Marine Protected Areas by Humphreys, John; Clark, Robert;

Long description:

Marine Protected Areas: Science, Policy and Management addresses a full spectrum of issues relating to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) not currently available in any other single volume. Chapters are contributed by a wide range of working specialists who examine conceptions and definitions of MPAs, progress on the implementation of worldwide MPAs, policy and legal variations across MPAs, the general importance of coastal communities in implementation, and the future of MPAs. The book constructively elucidates conflicts, issues, approaches and solutions in a way that creates a balanced consideration of the nature of effective policy and management.

Those in theory, designation, implementation or management of MPAs, from individuals, marine sector organizations, and university and research center libraries will find it an important work.

Table of Contents:

Foreword: Progress towards the conservation and sustainable use of the oceasn: targets and challenges
Preface
Acknowledgements

PART ONE: POLICY
1. A critical history of marine protected areas
2. Marine protected areas and marine spatial planning - allocation of resource use and environmental protection
3. Challenges facing marine protected areas in Southern African countries in light of the expanding ocean economies in the sub-region
4. The South Orkney Islands Southern Shelf Marine Protected Area: towards the establishment of marine spatial protection within the international waters in the Southern Ocean
5. Uneasy Bedfellows: Fisheries and the search for space for Marine Conservation Zones in English Waters
6. The role of coastal communities in the sustainable management of marine protected areas
7.ï¿1⁄2 The use of natural capital in the choice, management and evaluation of MPAs
8. Some consequences of policy instabilities for marine protecred area management
9. Managing marine protected areas in Europe: moving from 'feature-based' to 'whole-site; management of sites
10. The role of UK Marine Protected Area management in contributing to sustainable development in the marine environment
11. The law and marine protected areas: different regimes and their practical impacts in England
12. Marine protected areas in the UK - conservation or recovery?
13. South Africa's Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area - winners and losers

PART TWO: MANAGEMENT
14. Developing a fisheries management plan for the Pitcairn Islands Marine Protected Area
15. Countering the threat of invaive species to the Galapagos marine reserve
16. Balancing rural development and robust nature conservation - lessons learnt from Kosterhavet Marine National Park, Sweden
17. The Torre Guaceto marine protected area e what can we learn from this success story?
18. The challenges of establishing marine protected areas in South East Asia
19. Have you seen the dolphins? Dolphin watching participatory monitoring in a Brazilian multiple-use Marine Protected Area
20. A new approach to monitoring Marine Protected Area Management Success in the Dutch Caribbean
21. Crossing jurisdictions: the implementation of offshore marine protected areas in an international fishery
22. A net positive effect? Assessing the impact on fishing opportunities within multiple-use MPAs. A case study from Scotland
23. Managing a dredge fishery within a marine protected area: resolving environmental and socio-economic objectives
24. Marine protected areas - the importance of positive partnerships and stakeholder engagement for delivering environmental outcomes in an estuary
25. Enforcement capabilities and compliance in English Marine Protected Areas: the art of the possible

PART THREE: SCIENCE
26. Using science effectively: selection, design and management of marine protected areas
27. How new science should affect the application of protection measures for UK estuarine shorebirds
28. Verifying predictions of statistical models to define the size and shape of marine Special Protection Areas for foraging seabirds (terns)
29. Developments in understanding of red-throated diver responses to offshore wind farms in marine Special Protection Areas
30. Sediment transport and Marine Protected Areas
31. On sediment dispersal in the Whitsand Bay Marine Conservation Zone: neighbour to a closed dredge-spoil disposal site
32. Maintaining ecological resilience on a regional scale: coastal saline lagoons in a northern European marine protected area
33. The adaptive capacity of the willow (Salix alba L.) to bridge the gap between MPAs and harbour entrances
34. Palaeoenvironmental determination of biogeochemistry and ecological response in an estuarine marine protected area
35. Consequences of nitrate enrichment in a temperate estuarine marine protected area; response of the microbial primary producers and consequences for
management
36. Macroalgal mats in a eutrophic estuarine marine protected area: implications for benthic invertebrates and wading birds
37. Assessing the benefits of shellfish aquaculture in improving water quality in Poole Harbour, an estuarine Marine Protected Area
38. Nitrogen pollution in coastal Marine Protected Areas: a river catchment partnership to plan and deliver targets in a UK estuarine Special Protection Area

PART FOUR: CONCLUDING REMARKS
39. Marine Protected Areas: Quo Vadis?