A regulation-based classification system for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)

Marine Policy

Volumn 72, Issue , 2016, Pages 192-198

  Horta e Costa, Bárbara ^a,b,c,d   Claudet, Joachim ^c,d   Franco, Gustavo ^a   Erzini, Karim ^b   Caro, Anthony ^c   Gonçalves, Emanuel J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Laboratoire d Excellence CORAIL   (France)

Author keywords

Human impacts; IUCN; Marine protected areas; New classification; Partially protected areas; Regulation based classification system

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MARINE PARK; MARINE POLICY; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84979536599     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.06.021     Document Type: Article

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