Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: A World Handbook for Cetacean Habitat Conservation and Planning

by Erich Hoyt

Overview

The first edition of the widely praised Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, published in 2005, led to numerous new marine protected area proposals and a number of notable conservation successes around the world.

In this completely revised and expanded second edition, new developments in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Pacific are described, as well as future directions for High Seas protection. New sections show how to design and manage MPAs in an ever noisier ocean subject to climate change, increased shipping and hydrocarbon exploration. The process of protected area creation for cetaceans has been accelerated and more than 200 exciting new places are detailed in this edition. This book provides a route map for MPA managers, as well as countries, to meet the ambitious targets for highly protected MPA networks by 2012 and 2020.

This book is a key conservation tool and a springboard for worldwide change in human attitudes toward the world ocean where all life originated and where the majority of life on Earth still lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136538308
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/02/2012
Series:	Earthscan Oceans
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	448
File size:	51 MB
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About the Author

Erich Hoyt is Senior Research Fellow with WDCS, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, and heads its Global Critical Habitat/MPA Programme. Author of 17 books and more than 500 articles, reports and book chapters, he co-directs the Far East Russia Orca Project and the Russian Cetacean Habitat Project. He is currently a member of the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Cetacean Specialist Group and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). He lives with his family in North Berwick, Scotland.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes and Case Studies

Acknowledgements

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

PROLOGUE

INTRODUCTION

1. FROM WHALE SANCTUARIES TO MARINE PROTECTED AREAS: APPROACHES TO PROTECTING CETACEAN HABITAT

History of Marine Protected Areas and Cetaceans

Ocean Sanctuaries, Marine Reserves or Parks - Which One and Why?

Biosphere Reserves - A Strategy for Thinking About Protected Areas

Defining and Managing for Critical Habitat

2. THE VALUE OF CETACEANS FOR PLACE-BASED CONSERVATION

Introduction

Red List Assessment of Cetacean Species, Subspecies and Populations

The Value of Cetaceans for Place-based Conservation

3. PLANNING EFFECTIVE PROTECTED AREAS: STEPS TOWARD THE DESIGN, ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PROTECTED AREAS FOR CETACEANS

Introduction

Cetacean Habitat Needs

Checklist for Creating Better MPAs and PAs for Cetaceans

4. THE BIG PICTURE FOR CETACEAN HABITAT CONSERVATION: PLANNING FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT, NETWORKS AND OCEAN ZONING

The Application of Ecosystem-based Management

Planning for Climate Change

Ensonification in an Ever Noisier Ocean

Networks of Protected Areas

High Seas MPAs

Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Zoning

Other Pragmatic Approaches

5. HABITAT PROTECTION FOR CETACEANS AROUND THE WORLD: STATUS AND PROSPECTS IN THE 18 MARINE REGIONS

Introduction

Marine Region 1: Antarctic

Marine Region 2: Arctic

Marine Region 3: Mediterranean and Black Seas

Marine Region 4: North West Atlantic

Marine Region 5: North East Atlantic

Marine Region 6: Baltic

Marine Region 7: Wider Caribbean

Marine Region 8: West Africa

Marine Region 9: South Atlantic

Marine Region 10: Central Indian Ocean

Marine Region 11: Arabian Seas

Marine Region 12: East Africa

Marine Region 13: East Asian Seas

Marine Region 14: North and South Pacific

Marine Region 15: North East Pacific

Marine Region 16: North West Pacific

Marine Region 17: South East Pacific

Marine Region 18: Australia-New Zealand

EPILOGUE

References

Index

Editorial Reviews

'With recent concerns about whale survival, this book could enhance support for establishing appropriate reserves. Recommended' -D. Bardack, Choice.

'Erich Hoyt's handbook is an admirable, timely, and highly welcome contribution to these efforts. This will no doubt become the 'bible' of cetacean habitat conservation efforts.' -Michael Stachowitsch, Marine Ecology

'I found this book an incredibly rich resource for a better understanding of the world’s MPAs and cetacean protection. It is very well illustrated, holds a wealth of information on MPAs and environmental governance in general and, apart from the content, is written in a style that makes complex information easily accessible. I am certain that on many future occasions I will take this book in my hands again as it serves as a well-structured compendium for marine mammal and habitat protection.' -Nikolas Sellheim, Faculty of Law, University of Lapland

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