Marine conservation challenges in an era of economic crisis and geopolitical instability: The case of the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Policy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-39

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Levin, Noam ^b   Coll, Marta ^c,d   Giakoumi, Sylvaine ^e,f   Shkedi, Daniel ^b   Mackelworth, Peter ^g,h   Levy, Ran ⁱ   Velegrakis, Adonis ^j   Koutsoubas, Drosos ^j,k   Caric, Hrvoje ^l   Brokovich, Eran ^b   Öztürk, Bayram ^m   Kark, Salit ^f  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g Blue World Institute of Marine Research and Conservation   (Croatia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

ⁱ Yad Hanadiv (a Rothschild Family Foundation)   (Israel)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^k National Marine Park of Zakynthos   (Greece)

^l INSTITUTE FOR TOURISM   (Croatia)

^m ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Conservation opportunities; Data gaps; Exclusive economic zones; Marine conservation; Mediterranean; Transboundary collaboration

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE; GEOPOLITICS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLICY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84905695139     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2014.07.013     Document Type: Article

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