The Cook Islands in the Marae Moana Amendment Act 2026 under Section 24 stipulates that a marine protected area of 50 nautical miles (measured from each coastline) is established around all islands of the Cook islands.
This dataset contains the underlying data and metadata details to support reporting to the NSDA Indicator 11.2 Percentage of Protected Areas.
This is the first of the six reviews. It was prepared by Mike Huber and Kerry McGregor who comprehensively reviewed activities and current thinking in relation to marine protected areas (MPAs) and their application to the management and conservation of coastal resources. While the focus of the review is the Pacific islands region, their presentation is supplemented with examples from other ocean regions.
The importance of strengthening ecological coherence and resilience as necessary
conditions for both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development has
attracted growing attention in recent years in a wide range of conservation and
development fora. The World Summit on Sustainable Development, that was
held in Johannesburg in September 2002, adopted the goal of securing by 2010 a
significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss. In setting out how
this can be achieved within the context of sustainable development, the
A rap song about protecting our coral reefs from pollution and explosive fishing methods. Coral reefs gives us life and protect us.
The IUCN categories are applicable to all types of protected areas, whether terrestrial or marine. the 2008 Guidelines for Protected Area Management Categories (2008 Guidelines) provide considerable detail on the use and application of the categories, including for marine protected area (MPAs).Online onlyCall Number: [EL]ISBN/ISSN: 978-2-8317-1524-7Physical Description: 36p. : ill. (col.) ;
This document represents a synthesis of the expertise, knowledge and views of leading experts in marine protected area (MPA) network design and implementation. It is intended to be useful to countries and their various organizations in helping them build effective networks of MPAs. Not only does it provide a wealth of real-life examples from around the globe, it outlines the steps necessary to turn political ambitions into reality.
For the first time ever, researchers have created a global map of human activity in the oceans and on coastlines, published last week in the journal Nature.
Carondelet is a remote seamount in the Phoenix Islands of the Republic of Kiribati. Earlier expeditions of the Phoenix Islands Protected Area (PIPA) were not able to survey the seamount due to challenging ocean conditions. In 2015, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Kiribati Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resource Development conducted surveys around the shallow habitats (<30 m) of the seamount to characterize coral reef fish and benthic communities.
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institute have published a new study on the impact of MPAs on the recreational scuba diving industry in California’s Northern Channel Islands.
