Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization

Conservation Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1107-1117

  Gissi, Elena ^a   McGowan, Jennifer ^b,c   Venier, Chiara ^d   Carlo, Davide Di ^a   Musco, Francesco ^a   Menegon, Stefano ^d   Mackelworth, Peter ^e,f   Agardy, Tundi ^g   Possingham, Hugh ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CNR   (Italy)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^g Sound Seas   (United States)

^h THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adriatic and Ionian region; compensaciones; conservation planning; equidad en la protecci n; industrias marinas; marine spatial planning; maritime industries; Marxan; MARXAN; planificaci n de la conservaci n; planificaci n especial marina; protection equality; Regi n Adri tica y J nica; trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITIZATION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRADE-OFF; TRANSBOUNDARY COOPERATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

NICA;

BIODIVERSITY; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFTWARE;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 85049934481     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13134     Document Type: Article

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