The Legislative Framework of the Management of the Protected Areas in Greece. The Case of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Mylonopoulos ◽  
Polyxeni Moira ◽  
Spyridon Parthenis
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Legislative Framework

scholarly journals Declining abundance of coral reef fish in a World-Heritage-listed marine park

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew A. Vanderklift ◽  
Russell C. Babcock ◽  
Fabio Boschetti ◽  
Michael D. E. Haywood ◽  
Richard D. Pillans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coral Reef ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Reef Fish ◽  
Coral Reef Fish ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Hard Coral ◽  
Absolute Abundance ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Recreation Zone

Abstract One of the most robust metrics for assessing the effectiveness of protected areas is the temporal trend in the abundance of the species they are designed to protect. We surveyed coral-reef fish and living hard coral in and adjacent to a sanctuary zone (SZ: where all forms of fishing are prohibited) in the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park during a 10-year period. There were generally more individuals and greater biomass of many fish taxa (especially emperors and parrotfish) in the SZ than the adjacent recreation zone (RZ: where recreational fishing is allowed) — so log response ratios of abundance were usually positive in each year. However, despite this, there was an overall decrease in both SZ and RZ in absolute abundance of some taxa by up to 22% per year, including taxa that are explicitly targeted (emperors) by fishers and taxa that are neither targeted nor frequently captured (most wrasses and butterflyfish). A concomitant decline in the abundance (measured as percentage cover) of living hard coral of 1–7% per year is a plausible explanation for the declining abundance of butterflyfish, but declines in emperors might be more plausibly due to fishing. Our study highlights that information on temporal trends in absolute abundance is needed to assess whether the goals of protected areas are being met: in our study, patterns in absolute abundance across ten years of surveys revealed trends that simple ratios of abundance did not.

Viet Nam’s National System of Marine Protected Areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-98
Author(s):  
Diep Ngoc Vo
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Marine Spatial Planning ◽  
Viet Nam ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
State Practice ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Legislative Framework

In 2001, Viet Nam’s first mpa was established in Hòn Mun Island (Nha Trang). In 2010, a National mpa System Plan was officially adopted with a vision to establish 16 mpas by 2020. With an aim to report Viet Nam’s state practice concerning mpas, this article is divided into three parts. The first section will analyze the relevant legal framework on mpas, addressing the national jurisdictional basis for area-protection, authorities responsible for designating protected areas, administrative process and interaction of authorities responsible for activities within mpas. The second section will scrutinize each individual mpa project implemented in Viet Nam. The last part is an assessment of the progress of marine protection adopting marine spatial planning approach in Viet Nam by evaluating challenges and opportunities of the contemporary mpa system, identifying the gaps between legislative framework and practice, as well as the ways forward.

Photovoltaic technologies in historic buildings and protected areas: Comprehensive legislative framework in Italy and Switzerland

Energy Policy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 112772
Author(s):  
Elena Lucchi ◽  
Isabella Dall'Orto ◽  
Alessia Peluchetti ◽  
Linda Toledo ◽  
Martina Pelle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Photovoltaic Technologies

Conservation Criminology: Modelling Offender Target Selection for Illegal Fishing in Marine Protected Areas

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 1455-1477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damian P Weekers ◽  
Renee Zahnow ◽  
Lorraine Mazerolle
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Target Selection ◽  
Environmental Criminology ◽  
Wildlife Crime ◽  
The Past ◽  
Marine Park ◽  
Regional Population ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThe emergence of conservation criminology over the past decade provides a unique insight into patterns of wildlife crime. Wildlife crime has a dramatic impact on many vulnerable species and represents a significant challenge to the management of protected areas around the world. This paper contributes to the field of conservation criminology by examining the travel patterns of fishing poachers in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in Australia. The results demonstrate that distance is a key feature of offender target selection, reflecting the established environmental criminology concept of distance decay. The analysis also reveals a significant relationship between individual no-take zones and regional population areas. The applicability of a nodal-oriented approach to wildlife crime prevention is discussed.

scholarly journals Interpreting Daly’s Sustainability Criteria for Assessing the Sustainability of Marine Protected Areas: A System Dynamics Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Supradianto Nugroho ◽  
Takuro Uehara ◽  
Yori Herwangi
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
System Dynamics ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Marine Protected Areas ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Fish Population ◽  
Fish Population Dynamics ◽  
Marine Park

Sustainability assessments of marine protected areas (MPAs) are essential for improving the effectiveness of management efforts. Since sustainability is closely related to the concept of intergenerational well-being, measuring and tracking it through time is crucial. Therefore, this study will use the system dynamics approach applied at Pieh marine park as the study site. A system dynamics model was built comprising four sub-models: fish population dynamics, coral reef coverage, tourism, and pollution. The goodness-of-fit test of the model indicated low and unsystematic model error. The sustainability assessment was conducted using the three principles of sustainability proposed by Herman Daly, which define sustainability for resource management based on the change in the amount of renewable resources, non-renewable resources, and pollution. The sustainability assessment determined that Pieh marine park cannot sustain economic activities in its area, indicated by decreasing renewable resource indicators in the form of fish population dynamics, coral reef coverage, and increasing pollution levels. Several management interventions can be applied to improve sustainability, including lowering the total allowable catch, coral transplantation, and improved waste management.

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