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Contents below:

     · Information     

       · News

         · Institutions

                ~ International organizations

                ~ Networks

                ~ US government agencies

                ~ NGOs

           · Select readings on MPAs

Information

Atlas of Marine Protection

     · maps and tally of MPA

Global Ocean Refuge System (GLORES)

     · "brings together the world's best protected ocean places and the people that care about them."

Marine areas @ Protected Planet

News

MPA News

Institutions

~ International organizations ~

IUCN

     WCPA

          Marine Mammal Protected Area Task Force

~ Networks ~

Together for the Ocean

~ 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

MPAs @ WWF

Select readings on MPAs

     · Reverse chronological order

Enabling Effective and Equitable Marine Protected Areas - Guidance on combining governance approaches

     · 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.

Key informational website