Explaining global patterns and trends in marine protected area (MPA) development

Marine Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1131-1138

  Fox, Helen E ^a   Soltanoff, Carrie S ^a,b   Mascia, Michael B ^a   Haisfield, Kelly M ^a,b   Lombana, Alfonso V ^a   Pyke, Christopher R ^c   Wood, Louisa ^d  

^a World Wildlife Fund US ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c US Green Building Council   (United States)

^d UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convention on Biological Diversity targets; Fisheries; Marine reserves; National indicators

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLICY; NATIONAL PLANNING; RESERVE DESIGN; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859929417     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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