Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Great Barrier Marine Park Authority
Publication Year:
2003
Publication Place
Australia
Physical Description:
24 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35973
Legacy PEIN ID:
75976
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Marine protected areas - Benefits
Protected areas - Management
Protected areas
Protected areas - Oceania
Parks
Parks - Oceania - Pacific
Conservation
Environment protection
Biodiversity management
Nature conservation
Abstract
A marine protected area (MPA) is an area of sea especially dedicated to the protection and maintenance of biodiversity, and of natural and associated cultural resources, and managed through legal or other effective means. MPAs include marine parks, nature reserves and locally managed marine areas that protect reefs, seagrass beds, shipwrecks, archaeological sites, tidal lagoons, mudflats, saltmarshes, mangroves, rock platforms, underwater areas on the coast and the seabed in deep water, as well as open water (the water column). In 1988, The World Conservation Union (IUCN) General Assembly called upon national governments, international agencies and the non-governmental community to: Provide for the protection, restoration, wise use, understanding and enjoyment of the marine heritage of the world through the creation of a global, representative system of marine protected areas and through management in accordance with the principles of the World Conservation Strategy of human activities that use or affect the marine environment. In many parts of the world there is a growing focus and appreciation of the need for more MPAs and for better management generally of coastal and marine environments.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Great Barrier Marine Park Authority
Publication Year:
2003
Publication Place
Australia
Physical Description:
24 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
35973
Legacy PEIN ID:
75976
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 27-Aug-2009
Record Modified: 23-Feb-2021