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An global perspective on MPAs and update onAn global perspective on MPAs and update on WCPA – Marine activities, spring 2009
Dan Dan LaffoleyLaffoley
IUCN WCPA Vice Chair IUCN WCPA Vice Chair –– MarineMarine
Chief Scientist’s Team, Natural England, UKChief Scientist’s Team, Natural England, UK
Sponsored by
Google Ocean Council of Advisors, 27 June, 2007The World Conservation Union Exeter University, 7 March, 2008 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
New Caledonia marine World Heritage Site
IUCN vision and mission
• A just world that values and conserves nature.
• To influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integritythroughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
Google Ocean Council of Advisors, 27 June, 2007The World Conservation Union WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
Species Survival CommissionSSC
Commission on Environmental LawCEL
IUCN
International CELInternational Union for
Conservation Commission on Education and C i ti CEC
of NatureCommunication CEC
World Commission on Protected
Governments
Institutions
Areas WCPA
C i i i lInstitutions
NGOs
Commission on Environmental Economic and Social Policy
Google Ocean Council of Advisors, 27 June, 2007The World Conservation Union Exeter University, 7 March, 2008
Commission on Ecosystem Management CEM
Google Ocean Council of Advisors, 27 June, 2007The World Conservation Union WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009 Courtesy USGS/NASA
WCPA – Marine focus on:
• The challenges• The programmeg• The latest products• The next steps
Courtesy USGS/NASA
Image: Gerry Allen/CIImage: Gerry Allen/CI
An epaulette shark (Hemiscyillum freycineti), believed to be a new species. They spend most of their time on the sea floor looking for crustaceans and molluscs.
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009 NASA
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
• Arctic sea iceArctic sea ice
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
Ocean Acidification over timeOcean Acidification over time
8.48.6
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7.47.67.8 2050 AD
2100 AD
7.4-25 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5
time (million years before present)
Past (Pearson and Palmer, 2000) and predicted (Blackford et al 2006) variability of marine pH.
Slide courtesy of Plymouth Marine Laboratory
or..........Plan B!
Google Ocean Council of Advisors, 27 June, 2007The World Conservation Union Exeter University, 7 March, 2008
Google Ocean Council of Advisors, 27 June, 2007The World Conservation Union Exeter University, 7 March, 2008
Signing of the political declaration at the close of the Summit
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geographical visualization created by David Tryse
WCPA Steering Committee briefing, 20 September , 2007The World Conservation Union Exeter University, 7 March, 2008 Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
Some headlines
• Better data and mapsp• Greater scale of protection• Greater understanding of progress• High Seas a priority• Marine World Heritage a priority
Gl b l i l l l t ki i it• Global-regional-local networking a priority• Capturing and sharing best practice a priority• Visibility of current protection a priority• Visibility of current protection a priority• Citizen engagement a priority – political commitment• Web-based supportpp
Focusing our actions
Accelerating progress in achieving the Global MPA Agenda
Encouraging, developing and sharing solutions for creating and managing MPAs and MPA networks
Increasing visibility, understanding and awareness of MPAs and MPA networks
Focusing our actions
Accelerating progress in achieving the Global MPA Agenda
Encouraging, developing and sharing solutions for creating and managing MPAs and MPA networks
Increasing visibility, understanding and awareness of MPAs and MPA networks
review
Focus of the PPO Reviews
What’s MPAs are there?
Focus of the PPO Reviews
What s MPAs are there? What’s missing? What’s new?What’s new? What are the challenges? What are the priorities?
Fi t i ill f th M ditFirst review will focus on the Mediterranean
Google Ocean Council of Advisors, 27 June, 2007The World Conservation Union WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
Google Ocean Council of Advisors, 27 June, 2007The World Conservation Union WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
Focusing our actions
Accelerating progress in achieving the Global MPA Agenda
Encouraging, developing and sharing solutions for creating and managing MPAs and MPA networks
Increasing visibility, understanding and awareness of MPAs and MPA networks
Focusing our actions
Accelerating progress in achieving the Global MPA Agenda
Encouraging, developing and sharing solutions for creating and managing MPAs and MPA networks
Increasing visibility, understanding and awareness of MPAs and MPA networks
Changing Changing titiperceptionsperceptions
Changing the public’sChanging the public s perception:
A blue ocean – invisible ‘life’
Much of it is protected (30% p (- 40%!)
Not sure where protection is p(?Barrier Reef)
No idea of scale
WCPA Steering Committee briefing, 20 September , 2007The World Conservation Union Exeter University, 7 March, 2008 Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
o dea o sca e
Visibility on MPA Visibility on MPA progressprogressprogressprogress
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
All MPAs designated All MPAs designated by midby mid--20082008
4400 MPAs, 2.35 million km2, 0.65% of oceansyy
S W d L J Fi h L L h J & P l D 2008 O 42(3) 340 351
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
Source:Wood, L. J., Fish, L., Laughren, J. & Pauly, D. 2008. Oryx 42(3): 340-351
Communicating Oceans & MPAs
Access to information
Better dataBetter data
Better decision making
A public good
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009
A public good
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Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009 Courtesy USGS/NASA
Google Ocean MPA workshop, 4 December, 2007The World Conservation Union Marine World Heritage Workshop, Bahrain, 24 – 26 February, 2009 WCPA – Marine update, Spring, 2009 Google
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www.protectplanetocean.org
A l b l b t l MPA t i fA global web portal on MPAs to inform, educate and entertain
Web IT support:Technology Partners:
Mission Programs >
Research Research, Conservation,
& Exploration >& xp
REMOTE IMAGING
Belize Barrier Reef Reserve: Glovers Reef Atoll
--600 m offshore,--20 m depth
Partnership:
NGSNGSUN FoundationIUCNIsla Marisol Resort
Remote Imaging www.nationalgeographic.com/wildcam
WildCam and CrittercamWildCam and Crittercam…… exciting Remote Imaging tools amazing and valuable NG imaging resources,
l ith t talong with partner assets
Bringing the oceans, MPAs, World Heritage to life for
Remote Imaging
World Heritage to life for viewers the world over
Coming up!
• Carbon management in marine ecosystems
• Building the global network
• Protect My Ocean
• Ocean Voices
• High Seas
• Marine World Heritage
• TED ‘wish’
Sylvia’s ‘Wish’
"I wish you would use all means at your disposal -- films! expeditions! the web! more! -- to ignite public support for p g p ppa global network of marine protected areas, hope spots large enough to save and restore the ocean, the blue heart of the planet “heart of the planet.
NASA
Courtesy of NASA/JPL