Sustaining the World's Large Marine Ecosystems
Sustaining the World's Large Marine Ecosystems
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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