Management of Marine Protected Areas : A Network Perspective.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Editor's Preface -- Chapter 1 From Marine Protected Areas to MPA Networks -- The Ecology of Beauty -- From Landscapes to Habitats -- From Hunting and Gathering to Farming -- Landscapes, Habitats and Fish are Not Enough -- Good Environmental Status -- Connectivity -- Networking According to Nature or to Bureaucracy? -- Towards a Holistic View of Marine Systems -- The Cells of Ecosystem Functioning -- Mapping the Seas -- Upgrading the Observation Systems and Managing the Networks -- Human Capacity Building -- Extinction in the Mediterranean Sea -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2 Ecological Effects and Benefits of Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas: Management Implications -- Introduction -- Ecological Benefits of MPAs -- Effects on Fish Populations -- Ecosystem Characteristics Affecting the Benefits of MPAs -- Partially Protected Areas -- Effects on Communities (Secondary Effects of Protection) -- The MPA as a Touchstone: Estimation of the Degree of Exploitation Outside MPAs -- Spillover and Larval Export -- Management Implications -- References -- Chapter 3 Typology, Management and Monitoring of Marine Protected Area Networks -- Introduction -- Network Formation Characteristics -- Unplanned (Ad Hoc) Networks -- Planned and Semi-Planned Networks -- Overlapping Networks -- Nested Networks -- MPA Network Typology -- Conservation Networks -- Connectivity Networks -- Socio-economic Networks -- Geographic Networks -- Collaborative Networks -- Cultural Networks -- Transnational Networks -- MPA Network Management and Monitoring -- Conservation Network Sites -- Connectivity Network Sites -- Socio-economic Network Sites -- Geographic Network Sites -- Collaborative Network Sites -- Cultural Network Sites.

Transnational Network Sites -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 4 Marine Protected Area Governance and Effectiveness Across Networks -- Introduction -- How the MPA is Managed: Management Structures within MPAs -- Who Makes Decisions: Different Governance Types within MPAs -- The Effectiveness of MPAs -- Conclusion: Priorities for MPA Management -- References -- Chapter 5 Marine Protected Areas as Spatial Protection Measures under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive -- Introduction -- Area of Application of the MSFD -- Implementation Process -- Spatial Protection Measures -- Background: Global International Law -- Networks of MPAs -- Types of Spatial Protection Measures -- MPAs Designated under EU Law -- MPAs Established in the Framework of Global and Regional International Agreements -- Further Spatial Protection Measures -- Initiation of Spatial Protection Measures -- Closing Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Socioeconomic Impacts of Networks of Marine Protected Areas -- Introduction -- State of the Art -- Socioeconomic Impacts of MPAs -- Tools for MPA Socioeconomic Assessments -- MPAs in the Mediterranean and Black Seas -- Mediterranean Sea -- Black Sea -- Lessons Learned for MPAs -- Mismatch between Regulations and Actual Implementation and Management Performance -- Protection Level -- Naturalistic Approaches versus Socioeconomic-Ecosystem (Network) Approaches -- Stakeholder Involvement in Governance and Management from the Early Design of MPAs -- Lack of Resources (Including Political Will) Needed to Reduce Human Pressures -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7 Multi-criteria Decision-Making for Marine Protected Area Design and Management -- Introduction -- Multi-criteria Decision Methods -- Multi-attribute Utility Theory -- Analytic Hierarchy Process -- Dealing with Uncertainty.

Choosing the Right Approach -- Multi-criteria Analysis in a Spatial Dimension -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8 Ecosystem-Based Management for Marine Protected Areas: A Systematic Approach -- Introduction -- Marine Protected Areas and Networks -- Network of Marine Protected Area Managers in the Mediterranean (MedPAN) -- North-East Asian Marine Protected Areas Network (NEAMPAN) -- The Use of Ecosystem-Based Management for MPAs and Networks -- Setting the Scene of Management -- Using a Systems Approach to Management -- Implementing Adaptive Management -- Advocating the Use of the Ecosystem Services Vocabulary -- Working with Decision‐making Procedures in a Decentralized Way -- Developing an Environmental Accounting Framework -- Considering Humans as Part of Global Ecosystems -- A Systematic Approach for Using the EBMS in MPA Management -- Discussion and Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9 Developing Collaboration among Marine Protected Area Managers to Strengthen Network Management -- Introduction -- Once Upon a Time, the Mediterranean Basin Filled Up Again … and Soon Emptied -- How the 'Reasonable' Person Revelation Sparks Environmental Conservation Policies -- The Escalating Establishment of MPAs in the Mediterranean since 1960 -- From Marine Natural Features under a Bell Jar … to Participatory Measures for Managing Pressures -- What is a Social Network? -- MedPAN: An Example of an MPA Social Network -- Social Network Analysis: MedPAN Network under Scrutiny -- Possible Reasons for Joining a Niche Social Network such as MedPAN -- How a Network of MPA Managers Strengthens the Management of MPA Networks -- Lessons from Other MPA Social Networks Worldwide -- What Could Come Next? -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Eyes Wide Shut:: Managing Bio-Invasions in Mediterranean Marine Protected Areas.

Introduction -- Marine Alien Species in the Mediterranean Sea -- Porous Borders: Alien Species in MPAs -- See No Evil -- Management: Eyes Wide Shut -- So What Is To Be Done? -- References -- Chapter 11 Marine Protected Areas and Marine Spatial Planning, with Special Reference to the Black Sea -- Marine Spatial Planning and Marine Protected Areas: Compatible or Conflicting Concepts? -- Protection of the Sea -- Protection of Open Space -- Cumulative Effects and Interactions -- Prevention of and Compensation for Negative Effects -- Flexible and Proportionate Planning -- Creation of an Efficient Network of MPAs -- Towards Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach -- Limits of MSP -- The Law of the Sea: A Hindrance to MSP? -- EU Instruments: A Fresh Impetus to MSP -- Recommendation on Integrated Coastal Zone Management -- Marine Strategy Framework Directive -- Maritime Spatial Planning Directive -- The Black Sea: Evaluation of Progress on MSP at a Regional Level -- The Bucharest Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution -- Efforts towards ICZM and MSP -- Evaluation of Progress at National Level -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12 Black Sea Network of Marine Protected Areas: European Approaches and Adaptation to Expansion and Monitoring in Ukraine -- Introduction -- Overview of MPAs in the Black Sea -- Ecological Characteristics of the Ukrainian Part of the Black Sea -- Geographic Features -- Biodiversity -- Eutrophication of the Black Sea Shelf Area -- The MPA Network of Ukraine -- Approaches to Management and Monitoring of MPAs in Ukraine -- Taking Account of Anthropogenic Influence in the Justification of an MPA -- Plant Morphological Indicators for Rapid Monitoring of MPAs -- Method for Determining the Ecological Value of MPAs -- Using Environmental Sentinels for Public Monitoring of MPAs.

Expansion of the Ukrainian MPA Network -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 13 Prospects for Marine Protected Areas in the Turkish Black Sea -- Introduction -- Overview of the Regional Situation -- Turkish Perspectives and Rationale for Establishing MPAs -- Ecoregions of the Black Sea -- Connectivity Between the Proposed Turkish Black Sea MPAs -- A Case Study of Şile Proposed MPA -- Fishing -- Marine Mammals -- Legal Framework Concerning MPAs in the Turkish Part of the Black Sea -- Socio-economic Benefits of MPAs in the Turkish Part of the Black Sea -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 Marine Protected Areas and Offshore Wind Farms -- Introduction -- Offshore Wind Farms -- Construction Stage -- Operational Stage -- Decommissioning Stage -- Potential Impacts of OWFs on Marine Life -- Impacts on Benthos -- Impacts on Fish -- Impacts on Marine Mammals -- Impacts on Birds -- Rejected OWF Proposals -- Potential of Floating Platforms -- Conclusions -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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