Beyond Polarization
Beyond Polarization

Author: Steven Lewis Yaffee

Publisher:

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781642830828

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Beyond Polarization is a story of hope about positive collective action. Written from an insider's perspective, it tells the story of California's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative--groundbreaking legislation passed after a ten-year public process that left an enduring legacy. The MLPA process provides a blueprint for successful public policy to conserve not just marine life, but any natural resource in contention across jurisdictions. The book is organized by geographical region, each with its unique stakeholders and concerns. Steven Yaffee, an expert on collaborative decision making, explains how its lessons can be applied to similar initiative processes across the country and internationally. Beyond Polarization offers an optimistic message about the public policy process in a time of civic division: that policymakers, scientists, and local citizens can successfully collaborate to protect natural resources we all have a stake in.

Marine Protected Areas
Marine Protected Areas

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2001-06-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0309072867

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Although the ocean-and the resources within-seem limitless, there is clear evidence that human impacts such as overfishing, habitat destruction, and pollution disrupt marine ecosystems and threaten the long-term productivity of the seas. Declining yields in many fisheries and decay of treasured marine habitats, such as coral reefs, has heightened interest in establishing a comprehensive system of marine protected areas (MPAs)-areas designated for special protection to enhance the management of marine resources. Therefore, there is an urgent need to evaluate how MPAs can be employed in the United States and internationally as tools to support specific conservation needs of marine and coastal waters. Marine Protected Areas compares conventional management of marine resources with proposals to augment these management strategies with a system of protected areas. The volume argues that implementation of MPAs should be incremental and adaptive, through the design of areas not only to conserve resources, but also to help us learn how to manage marine species more effectively.

Achieving a Scientifically Based Regional System of Marine Protected Areas in the Northwest Straits
Achieving a Scientifically Based Regional System of Marine Protected Areas in the Northwest Straits

Author: Katherine Ann Smukler

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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Presents an investigation of nearshore habitat types of existing marine protected areas (MPAs) along the Northwest Straits and an evaluation of their functionality as components of a potential "de facto" MPA network based upon the following five criteria: representativeness, replication, oceanographic linkage, size, and level of protection