Posts Tagged ‘MPAs’
Protecting the High Seas: Ensuring Strong, Effective MPAs Under the BBNJ Agreement
Article Protecting the High Seas: Ensuring Strong, Effective MPAs Under the BBNJ Agreement By Elle Bent | December 17, 2025 Exactly one month from today, on January 17, 2026, the UN agreement on the conservation of biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction, or BBNJ Agreement (also referred to as the High Seas Treaty), will enter into force…
Read MoreProtected on Paper: The Reality of Ireland’s MPAs
Article Protected on Paper: The Reality of Ireland’s MPAs By Marine Conservation Institute | September 3, 2025 The ‘Real Map of Ireland’ is a term coined to describe the vastness of Irish territory when its seas are taken into account (1). Ten times the size of its land area, Ireland’s seas make it one of the…
Read MoreFalling Short of Potential: Transforming Mediterranean MPAs
Article By Sabrina Croft | October 31, 2024 The Mediterranean Sea is a vast treasure trove of diverse marine species, and it has played host to much of the history and ever-changing culture of the peoples inhabiting its shores. Unfortunately, as is the case with many ocean treasures, this ecosystem is under threat. The Mediterranean is…
Read MoreHow Are We Doing Protecting 30 Percent of Ocean Areas by 2030? – Q&A with Beth Pike of Marine Protection Atlas
Podcast By Marine Conservation Institute | September 12, 2024 Closing the Gap: Beth Pike Unveils the Real Challenges in Ocean Conservation Efforts In this compelling Q&A, Beth Pike, Director of the Marine Protection Atlas at Marine Conservation Institute, dives into the urgent global effort to protect 30% of the ocean by 2030. Drawing from her recent…
Read MoreReviving Communities of Beings: The Interwoven History and Future of Indigenous Marine Conservation
Article By Sabrina Croft | September 6, 2024 Marine conservation has a storied history. The first use of the term MPA, referring to marine protected area, emerged internationally from the 1962 World Conference on National Parks organized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Seattle, though the 1935 founding of the Floridian…
Read MoreProtecting the Manatees
Article By Alex Barnard | August 23, 2024 Jimmy Buffett once said, “You can’t but help like a manatee. And their only predators are people who aren’t aware of the problem.” That ‘problem’ is manatees’ survival. There are three manatee species (West Indian, West African, and Amazonian), and all are vulnerable to extinction. Predominantly, the threats…
Read MoreElevate Successful Marine Protected Areas: Nominate MPAs for the 2025 Blue Park Awards
Article By Dr. Sarah Hameed | August 12, 2024 Thirty awarded Blue Parks around the globe are revitalizing marine ecosystems, rebuilding threatened populations, providing food security for coastal communities, building climate resilience, and inspiring us to follow their lead! Remote, coastal reefs, rich with the colors of endemic and threatened corals, lush mangrove forests that shelter…
Read MoreYouth Advocates for Our Ocean
Article By Camila Rimoldi Ibanez | August 08, 2024 This past April, I joined over 3,000 people from different backgrounds, nationalities, career fields and ages uniting at the Our Ocean Conference in Athens, Greece as part of a delegation with EarthEcho International. This special event united the ocean conservation community with its annual focus on…
Read MoreHow Everglades National Park Unintentionally Saved the Smalltooth Sawfish
Article By Elijah Winger | July 25, 2024 It may come as no surprise that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can provide crucial protections for endangered species. After all, the express goal of an MPA is to protect biodiversity. One such MPA may be the reason why a captivating and exceptionally endangered species of ray persists…
Read MoreFirst Time That 50 Largest US Marine Protected Areas Assessed for Effectiveness Using Rigorous Scientific Criteria; Almost 100% of US MPA ‘Eggs’ Are in One Basket in the Central Pacific
Effective Marine Conservation in US Is Not Representative; Most Regions Have Close to Zero Area Effectively Protected [Seattle, Washington, USA, May 18, 2022] One way humanity can harness the ocean to fight climate change and reverse the ongoing crisis in biodiversity and loss of species –though not the only way- is to establish effective marine…
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