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Sustaining the World's Large Marine Ecosystems

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The IUCN Support of <strong>Marine</strong> Protected Area Sites<br />

within <strong>Large</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> <strong>Ecosystems</strong><br />

James Oliver, Project Officer, IUCN Global <strong>Marine</strong> Programme<br />

Carl Gustaf Lundin, Head, IUCN Global <strong>Marine</strong> Programme<br />

Professor Dan Laffoley, Vice Chair, WCPA Thematic Team Leader for <strong>the</strong> <strong>Marine</strong> Biome<br />

Figure 1. The Caribbean Sea LME.<br />

Why <strong>Marine</strong> Protected Areas?<br />

Photo: Nancy Sefton<br />

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and <strong>the</strong> IUCN World<br />

Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) have long advocated <strong>the</strong> need to step<br />

up and scale up efforts to protect <strong>the</strong> world’s vast and increasingly vulnerable<br />

marine environment from climate change, pollution, resource depletion and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

threats. We are faced not only with small scale impacts but now with a vast<br />

footprint from human innovation and industry that is spreading across our wide<br />

oceans to <strong>the</strong>ir greatest depths. Unchecked, such impacts will continue to<br />

deplete our seas; if impacts are halted, <strong>the</strong>n sustainability may be achieved for<br />

ocean resources.<br />

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