Sharpening our focus on MPAs for 2020 and beyond: The emerging consensus on what is and is not an MPA, and the key types of MPAs
New online system is available to collect MPA user fees safely and easily; developed by former Bonaire National Marine Park manager
Perspective: Local communities and tourism operators partner to establish Fiji’s largest Marine Conservation Park
Perspective: California’s new law cracks down on commercial-scale poaching in MPAs
Perspective: Building environmental change into spatial closures to reduce sea turtle bycatch
MPA Science Corner: Knowledge transfer among managers - Spatial management of seabirds - Partially protected areas - Mesophotic coral reefs
MPA Training in a Nutshell: On the importance of reflecting on achievements great and small
Notes & News: Blue Charter - Argentina - Green List - Co-management agreement - IMMAs - SE Asia - European MPAs - MPA benefits - MPA Federal Advisory Committee - Tourism - Coral restoration - Paywalled papers - MPA readings - MPA News vault
Planning MPAs in an era of warming oceans: How practitioners are preparing for future ecosystem shifts
MPA Training in a Nutshell: On the MPA Rapid Vulnerability Assessment Tool
MPA-related commitments from the ‘Our Ocean’ conference, held in Bali in October 2018
Perspective: Twenty new MPAs for South Africa!
MPA Science Corner: Marine mammals and MPAs - Plastics and MPAs - Coral reef soundscapes - Population assessments with ROVs - Systematic conservation planning
Notes & News: MPAs as economic drivers - Antarctica - GLORES awards - New coral reef map - Islands in MPAs - MPA readings - MPA News vault
Managing an MPA on the uncertain frontiers of climate change
Perspective: First reports from comprehensive, in-depth study of a large remote MPA
MPA Training in a Nutshell: On governance
MPA Science Corner: Blue Economy - Coral bleaching - Effectiveness of community-based MPAs - MPAs in Oceania - MPA targets - Large-scale MPAs
Notes & News: Arctic Ocean closure - US marine monuments - High seas - Funding for turtle MPAs - Funding for Med MPAs - Ocean Awards - Ocean safari - Vote for Australia’s natural wonders - MPA News vault
Unique study of partially protected MPAs offers new insights on when they protect biodiversity and when they do not
A compilation of resources and trainings on MPA design and management, across education levels (from MPA professionals to general public)
MPA Training in a Nutshell: Filling data gaps through partnerships
Perspective: What we wish we had known when we got started in the MPA field
MPA Science Corner: The Blue Paradox - Measuring coral connectivity among MPAs - Why vertical zoning might not protect the seabed - Reducing underwater noise
Notes & News: 30% target for MPAs - High seas negotiations - New Caledonia - Australia - Canada - Marine Conservation Planning Database - Poaching in MPAs - MPA News vault
MPAs and ecosystem tipping points: What do managers need to know?
Perspective | The MPAs of Central America (last of three articles): Lessons learned from the past 20 years
IUCN moves to help countries apply marine protection: By clarifying its standards, global body hopes to inspire more ocean safeguards
Perspective | New management concepts at one of the world’s oldest MPAs: Building financial sustainability for the Exuma Cays Land & Sea Park, The Bahamas
MPA Training in a Nutshell: On building relationships with stakeholders
Researchers, take note: P-values do not tell you what you probably think they do
MPA Science Corner: Most of remaining marine wilderness is not in MPAs yet - MPA success and failure - Reefs that could survive climate change - Inefficient MPAs - Making permit decisions for MPA research
Notes & News: Meteorite lands in MPA - Belize - Canada - Krill closures - Insurers helping World Heritage - MPA readings - MPA News vault
MPAs and marine litter: Snapshots of how sites are addressing the problem worldwide
The Skimmer: A brief primer on marine litter and ocean plastics
Perspective | The MPAs of Central America (second of three articles): Challenges faced, including the emergence of well-financed criminal groups
From the editor: Why MPA News said large MPAs were a necessity to meet Aichi Target 11
MPA Training in a Nutshell: On building MPA social networks
MPA Science Corner: Impact of human activity on coral reef MPAs - Questioning large open-ocean MPAs - Questioning calculations of global MPA coverage
Notes & News: Volcano - Malta - Chile - UK - New Zealand - Great Barrier Reef - WCC - Stamp contest winners - MPA News vault
The Big Picture: The continuing debate over the value of large vs. small MPAs, and what it means for the field
Perspective | The Commonwealth Blue Charter: From zero to fifty-three in less than a year
Perspective | The MPAs of Central America: An introductory view of their successes, lessons learned, and ongoing challenges (first of three articles)
MPA Science Corner: MPA trade-offs - Addressing criticisms of large-scale MPAs - Curbing threats
Notes & News: Global warming and MPAs - Thailand - Innovative financing - Sport and biodiversity - Business and biodiversity - Caribbean MPAs - Ocean Awards - MPA News vault
Double issue!
Challenges, successes, and lessons from building effective MPA manager networks: Part II - The regional networks
Perspective: Key lessons learned on public participation from the process to rezone the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Seychelles, Brazil, and Chile announce significant new MPA designations
Australian government moves to reopen large areas of national marine park system to fishing
