Marine conservation in the Azores: evaluating marine protected area development in a remote island context
| Autor: | Julian Clifton, Pedro Afonso, Ana Colaço, Ricardo S. Santos, Luísa Schmidt, Rita Costa Abecasis, Nancy Longnecker |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Marine conservation
lcsh:QH1-199.5 Ocean Engineering Context (language use) island settings Aquatic Science lcsh:General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution Oceanography Açores Áreas protegidas - Portugal Environmental protection media_common.cataloged_instance Marine Science 14. Life underwater European union lcsh:Science Water Science and Technology media_common Global and Planetary Change geography geography.geographical_feature_category business.industry Marine protected area establishment Marine reserve Environmental resource management Marine spatial planning 15. Life on land networks of marine protected areas Habitat Archipelago Marine protected area lcsh:Q marine spatial planning business marine policy development |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol 2 (2015) Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| ISSN: | 2296-7745 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fmars.2015.00104/full |
| Popis: | In the Archipelago of the Azores, over 110,000 km2 of marine areas presently benefit from some form of protection, including a suite of coastal habitats, offshore areas, seamounts, hydrothermal vents, and large parcels of mid-ocean ridge. These areas are integrated in the recently established network of marine protected areas (MPAs), which stands as the cornerstone of Azorean marine conservation policies. This article describes and analyses the process of MPA establishment in the Azores and the current network of protected areas. Three phases of MPA development are identified, progressing from individual MPA establishment with little scientific support in the 1980s, the increasing scope of scientific research during the 1990s under European Union initiatives and the gradual implementation of an MPA network in the 2000s. Expert critical evaluation of the contemporary situation demonstrates that this network must be integrated within a wider regional marine management strategy, with MPA success being contingent upon the implementation of management plans, appropriate enforcement and monitoring, and bridging gaps in scientific knowledge Thisworkispartoftheresearchproject“2020:toward ecosystem-basedmanagementoftheAzoresmarine resources,biodiversityandhabitatsM2.1.2/I/026/2011.” FCT/MCTESprovidedindividualfundingsupporttoRA (SFRH/BD/46621/2008),ACwassupportedbyProgram InvestigadorFCT(IF/00029/2014/CP1230/CT0002)from FCTandPA(Ciência2007and2008).IMAR-DOP/UAz isResearchandDevelopmentunitno.531andLARSyS- AssociatedLaboratoryno.9fundedbythePortuguese FoundationforScienceandTechnology(FCT)through FCT—Pest/OE/EEI/LA0009/2011–2014(COMPETE,QERN, andOE)andbytheAzoresFundScienceandTechnology (FRTC)Pro-ConvergenciaandRAA. |
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