Marine protected areas: a user guide to stop doing anything
Audio 48:30
The establishment of a network of marine protected areas represents a promising tool for managing fish populations.
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By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow
49 mins
Overfishing, aquaculture, mass tourism, .. to preserve marine life, many states have set up marine protected areas but, according to scientists, just under half are really effective.
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While all countries are preparing to negotiate the goal of protecting at least 30% of continental and oceanic surfaces to preserve biodiversity, 43 marine and social scientists from 39 research institutions on six continents have just published, in Science,
the first guide to Marine Protected Areas.
Guest:
Philippe Cury,
research director at IRD, fisheries specialist and co-author of the guide
Report in the Bijagos archipelago by
Igor Strauss.
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