In the last decade, governments have been pushing to create vast Marine Protected Areas large enough to protect species from overfishing and other threats. But critics are questioning whether the creation of these large protected areas is driven more by geopolitics than conservation.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are central to the efforts to protect Earth’s seas and the wildlife that call them home. In recent years, there has been a surge in their creation. Click on the link below to read the full article.
This study describes in detail an efficient search method designed to identify optimal configurations of MPA networks in cases where two or more conflicting objectives must be considered. Click on the link below to access the full article.
Here is the Third Edition of the Australia and New Caledonia Coral Sea Newsletter, February 2019. Click on the link below to access the full newsletter.
With the emergence of the new thought on national sovereignty, transboundary protected area (TBPA) management came into fore. Referred to here are transborder parks, transnational parks, transfrontier reserves, friendship parks — meaning, protected areas that meet across international borders.
Environmentalists fear the grounding of a ship off Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands could bring more damage to a marine protected area. The MV Solomon Trader hit a reef in Kangava Bay off Rennell Island just over a week ago as it was loading bauxite from a nearby mine.
It seems there is still far to travel on the long road to marine protection on the southeast coast of New Zealand. Reporter Jono Edwards takes a look at where we are on the journey and how we got there. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The use of plastic bags has been banned on Makogai island in Lomaiviti...In addition to this, the island was also declared a Marine Protected Area (MPA). Click on the link below to read the full article.