How is Your MPA Doing?: A Guidebook of Natural and Social Indicators for Evaluating Marine Protected Area Management Effectiveness

ISBN-10: 2831707358
ISBN-13: 9782831707358
Category: Business & Economics
Pages: 215
Language: English
Published: 2004
Publisher: IUCN
Authors: Robert S. Pomeroy, John E. Parks, Lani M. Watson

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Guidebook which aims to improve MPA management by providing a framework that links the goals and objectives of MPAs with indicators that measure management effectiveness. The framework and indicators were field-tested in 18 sites around the world, and results of these pilots were incorporated into the guidebook. Published as a result of a 4-year partnership of IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, World Wildlife Fund, and the NOAA National Ocean Service International Program Office.

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