The campaign to protect 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030, supported by more than 70 nations, is known mostly for soaring ambition and scant achievement so far. Just 7 percent of the seas are protected and only 2.7 percent are highly protected.
The concept of MPA governance refers to the mix of approaches used at each MPA to steer user behavior. This steering is done through some combination of state control (‘top-down’), community-based approaches (‘bottom-up’), and market forces.
Oceans around the world face a litany of threats, from climate change to overfishing to pollution and more.
Greenpeace activists have built a new underwater 'boulder barrier' in a protected area of the English Channel to stop a hugely harmful fishing practice. In total 18 boulders, each weighing about three tonnes and carrying the name of a celebrity endorser, were dropped this week from the
Marine protected areas (MPAs) around Oahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs.
The Minister of Conservation has approved the Bay of Plenty Regional Coastal Environment Plan, resolving the two outstanding appeals relating to the Motiti Protection Area and Matakana Island.
Greenpeace Taiwan is urging an expedited legislative review of the proposed Ocean Protection Act and the creation of a marine protected area (MPA) for sustainable fishing. In a press conference on Thursday (Feb.
Advancing Sustainable Development and Protected Area Management with Social Media‐Based Tourism Data
Sustainable tourism involves increasingly attracting visitors while preserving the natural capital of a destination for future generations. To foster tourism while protecting sensitive environ‐ ments, coastal managers, tourism operators, and other decision‐makers benefit from information about where tourists go and which aspects of the natural and built environment draw them to particular locations. Yet this information is often lacking at management‐relevant scales and in remote places. We tested and applied methods using social media as data on tourism in The Bahamas.
Researchers used to need to scuba dive to find out which fish live in any given area of the ocean.
Last week Australia joined a new alliance of 40 countries pledging to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030 from pollution, overfishing, climate change and other environmental threats.