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Recasting shortfalls of marine protected areas as opportunities through adaptive management

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posted on 2023-05-19, 19:34 authored by Ban, NC, Cinner, JE, Vanessa AdamsVanessa Adams, Mills, M, Almany, GR, Ban, SS, McCook, LJ, White, A

1. Many marine ecosystems are in critical decline.

2. Iterative assessments of the costs, benefits, and problems associated with conservation initiatives such as marine protected areas (MPAs) can help to improve their effectiveness.

3. The increasingly popular framework of marine spatial planning (MSP) provides opportunities for improving marine management but also needs to avoid similar shortfalls to those identified for MPAs.

4. There is a critical need for realistic presentation of the scope and capacity of MPAs to counteract biodiversity loss, both in isolation and as part of marine spatial planning or other approaches to complementary management.

5. The purpose of this viewpoint is to generate increased momentum to integrate MPAs with other strategies and to recognize the important advances that have been made in MPA planning, implementation and management.

History

Publication title

Aquatic Conservation

Volume

22

Pagination

262-271

ISSN

1099-0755

Department/School

School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Place of publication

United Kingdom

Rights statement

Copyright 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems

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