosphere, 2023 Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a well‐established conservation practice worldwide, but their effectiveness in protecting or replenishing fish biodiversity remains uneven.
Helene A. L. Hollitzer +2 more
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Healing the wounds of marine mammals by protecting their habitat
Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics, 2020 Important marine mammal areas (IMMAs)—‘discrete habitat areas, important for one or more marine mammal species, that have the potential to be delineated and managed for conservation’ (IUCN Marine Mammal Protected Areas Task Force 2018, p.
G Notarbartolo di Sciara, E Hoyt
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