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Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep

Marine environment: EU protection is wide but not deep

2020 is a key year for the EU in terms of meeting conservation objectives under the 2011 biodiversity strategy, the CFP (Common Fisheries Policy) and the MSFD (Marine Strategy Framework Directive). 2021 should see the Conference of the Parties to

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Exploring the development of scientific research on Marine Protected Areas: from conservation to global ocean sustainability

Exploring the development of scientific research on Marine Protected Areas: from conservation to global ocean sustainability

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are playing a central role in the achievement of ocean sustainability and, since 2000, their global coverage has increased over ten times. The success of MPAs, and therefore the delivery of their potential outcomes for human

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Benefits and gaps in area-based management tools for the ocean sustainable development goal

Benefits and gaps in area-based management tools for the ocean sustainable development goal

Sustainable development (SDG) 14* provides a vision for the world’s oceans; however, the management interventions that are needed to achieve SDG 14 remain less clear. This study assessed the potential contributions of seven key area-based management tools (such as fisheries

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post-COVID-19

Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post-COVID-19

Despite notable successes in helping to protect the ocean, the scale of actions is simply not now meeting the overriding scale and nature of the ocean’s problems that confront us. Moving into a post-COVID-19 world, new policy decisions will need

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Assessing the capacity of European regional seas to supply ecosystem services using marine status assessments

Assessing the capacity of European regional seas to supply ecosystem services using marine status assessments

Ecosystems provide many services to humans, with marine systems contributing a significant proportion of those. These services include provision of food and raw materials, climate regulation and opportunities for recreation, amongst others. This paper describes the work that progresses the

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Assessing worth of marine protected areas for the protection of threatened biodiversity using IUCN Red List and Red List Index. A pilot study in six Mediterranean areas

Assessing worth of marine protected areas for the protection of threatened biodiversity using IUCN Red List and Red List Index. A pilot study in six Mediterranean areas

The Mediterranean marine region is considered one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities due to the high occurrence of rare and threatened species, endemism and high species richness. However, several pressures are ongoing and in order to increase

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Marine protected areas do not prevent marine heatwave-induced fish community structure changes in a temperate transition zone

Marine protected areas do not prevent marine heatwave-induced fish community structure changes in a temperate transition zone

Acute climate events like marine heatwaves have the potential to temporarily or permanently alter community structure with effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. This study aimed to quantify the magnitude and consistency of climate driven community shifts inside and outside

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Analysis of fish population size distributions confirms cessation of fishing in marine protected areas

Analysis of fish population size distributions confirms cessation of fishing in marine protected areas

The number of protected areas that restrict or prohibit harvest of wild populations is growing. However, the underlying assumption that harvest has actually ceased is rarely tested directly. Determining whether illegal harvest (poaching) has continued in a protected area is

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Pinna nobilis in suboptimal environments are more tolerant to disease but more vulnerable to sever weather phenomena

Pinna nobilis in suboptimal environments are more tolerant to disease but more vulnerable to sever weather phenomena

Pinna nobilis is suffering a widespread mass mortality linked to the pathogen Haplosporidium pinnae. At present, only one population along the Spanish Mediterranean coast located in Fangar Bay (North Ebro Delta) remains clean of pathogens. A few kilometers south, the

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article

Sponges in a changing climate: survival of Agelas oroides in a warming Mediterranean Sea

Sponges in a changing climate: survival of Agelas oroides in a warming Mediterranean Sea

Past events of mass mortality in Mediterranean sponge communities have been linked to extended periods of high-temperature anomalies, yet it is unknown how a gradual change, such as the constant rise in global seawater temperatures, will affect biodiversity. This study

magali 20 January 20218 February 2021 Article
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Science for MPA management

  • 06/2020: The efficiency of full protection in MPAs
  • 12/2019: MPAs and the conservation of highly mobile species
  • 09/2018: Blue carbon: the importance of marine conservation in climate change
  • 02/2018: Understanding the UN/EU Ecosystem approach and the role of MPAs
  • 07/2017: Socio-economic benefits for MPAs : healthier seas, healthier people
  • 03/2016: MPAs as sustainable fisheries tools
  • 02/2015: Mediterranean MPA monitoring. What is going on in my MPA?
  • 10/2014: Mediterranean coastal industries within sustainable marine development
  • 05/2014: Efficient enforcement for effective management
  • 03/2014: Artisanal fisheries in the Mediterranean

Recent articles

  • Call for consultation for the preparation of a new GEF project – Deadline: 15/03/21 18 February 2021
  • A practical guide on financing mechanisms 17 February 2021
  • On the science side… 17 February 2021
  • Webinar: Progress on global and standardised criteria for IMTA & marine turtles protection under the regional seas conventions 15 February 2021
  • Call for scientific partnership proposals for the French part of the Pelagos Agreement 4 February 2021
  • Postponement of the virtual sessions of the Forum to mid-2021 2 February 2021
  • Just a few days left to apply: temporary replacement of our Scientific manager – deadline 29/01/21 21 January 2021
  • Developing the financial planning capacities of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean 21 January 2021

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  • About MedPAN
    • The association
    • Members and partners
    • Join us
    • History
  • MAIN ACTIVITIES
    • Projects
      • Co-managed No-Take Zones/MPAs project
      • Ocean Governance Project
      • MPA NETWORKS project
      • MAVA project
      • COGITO project
      • PHAROS4MPAs project
      • Closed projects
        • Projet ” MedMPA Network “
        • FishMPABlue2 project
        • DESTIMED project
        • ACT4LITTER project
        • SIMWESTMED project
    • Scientific watch
    • Small Projects
    • Management tools
    • Workshops
    • Annual trainings
    • Exchange visits
    • MAPAMED
    • Monitoring resource centre
    • MPA status
    • Mediterranean MPA Forum
    • Health monitoring
  • MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
    • Mediterranean challenges
    • Mediterranean MPAs
    • Themes
    • Institutional framework
  • NEWS & AGENDA

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