The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean

K Grorud-Colvert, J Sullivan-Stack, C Roberts… - Science, 2021‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are places in the ocean that receive
protection to safeguard biodiversity from abatable threats. Confusion exists about the …

Reviewing the ecosystem services, societal goods, and benefits of marine protected areas

C Marcos, D Díaz, K Fietz, A Forcada, A Ford… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are globally important environmental management tools that
provide protection from the effects of human exploitation and activities, supporting the …

Landscape-scale benefits of protected areas for tropical biodiversity

JF Brodie, J Mohd-Azlan, C Chen, OR Wearn… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Abstract The United Nations recently agreed to major expansions of global protected areas
(PAs) to slow biodiversity declines. However, although reserves often reduce habitat loss …

Assessing spillover from marine protected areas and its drivers: A meta‐analytical approach

M Di Lorenzo, P Guidetti, A Di Franco, A Calò… - Fish and …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Overfishing may seriously impact fish populations and ecosystems. Marine protected areas
(MPAs) are key tools for biodiversity conservation and fisheries management, yet the …

Five key attributes can increase marine protected areas performance for small-scale fisheries management

A Di Franco, P Thiriet, G Di Carlo, C Dimitriadis… - Scientific reports, 2016‏ - nature.com
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have largely proven to be effective tools for conserving
marine ecosystem, while socio-economic benefits generated by MPAs to fisheries are still …

Evidence that spillover from Marine Protected Areas benefits the spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) fishery in southern California

HS Lenihan, JP Gallagher, JR Peters, AC Stier… - Scientific Reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abstract Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designed to enhance biodiversity and
ecosystem services. Some MPAs are also established to benefit fisheries through increased …

Debating the effectiveness of marine protected areas

LH Pendleton, GN Ahmadia, HI Browman… - ICES Journal of …, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Increasing the size and number of marine protected areas (MPAs) is widely seen as a way to
meet ambitious biodiversity and sustainable development goals. Yet, debate still exists on …

Addressing criticisms of large-scale marine protected areas

BC O'leary, NC Ban, M Fernandez, AM Friedlander… - Bioscience, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Designated large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs, 100,000 or more square
kilometers) constitute over two-thirds of the approximately 6.6% of the ocean and …

A global test of MPA spillover benefits to recreational fisheries

S Franceschini, J Lynham, EMP Madin - Science Advances, 2024‏ - science.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been identified as one of the most effective tools to halt
marine biodiversity loss. However, conflicting evidence from disparate, small-scale studies …

[HTML][HTML] Protected Area management: Fusion and confusion with the ecosystem services approach

C Hummel, D Poursanidis, D Orenstein, M Elliott… - Science of the Total …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract For many years, Protected Areas (PA) have been an important tool for conserving
nature. Recently, also societal aspects have been introduced into PA management via the …