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Content: 1. Ocean sanctuaries, marine reserves or parks? -- History of marine protected areas and cetaceans -- Ocean sanctuaries, marine reserves or parks, which one and why? -- Biosphere reserves, a strategy for thinking about MPAs -- Defining critical habitat -- Networks of MPAs -- High-seas MPAs -- 2. Why spotlight whales, dolphins and porpoises? -- Introduction -- Red list assessment of cetacean species, subspecies and populations -- The value of cetaceans for marine-based conservation -- 3. Creating better marine protected areas for cetaceans : steps toward the design, establishment and management of marine protected areas for cetaceans -- Basic principles -- Cetacean habitat needs -- The value of ecosystem-based management -- Steps to creating better MPAs for cetaceans -- 4. Strategies for protecting cetaceans to complement and supplement marine protected areas -- Conservation strategies for cetaceans besides MPAs -- Other pragmatic approaches -- 5. Habitat protection for cetaceans around the world : status and prospects -- Introduction -- Marine region 1 : Antarctic -- Marine region 2 : Arctic -- Marine region 3 : Mediterranean -- Marine region 4 : Northwest Atlantic -- Mari

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Author

Erich Hoyt

Publisher

Earthscan Ltd

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9786610476206

Category

nonfiction