Marine protected areas (MPAs), including no‐take marine reserves (MRs), play an important
role in the conservation of marine biodiversity. We document the status of MPAs and MRs in …

With 51 100km2 of terrestrial area and 589 000km² of national waters, Costa Rica is
considered one of the countries with the greatest biodiversity. It has approximately 3.5% of …

Chile is one of the world's leading countries in landings (catch) of marine resources. The
pioneer studies of human impacts on coastal marine communities provided the scientific …

Marine conservation lags behind terrestrial in the establishment of protected areas. This was
recognized by the Convention on Biological Diversity, whose members, in 2004, agreed to …

The growing concern about the profound influence of human activities on marine
ecosystems has been the driving force behind the creation of marine reserves in the last few …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a key tool for achieving goals for biodiversity
conservation and human well-being, including improving climate resilience and equitable …

Attention to marine protected areas (MPA) for conservation and sustainability purposes has
increased in Colombia in the recent decades. This shift is a result of the commitment of …

In efforts to protect the world's oceans, the Convention on Biological Diversity has moved the
goal of establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) to cover 10% of the ocean from 2012 to …

This article takes the opportunity of the recent establishment of two large and remote marine
protected areas (MPAs) in Brazilian jurisdictional waters to discuss the role played by large …

It is acknowledged that an effective path to globally protect marine ecosystems is through the
establishment of eco-regional scale networks of MPAs spanning across national frontiers. In …