Ocean Zoning

Making Marine Management More Effective
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84407-822-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 516 g

Reihe: Earthscan Oceans

Our knowledge of the oceans is increasing rapidly, as more powerful tools for exploration and exploitation make it easier to locate valuable resources, such as fish stocks, oil and gas reserves, or sites for wind and hydropower schemes. At the same time competition for space has intensified, affecting marine life and people's livelihoods. Much has been written about marine management using marine protected areas, but MPAs are only a small subset of spatial management tools available. MPAs and MPA networks are better seen as starting points for more comprehensive spatial management, facilitated by ocean zoning. This logical scaling up from discreet piecemeal protected areas to larger and more systematic planning is happening around the world, but few are aware that we are entering a brave new world in ocean management with zoning at its core.

This book provides guidance on using ocean zoning to improve marine management. It reviews the benefits of ocean zoning in theory, reviews progress made in zoning around the world through a wide range of case studies, and derives lessons learned to recommend a process by which future zoning can be maximally effective and efficient. Published with MARES, Forest Trends and UNEP

Zielgruppe

Academic and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agardy, Tundi

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Marine Management Challenges: How Ocean Zoning Can Help Overcome Them

3. Ocean Zoning Steps

4. Zoning within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Australia)

5. Various Incarnations of Ocean Zoning in New Zealand

6. Zoning Efforts in United Kingdom Waters

7. Zoning Undertaken by the OSPAR Countries of the Northeast Atlantic

8. Zoning the Asinara Marine Park of Italy

9. Possibilities for Holistic Zoning of the Mediterranean Sea

10. Integrated Coastal Management, MPA Networks, and Large Marine Ecosystems in Africa

11. Zoning within Marine Management Initiatives in British Columbia, Canada

12. Marine Spatial Planning in the U.S.

13. Principles Underscoring Ocean Zoning Success

14. Implementing Ocean Zoning

15. Conclusions

Annexes:

Annex 1: IUCN Protected Area Categories

Annex 2: Recommended Further Reading

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Tundi Agardy is Executive Director of Sound Seas, based in the Washington DC area, acts as Director of the MARES Program at Forest Trends, and is Science and Policy Director for the World Ocean Observatory. She is an editor of MEAM (Marine Ecosystems and Management), and has published over a hundred scientific journal articles, reports, and book chapters. She previously authored Marine Protected Areas and Coastal Conservation (R.B. Landes, 1997), and led the coastal portion of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.