He who hesitates is lost: Why conservation in the Mediterranean Sea is necessary and possible now

Marine Policy

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 270-279

  Portman, Michelle E ^a   Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe ^b   Agardy, Tundi ^c   Katsanevakis, Stelios ^d   Possingham, Hugh P ^e   Di Carlo, Giuseppe ^f  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Tethys Research Institute and IUCN Task Force on Marine Mammal Protected Areas   (Italy)

^c Sound Seas   (United States)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f World Wide Fund Italy onlus   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advocacy planning; Ecologically and biologically significant areas; Incremental planning; Marine protected areas; Mediterranean Sea; Rational comprehensive planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; PROTECTED AREA; REGIONAL PLANNING; SPATIAL PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84876991258     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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