marineparks

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related: Ocean, Parks, Water parks: galapagos, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

A marine park is a park consisting of an area of sea (or lake) sometimes protected for recreational use, but more often set aside to preserve a specific habitat and ensure the ecosystem is sustained for the organisms that exist there.

Headlines
[|Conceptualizing Social Outcomes of Large Marine Protected Areas] - [|@RebeccaGruby] [|government-failing-adequately-protect-marine-life-say-wildlife-experts] [|Marine reserves review: Coalition says recreational fishers have been left out] [|Conservationists are working to create more national parks at sea] [|Marine reserves south of NZ approved by MPs] [|marine-protected-areas-working] [|la-me-marine-sanctuary] [|what-makes-a-marine-protected-area-effective] [|marine-protected-areas-boost-shark-numbers] [|Study shows marine protection zones aren't working]

Twitter
[|@WCPA_Marine] [|@ocean_places] [|@pewenvironment]

Twitter Hashtags
[|#ÁreasMarinasProtegidas]

Marine World Heritage Sites
http://whc.unesco.org/en/marine-programme http://www.protectplanetocean.org/collections/introduction/introbox/worldheritage/introduction-item.html

Recommended Reading
[|Nunavut Marine Tourism Management Plan 2016 – 2019] (PDF)

IUCN
[]
 * [|Marine Protected Areas Page]
 * [|Protect Planet Ocean (MPA Portal)]
 * [|IUCN-WCPA Marine Biome homepage]
 * [|IUCN-WCPA High Seas Task Force]

Australia
http://www.environment.gov.au/topics/marine/marine-reserves
 * [|Management]
 * [|Legal framework]
 * [|Background]
 * [|Fisheries Adjustment Assistance Package]
 * [|Allowed Activities]
 * [|Resources]

South Australia: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/marineparks/home


 * Recommended Listening:** [|Government reviews marine parks] - Boundaries of marine parks won't change but activities within them may.

https://theconversation.com/marine-park-review-looks-set-to-repeat-past-mistakes-32869

New Zealand
http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/marinereserves

USA
http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov http://marineprotectedareas.noaa.gov/resources/education http://bigstory.ap.org/article/obama-create-worlds-largest-ocean-preserve

Academic Publications
[|Marine and Coastal Fisheries: Dynamics, Management, and Ecosystem Science]

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Spotlight on the 2014 World Parks Congress
Marine Cross Cutting Theme

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