Management of the Belize Barrier Reef was originally envisioned through the creation of marine protected areas. However, the influence of land-based activities was not accounted for in Marine Protected Area (MPA) programs. Therefore focus was shifted to an integrated approach via Integrated Coastal
A conceptual framework for the integral management of marine protected areas
✍ Scribed by Celia Ojeda-Martínez; Francisca Giménez Casalduero; Just T. Bayle-Sempere; Carmen Barbera Cebrián; Carlos Valle; Jose Luis Sanchez-Lizaso; Aitor Forcada; Pablo Sanchez-Jerez; Pablo Martín-Sosa; Jesús M. Falcón; Fuensanta Salas; Mariagrazia Graziano; Renato Chemello; Ben Stobart; Pedro Cartagena; Angel Pérez-Ruzafa; Fréderic Vandeperre; Elisabeth Rochel; Serge Planes; Alberto Brito
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 810 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0964-5691
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