Title | DESIGNING MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORKS TO ACHIEVE FISHERIES,BIODIVERSITY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE OBJECTIVES IN TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS: A practitioner guide |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Green A, White A, Kilarsk S |
Publisher | The Nature Conservancy, and the USAID Coral Triangle Support Partnership |
City | Cebu City |
Keywords | marine protected area, MPA networks |
Abstract | Overfishing, degradation and loss of key habitats due to local and global threats are undermining food security, livelihoods and long term sustainability of tropical marine ecosystems. If well designed, marine protected areas (MPAs) can reduce local threats, and contribute to sustaining fisheries and conserving biodiversity in the face of global threats such as climate change. Existing biophysical design principles take account of biological and physical processes to recommend how to design MPA networks to achieve fisheries, biodiversity or climate change objectives. While there are many similarities among existing principles for achieving each of these objectives, there are some differences that provide conflicting advice. This document was developed in response to numerous requests from field practitioners for concise, user friendly advice regarding how to design MPA networks There are often information gaps and socio-economic, cultural, political and other reasons that can prevent full application of these principles. When required to |
DESIGNING MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORKS TO ACHIEVE FISHERIES,BIODIVERSITY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE OBJECTIVES IN TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS: A practitioner guide