An effective regional Marine Protected Area network for the ROPME Sea Area: Unrealistic vision or realistic possibility?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-405

  Van Lavieren, Hanneke ^a   Klaus, Rebecca ^b  

^a United Nations University   (Canada)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Management effectiveness; Marine Protected Areas (MPA); Regional MPA network; ROPME Sea Area

Indexed keywords

AREA COVERAGES; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; GLOBAL NETWORKS; MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; SEA AREAS; UNDERLYING CAUSE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE PARK; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OMAN; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS; MARINE PROTECTED AREAS (MPA); REGIONAL MPA NETWORK; ROPME SEA AREA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDIAN OCEAN; OMAN;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF; INDIAN OCEAN; OMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84880325525     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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