We Need to Scale Up Marine Protection: A Global Perspective

Posted in News & Publications, Papers & Publications on 01/20/12

We Need to Scale Up Marine Protection: A Global Perspective (International Journal of Wilderness, December, 2011, www.ijw.org )
Cyril F. Kormos (Vice President for Policy, The WILD Foundation; World Commission for Protected Areas, Co-Chair, North America)
News reports of the declining health of our planet’s oceans have become sadly routine: from dwindling blue fin tuna stocks to the deepwater oil spills, and from reports of retreating sea ice in the Arctic to large jellyfish outbreaks. A bleak picture of our marine environments has been emerging for some time……
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