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… a real difference by sustaining or recovering wildlife and ecosystem processes; and o work on building networks should … 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 …

… 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 … role as climate moderator and provider of essential ecosystem services. Photo: NASA 3 Significant progress is now …

… from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological … of scientific studies, most recently the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. The recognition of cultural diversity, … Future plans for the region include the creation of marine and coastal protected areas and inland there are aims …

… But how should these ecological networks be managed? The Ecosystem Approach, endorsed by the Parties to the Convention … 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 …

… World Parks Congress, together with the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management, and with the full agreement of the IUCN … clear-cut, soils eroded, biodiversity threatened and vital ecosystem processes disrupted. Protected areas have an … an area of 31,500 ha (plus an additional 5000 ha of marine areas and corralline reefs), the Talamanca-Carribbean …