WCPA Marine Important Links
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
The GBRMPA site outlines its role as the principal adviser to the Australian Government on the care and development of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Conservation International
Global Marine Program
Outlines CI's commitment to global marine conservation and focuses marine biological diversity, threats to the oceans, tools for conservation and more.
The Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands
Global developments related to oceans, coasts, and SIDS, particularly activities aimed at achieving oceans-related targets from the World Summit on Sustainable Development and from the Millennium Development Goals through policy analyses, multi-stakeholder dialogues, working groups, roundtables, and other approaches.
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI)
ICRI is a unique environmental partnership that brings together stakeholders with the objective of sustainable use and conservation of coral reefs for future generations. The many partners, including governments, international environmental and development agencies, scientific associations, the private sector and NGOs, are dedicated to designing the best strategies to conserve the world's coral reef resources
Island Resource Foundation
This site offers a list of 200+ contacts and addresses for Marine Parks and Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean. Data include MPA name and address and is sorted by country.
MPA News
University of Washington, School of Marine Affairs, USA.
MPA News is a monthly newsletter that reports on the planning and management of marine protected areas. It serves the global MPA community with news, views, analysis, and tips gathered from experts around the world.
Marine Protected Areas of the United States
U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of the Interior
This site was established under an Executive Order in 2000. This Web site is a principal medium to promote sharing of information, to foster collaboration among participating agencies, and to enhance the protection of existing areas and establish new ones.
U.S. National Marine Sanctuary Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
This site provides extensive information on NOAA's national program on MPAs which includes 13 sites from the Tropical Pacific to North Atlantic waters.
National Marine Conservation Areas
Parks Canada
The Parks Canada site outlines its responsibilities for National Parks and National Historic Sites and a national system of marine protected areas.
Marine Programme
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
The WCMC-Marine Programme site provides information services on coastal and marine ecosystems in a searchable database. The site contains a global catalogue of MPAs, marine statistics, as well as a variety of GIS maps on coral reefs, mangroves and other resources that can be searched by country.
MPA Site
World Wide Fund for Nature
WWF's Global Marine Programme is working towards a network of effectively managed, ecologically representative Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) covering at least 10% of the world's seas.
