Establishing a transboundary network of marine protected areas: Diplomatic and management options for the east African context

Marine Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 896-910

  Guerreiro, José ^a   Chircop, Aldo ^b   Grilo, Catarina ^a   Viras, Ana ^a   Ribeiro, Raquel ^a   van der Elst, Rudy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eastern African marine ecoregion; Marine protected areas; Political options; Transboundary networks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

EAST AFRICA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 77953021560     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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