History tells us that marine protected area goals should be more ambitious

Abstract

When faced with competing views on marine protection, politicians often try to keep their constituents happy by creating protected areas but not restricting any ongoing activities, including obviously harmful ones. Agencies... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Callum Roberts (University of York)

Topic Areas

Topics: Marine policy , Topics: Effective marine conservation planning

Session

S-71 » Raising the Bar on Marine Protected Areas (10:00 - Thursday, 28th June, Kerangas)