Big, Bold and Blue

Lessons from Australia's Marine Protected Areas

James Fitzsimons, Geoff Westcott (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

432 Seiten

2016
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-0194-2 (ISBN)

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Australia is at the forefront of marine conservation, with one of the largest systems of marine protected areas in the world. Big, Bold and Blue captures much of Australia's experience, sharing important lessons from the Great Barrier Reef and many other extraordinary marine protected areas.

The vast expanses of ocean that cover about 70% of our planet have been negatively affected by fishing, pollution and, increasingly, by climate change. To mitigate these effects and safeguard the delicate ecological and environmental functions of oceans and their remarkable biodiversity, international agreements have led to the ongoing creation of marine protected areas around the world. In some of these areas, human activity is prohibited and in others it is managed in a sustainable way. Australia is at the forefront of marine conservation, with one of the largest systems of marine protected areas in the world.

Big, Bold and Blue: Lessons from Australia's Marine Protected Areas captures much of Australia's experience, sharing important lessons from the Great Barrier Reef and many other extraordinary marine protected areas. It presents real-world examples, leading academic research, perspectives on government policy, and information from Indigenous sea country management, non-governmental organisations, and commercial and recreational fishing sectors. The lessons learnt during the rapid expansion of Australia's marine protected areas, both positive and negative, will aid and advise other nations in their own marine conservation efforts.

James Fitzsimons is Director of Conservation with The Nature Conservancy’s Australia Program where he oversees the planning, policy and science of large-scale conservation initiatives. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Deakin University, Australia. He has previously worked for government and non-government organisations in conservation and protected area policy and has published widely in these fields. Geoff Wescott is Associate Professor of Environment at Deakin University’s Melbourne Campus where he teaches and researches marine and coastal policy. He is the President of the Australian Coastal Society, a member of the Victorian Environment Assessment Council, a Director of Zoos Victoria and Chair of the Expert Panel preparing a new Marine and Coastal Act for Victoria. He is a previous Deputy Chair of Parks Victoria and member of the National Oceans Advisory Group. He has published over 170 books, chapters, technical papers, reports and popular articles.

Foreword (Tim Winton)

Foreword (Inger Andersen IUCN Director General, and Dan Laffoley, Chair of Marine, World Commission on Protected Areas of IUCN)

Acknowledgements

List of contributors
Part 1. Setting the international and national scene

Part 2. Australia’s marine protected area systems

Part 3. Key aspects of Australian marine protected areas

Part 4. Differing perspectives on Australian marine protected areas

Part 5. Synthesis

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	22.07.2016
Zusatzinfo	44 colour photographs, 38 maps
Verlagsort	Melbourne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 245 mm
Gewicht	1058 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
ISBN-10	1-4863-0194-0 / 1486301940
ISBN-13	978-1-4863-0194-2 / 9781486301942
Zustand	Neuware