The Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem

• This Week's Comment

  Posted on November 30th, 2009

  Written by jseda

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  Ecological Restoration: History, services and rebuilding

  

  A number of government agencies and conservation institutions around the world are underscoring the importance of restoration as a tool to protect habitats and ecosystems, and perhaps bring them to an acceptable functioning condition that resembles a previous historical condition.  Restoration requires science, experimentation, political will, funding and societal participation in the design and implementation [...]

• This Week's Comment

  Posted on November 9th, 2009

  Written by jseda

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  NOAA’s Efforts for Ecosystem Management

  

  McFadden, K. W. and Barnes, C. (2009). The implementation of an ecosystem approach to management within a federal government agency. Marine Policy 33: 156-163.

  Summary
  The implementation of ecosystem management of marine natural resources is considered a challenge despite the overall consensus that it is essential to understand the complexity of these ecosystems at both ecologic and [...]

• This Week's Comment

  Posted on September 30th, 2009

  Written by jseda

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  Community-Based MPAs: Case study in Puerto Morelos, Mexico

  

  Rodríguez-Martínez, R. E. “Community involvement in marine protected areas: The case of Puerto Morelos reef, México.” Journal of Environmental Management 88.4 (2008): 1151-60.

  Summary
  Using marine protected areas (MPAs) as a management tool for conservation can be effective, especially when local stakeholders, government agencies and communities take an active role in the planning and decision-making processes. [...]

• This Week's Comment

  Posted on September 3rd, 2009

  Written by jseda

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  Why Conserve our Marine Ecosystems?

  

  Owens, Susan. 2008. Why conserve marine environments? (Comment). Environmental Conservation 35(1):1-4.

  Summary
  The urgency to promote the conservation of marine environments is analyzed by Owens (2008) as a moral injunction that involves acknowledging the right or wrong in using these systems for human benefit. The majority of the literature addressing this subject is in agreement that [...]

• This Week's Comment

  Posted on August 17th, 2009

  Written by candreu

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  Marine Spatial Planning (MSP): Stakeholders Wanted!

  

  Pomeroy, Robert and Douvere, Fanny. 2008. The engagement of stakeholders in the marine spatial planning process. Marine Policy 32: 816-822.
  Summary
  For effective management of marine ecosystems, we must view them as a combination of both natural and human elements that must be mutually benefitted and sustained. Marine spatial planning (MSP) as defined by Ehler and Douvere [...]

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