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Establishing marine protected area networks
… people depend upon healthy ocean ecosystems.The role that marine protected areas (MPAs) can play in promoting the … into meaningful action. Yet global progress on building marine protected area (MPA) networks has been slow, in part … available scientific information tells us that, to protect biodiversity and manage resources, we must establish …
Integrating biodiversity conservation and sustainable use: Lessons learned from ecological networks
… Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Lessons Learned … plan, and account is also taken of the 1995 Protection of Marine and Freshwater Coasts, Shores and Banks Act that … policies, regulations and institutional arrangements for marine ecosystem conservation and sustainable use in order to …
Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas: The MPA Plan of Action for IUCNs World Commission on Protected Areas
… Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s … as: Laffoley, D. d’A., (ed.) 2008. Towards Networks of Marine Protected Areas. The MPA Plan of Action for IUCN’s … of MPAs. Globally these include: • halting the decline of biodiversity by 2010; • encouraging the application of an …
The green belt of Europe: From vision to reality
… how the initiative fits into global efforts to protect biodiversity and link important natural areas. We hope that … from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … Future plans for the region include the creation of marine and coastal protected areas and inland there are aims …
Linkages in the landscape : The role of corridors and connectivity in wildlife conservation
… on 90gsm Fineblade Extra made from low-chlorine pulp Biodiversity Group CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . … depleted, forests undervalued and clear-cut, soils eroded, biodiversity threatened and vital ecosystem processes … an area of 31,500 ha (plus an additional 5000 ha of marine areas and corralline reefs), the Talamanca-Carribbean …