The Unfulfilled Promise of the World’s Marine Protected Areas

“Welcome to the promising, confusing, and maddening world of marine reserves.”


The Unfulfilled Promise of the World’s Marine Protected Areas by Bruce Barcott: Yale Environment 360



A good overview by Bruce Barcott: Yale Environment 360; better science than is widely acknowledged, more fear than is warranted given the small fraction of existing MPAs ~1% globally, and of course ever dwindling populations of marine life. For example, if you missed it, nearly half of the world's seabirds are in decline - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17302442

So what gives ?