Barely per week goes by with out one other new marine protected space being introduced; final week it was Sao Tome and Principe, the week earlier than it was French Polynesia. It’s excellent news, however drawing strains on a map is one factor, implementing efficient conservation is one other.
Enter the Blue Park Awards. Recognising marine protected areas (MPAs) that set a benchmark for ocean conservation, the prize revealed its newest winners this week. They had been: Banc-des-Américains, Canada; KAWAWANA Indigenous group heritage space, Senegal; Nosy Hara nationwide park, Madagascar; Nosy Tanihely nationwide park, Madagascar; Sahamalaza-îles Radama nationwide park, Madagascar; and Rapa Nui marine protected space, Chile.
Chosen by conservation specialists convened by the US-based Marine Conservation Institute, the winners had been benchmarked in opposition to “a rigorous, science-driven framework” to judge their effectiveness.
Collectively, the six parks embody roughly 455,000 sq miles of ocean, bringing the entire Blue Park community to greater than 2.6m sq miles of successfully protected ocean throughout 30 nations and Indigenous territories.
“These six MPAs present that efficient marine safety is achievable throughout cultures, geographies, and political programs,” stated Dr Lance Morgan, president of Marine Conservation Institute. “We hope they encourage ocean champions all over the place to lift their ambitions for what safety can and will appear like.”
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