Ocean protection quality is lagging behind quantity: Applying a scientific framework to assess real marine protected area progress against the 30 by 30 target

EP Pike, JMC MacCarthy, SO Hameed… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The international community set a global conservation target to protect at least 30% of the
ocean by 2030 (“30× 30”) to reverse biodiversity loss, including through marine protected …

Fish, human health and marine ecosystem health: policies in collision

EJ Brunner, PJS Jones, S Friel… - International journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Health recommendations advocating increased fish consumption need to be
placed in the context of the potential collapse of global marine capture fisheries. Methods …

Mind the gap: addressing the shortcomings of marine protected areas through large scale marine spatial planning

T Agardy, GN Di Sciara, P Christie - Marine Policy, 2011 - Elsevier
A blind faith in the ability of MPAs to counteract loss of biodiversity is fraught with risk,
especially when MPAs are poorly planned and when the consequences of establishing …

Assessing progress towards global marine protection targets: shortfalls in information and action

LJ Wood, L Fish, J Laughren, D Pauly - Oryx, 2008 - cambridge.org
Current global marine protection targets aim to protect 10–30% of marine habitats within the
next 3–5 years. However, these targets were adopted without prior assessment of their …

[CARTE][B] Governing marine protected areas: resilience through diversity

P Jones - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
In this innovative volume, the author addresses some important challenges related to the
effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas (MPAs). These challenges are …

Identifying priority areas for ecosystem service management in South African grasslands

BN Egoh, B Reyers, M Rouget… - Journal of environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Grasslands provide many ecosystem services required to support human well-being and are
home to a diverse fauna and flora. Degradation of grasslands due to agriculture and other …

Best practices for improved governance of coral reef marine protected areas

P Christie, AT White - Coral Reefs, 2007 - Springer
Coral reef marine protected areas (MPA) are widely distributed around the globe for social
and ecological reasons. Relatively few of these MPAs are well managed. This review …

The science of European marine reserves: Status, efficacy, and future needs

PB Fenberg, JE Caselle, J Claudet, M Clemence… - Marine policy, 2012 - Elsevier
The ecologically and socio-economically important marine ecosystems of Europe are facing
severe threats from a variety of human impacts. To mitigate and potentially reverse some of …

Local ecological knowledge and the management of marine protected areas in Brazil

LC Gerhardinger, EAS Godoy, PJS Jones - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2009 - Elsevier
This manuscript discusses the role of fishers' Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) in the
management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were …

Marine protected areas and the governance of marine ecosystems and fisheries

BJ McCay, PJS Jones - Conservation biology, 2011 - JSTOR
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are spatially defined ma-rine units in which one or more
human activities-particularly fishing-are restricted or prohibited. They represent a …