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Marine protected areas and ocean conservation /
This book reviews the need for marine conservation, summarizes general measures for ocean and coastal conservation, and explains the rationale for establishing marine protected areas. The second half of the book is essentially a guideline for designing and implementing protected areas in order to ma...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego, Calif., U.S.A. : Austin :
Academic Press ; R.G. Landes,
1997.
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| Colección: | Environmental intelligence unit.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Marine Conservation Issues. 1. Introduction to Marine Systems: Biodiversity, Ecology and Value to Humans. 2. Threats to Oceans and Coastal Areas. 3. General Measures to Address Threats to Marine Ecosystems
- pt. II. Countering Threats to Ocean Systems Through Marine Protected Areas. 4. An Introduction to Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Management Goals
- pt. III. Types of Marine Protected Areas. 5. Marine Protected Area Typologies. 6. Closed Area Designations and Harvest Refugia: One End of the Type Spectrum. 7. Coastal Biosphere Reserves: The Other End of the Type Spectrum. 8. Marine Protected Area Case Studies
- pt. IV. The General Process for Planning and Implementing Marine Protected Areas. 9. Marine Protected Area Site Selection. 10. Guidelines for Marine Protected Area Design and Management Planning
- pt. V. Future Prospects. 11. International Instruments and Frameworks Facilitating Marine Protected Area Designation. 12. Conclusions.