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The ocean is the Earth’s biggest life support system, and healthy marine ecosystems are essential for human survival and well-being. As a leader in the global movement to protect vast ocean areas, Marine Conservation Institute uses the latest science to identify important marine ecosystems, advocate for their protection, and measure progress toward effective, sustainable marine protection.
They are an active member of the High Seas Alliance, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and National Ocean Protection Coalition, working to defend and advance marine protection at home and abroad.
Scientific studies have confirmed that well-regulated, well-enforced marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide significant ecological benefits, increase resilience to natural and anthropogenic disturbances, and allow for ecosystem recovery. For example, fully- and highly-protected MPAs can allow depleted fish populations to recover, serve as refuges for endangered species, and increase resilience to climate change.
At Marine Conservation Institute, they utilize the best available science to identify important marine ecosystems and advocate for their protection. They advocate for the creation of MPAs, strong and effective regulations, and preserving representative and special areas in the world’s oceans.
The Marine Protection Atlas (MPAtlas), a project of Marine Conservation Institute, was launched in 2012 as a way to provide a more nuanced picture of global marine protection. They aim to clarify, calculate and visualize the level of protection and implementation of the world’s marine protected areas (MPAs). Their primary goal is to identify and track fully and highly protected areas.
Building upon the official World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), the MPAtlas team is actively constructing the world’s most comprehensive global database of science-based MPA assessments. These assessments supplement the WDPA’s self-reported data using standardized frameworks that categorize MPAs by their stage of establishment and the strength of their regulations (protection level). These metrics help them estimate the expected conservation outcomes of an MPA and identify areas that achieve the greatest conservation benefits – fully and highly protected areas.
These metrics will drive the next conversations about and goals for international progress in marine conservation. Using their assessment database, they provide more clarity to measures of global progress, what more is needed to achieve conservation goals, and the expected outcomes and conservation benefits of different types of protected areas.
The Blue Parks initiative incentivizes a global ocean refuge system to safeguard biodiversity in at least 30% of the ocean. Blue Park Awards recognize outstanding marine protected areas (MPAs), and the Blue Park criteria provide a science-based standard for marine conservation effectiveness.
They launched the Blue Parks initiative to celebrate effective MPAs and incentivize governments, managers, communities and leaders to achieve effective conservation.
Blue Parks are the MPAs in the right places with the right rules and the right management to safeguard wildlife. The standards are based on the science of MPAs.
Scientific studies have confirmed that well-regulated, well-enforced marine protected areas (MPAs) can provide significant ecological benefits, increase resilience to natural and anthropogenic disturbances, and allow for ecosystem recovery. For example, fully- and highly-protected MPAs can allow depleted fish populations to recover, serve as refuges for endangered species, and increase resilience to climate change.
At Marine Conservation Institute, they utilize the best available science to identify important marine ecosystems and advocate for their protection. They advocate for the creation of MPAs, strong and effective regulations, and preserving representative and special areas in the world’s oceans.
The Marine Protection Atlas (MPAtlas), a project of Marine Conservation Institute, was launched in 2012 as a way to provide a more nuanced picture of global marine protection. They aim to clarify, calculate and visualize the level of protection and implementation of the world’s marine protected areas (MPAs). Their primary goal is to identify and track fully and highly protected areas.
Building upon the official World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), the MPAtlas team is actively constructing the world’s most comprehensive global database of science-based MPA assessments. These assessments supplement the WDPA’s self-reported data using standardized frameworks that categorize MPAs by their stage of establishment and the strength of their regulations (protection level). These metrics help them estimate the expected conservation outcomes of an MPA and identify areas that achieve the greatest conservation benefits – fully and highly protected areas.
These metrics will drive the next conversations about and goals for international progress in marine conservation. Using their assessment database, they provide more clarity to measures of global progress, what more is needed to achieve conservation goals, and the expected outcomes and conservation benefits of different types of protected areas.
The Blue Parks initiative incentivizes a global ocean refuge system to safeguard biodiversity in at least 30% of the ocean. Blue Park Awards recognize outstanding marine protected areas (MPAs), and the Blue Park criteria provide a science-based standard for marine conservation effectiveness.
They launched the Blue Parks initiative to celebrate effective MPAs and incentivize governments, managers, communities and leaders to achieve effective conservation.
Blue Parks are the MPAs in the right places with the right rules and the right management to safeguard wildlife. The standards are based on the science of MPAs.
