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Contents below:
· Information
· News
~ International organizations
~ Networks
~ NGOs
Information
Marine protected area @ Wikipedia
What is a Marine Protected Area (MPA)? @ CRA
MPA listings
Marine Conservation Institute (MCI)
· maps and tally of MPAs
Blue Parks
· Aka: Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES)
· The Blue Parks initiative unites the ocean’s best protected places and the people who champion them
in a strategic network to save life in the sea.."
Marine areas @ Protected Planet
News
Institutions
~ International organizations ~
IUCN
WCPA
Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force
Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs)
~ Networks ~
~ US Government agencies ~
National Marine Protected Areas Center
· view data and information on Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
· access scientific understanding and newest research on MPAs
MPAs @ NOAA
~ NGOs ~
Greenpeace 30x30 Blueprint for Ocean Protection
Marine Wilderness @ WILD Foundation
Select readings on MPAs
· Reverse chronological order
· 2019 ~ Jones PJS, Murray RH and Vestergaard O ~ UN Environment
· Provides a framework for the analysis of the governance of MPAs to evaluate their effectiveness.
· Uses various case studies from MPAs around the world to provide evidence for successful MPA management and potential challenges.
Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features
· 2014 ~ Graham J. Edgar et al. ~ Nature
· Contributes to research into improving the effectiveness of MPAs by identifying five features necessary for success.
· First study to consider multiple factors of MPA planning and management simultaneously with global data.