Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are essential to reach the UN Ocean's Decade challenges
and the Sustainable Development Goal 14 (life bellow water–conserve coastal and marine …

Both the ecological and social dimensions of fisheries are being affected by climate change.
As a result, policymakers, managers, scientists and fishing communities are seeking …

Artificial reefs (ARs) are one of the most popular means of supporting marine ecosystem
conservation and coastal fisheries, particularly in developing countries. However, ARs …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are effective tools for preserving marine organisms and
ecosystems against the background of climate change and intense human activities …

As a member of the “High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy”, Mexico has
committed to expand community-based marine conservation. We draw from more than two …

Unpacking the dynamics of policy mobility is critical to understanding what happens when
global environmental policies are implemented, including why equity goals remain unmet. In …

The costs and benefits of customary top-down Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been
studied at length. But the costs and benefits of community-based MPAs–an increasingly …

Community-based marine reserves have emerged as a tool to integrate communities into
managing their own resources. In Mexico, Fishing Refuge Zones (FRZs) are no-take areas …

Overfishing and destructive fishing practices are major threats to marine biodiversity in the
Philippines, where over 1.9 million small-scale fishers are supported by these biodiverse …

In small-scale fisheries that suffer from weak formal governance, fishers use a variety of
institutional strategies to self-govern. These self-governance arrangements may or may not …