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WCPA

Guidelines for establishing marine protected areas

This text offers authoritative advice on the present day planning, policies and practices for marine protected areas. The Guidelines are intended primarily to help nations and states to establish national representative systems of marine protected areas as a vital component of the integrated management of their coastal and marine areas. The main text is supplemented by detailed appendices to assist in the planning of a system and of individual marine protected areas. …  

14 Nov 1991 | Downloads - publication

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  • WCPA Marine Checklist for Marine Protected Areas 273KB
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