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Marine protected areas for whales, dolphins and porpoises : a world handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation and Planning / Erich Hoyt

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Earthscan, 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 464 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781844077632
  • 9781844077632
Subject(s): Abstract: In this completely revised and expanded second edition, new developments in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Pacific are described, as well as future directions for High Seas protection. New sections show how to design and manage Marine Protected Areas (MPA's) in an ever noisier ocean subject to climate change, increased shipping and hydrocarbon exploration. The process of protected area creation for cetaceans has been accelerated and more than 200 exciting new places are detailed in this edition. This book provides a route map for MPA managers, as well as countries, to meet the ambitious targets for highly protected MPA networks by 2012 and 2020. Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoisesis a key conservation tool and a springboard for worldwide change in human attitudes toward the world ocean where all life originated and where the majority of life on Earth still lives
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General General ATU Dublin Road General Shelves 333.9595 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G119408
General General ATU Dublin Road General Shelves 333.9595 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G119409

Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index

In this completely revised and expanded second edition, new developments in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Pacific are described, as well as future directions for High Seas protection. New sections show how to design and manage Marine Protected Areas (MPA's) in an ever noisier ocean subject to climate change, increased shipping and hydrocarbon exploration. The process of protected area creation for cetaceans has been accelerated and more than 200 exciting new places are detailed in this edition. This book provides a route map for MPA managers, as well as countries, to meet the ambitious targets for highly protected MPA networks by 2012 and 2020. Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoisesis a key conservation tool and a springboard for worldwide change in human attitudes toward the world ocean where all life originated and where the majority of life on Earth still lives

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