Ocean Zoning

Dr. Tundi Agardy is Executive Director of Sound Seas, based in the Washington DC area, acts as Director of the MARES Program at Forest Trends, and is Science and Policy Director for the World Ocean Observatory. She is an editor of MEAM (Marine Ecosystems and Management), and has published over a hundred scientific journal articles, reports, and book chapters. She previously authored Marine Protected Areas and Coastal Conservation (R.B. Landes, 1997), and led the coastal portion of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Marine Management Challenges: How Ocean Zoning Can Help Overcome Them

3. Ocean Zoning Steps

4. Zoning within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park (Australia)

5. Various Incarnations of Ocean Zoning in New Zealand

6. Zoning Efforts in United Kingdom Waters

7. Zoning Undertaken by the OSPAR Countries of the Northeast Atlantic

8. Zoning the Asinara Marine Park of Italy

9. Possibilities for Holistic Zoning of the Mediterranean Sea

10. Integrated Coastal Management, MPA Networks, and Large Marine Ecosystems in Africa

11. Zoning within Marine Management Initiatives in British Columbia, Canada

12. Marine Spatial Planning in the U.S.

13. Principles Underscoring Ocean Zoning Success

14. Implementing Ocean Zoning

15. Conclusions

Annexes:

Annex 1: IUCN Protected Area Categories

Annex 2: Recommended Further Reading

Index