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MPA Effectiveness> National System > MPA Effectiveness Marine protected areas (MPAs) can play a critical role in protecting marine biodiversity, ecosystem function and sustaining healthy coastal communities. However, MPAs globally face many challenges in achieving their objectives. For example, there may be insufficient financial and technical resources, lack of trained staff, or lack of data for management decisions. The management of MPAs must be effective in order to address these challenges and realize the benefits protected areas can provide. "Management effectiveness" is the degree to which a protected area achieves its goals and objectives. Performance evaluation plays a critical role in providing for and demonstrating long-term positive impacts on biodiversity and the human communities that depend on these resources. Evaluating management effectiveness should ultimately lead to improved project planning, accountability and adaptive management, including the ability to change management as needed due to unanticipated impacts and/or changes outside the scope of the MPA. Evaluating MPA Effectiveness Effective MPA Networks The publication "Establishing Resilient MPA Networks – Making It Happen", provides information to better understand the role of MPA networks to achieve marine conservation. It utilizes scientific knowledge, institutional experience and global case studies to present the most relevant lessons in building resilient and functional networks, and is useful in designing and implementing effective MPA networks. Establishing an Effective U.S. National System of MPAs In addition, the MPA Federal Advisory Committee has developed recommendations on an evaluation framework for the national system of MPAs that will help guide future performance evaluation efforts. Monitoring is a key component of an effective, adaptively managed national system. The MPA Center is working with the Integrated Ocean Observing System to better integrate the national system of MPAs with current and future monitoring efforts, including addressing the needs of MPA managers and tapping existing MPAs as potential reference sites. The U.S. also is actively engaged in the North American MPA Network and its expanding MPA scorecard process. Links Protect Planet Ocean's Resources Web Site For More Information |
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