Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies." National Research Council. 2001. Marine Protected Areas: Tools for Sustaining Ocean Ecosystems ...

So far, about 10% of the ocean has formal protection as countries work toward the 30x30 goal, but many areas are still protected on paper only.

IBA, Zambales – The Zambales Marine Protected Area Network (Zampan) has approved the expansion of protected areas in the province with the addition of two marine sanctuaries aimed at improving coastal ...

A marine protection method described this week proposes spreading marine protection from areas where wildlife tourism already discourages activities that damage or degrade ecosystems, like fishing or ...

New Zealand's earlier efforts to safeguard marine or coastal environments, particularly as marine reserves and marine protected areas, typically focused on shallow ecosystems, largely because that is ...

A coalition of 11 environmental organizations has launched a legal initiative aimed at compelling European governments to ...

Some 60 years ago scientists documented a coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa that they presumed was already ...

"We also hope that it can inspire other countries." ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences confirms that fossilized remains of marine invertebrates can accurately reflect the functional diversity of past ecosystems ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

Only a small percentage of the ocean is fully protected Of the nearly 10% of ocean covered by marine protected areas, much is only lightly or minimally protected, according to a Marine Conservation ...