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How can I use MPA funds more effectively and efficiently?
Emma Doyle
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How can I measure the benefits my MPA provides?
Eduard Niesten
6 min read
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How can my MPA adapt to climate change?
David Obura
6 min read
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How does climate change impact MPAs?
David Obura
4 min read
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What should MPA practitioners monitor in the face of climate change?
Hugh Possingham and Caitie Kuempel
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How can MPA design account for climate change?
Caitie Kuempel and Carissa Klein
17 min read
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Raja Ampat MPA Network - Adaptation strategies for a changing climate
8 min read
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KAWAKI Women’s Group - Building gender equity for climate resilience
16 min read
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How can I improve communications to support sustainable financing?
Emma Doyle
6 min read
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How can I share the costs and benefits of my MPA equitably?
Eduard Niesten
5 min read
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How can I diversify my MPA's revenue streams?
Joris van Pul and Esther Wolfs
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How can I obtain long-term funding for my MPA?
Joris van Pul and Esther Wolfs
4 min read
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What is the cost of climate change in MPAs?
Jon C. Day
6 min read
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What are the challenges MPAs are facing to address climate change?
Jon C. Day
7 min read
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What are the strategies to address climate change in MPAs?
Jon C. Day
13 min read
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What are the emerging technologies and science to address climate change?
Jon C. Day
3 min read
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What limitations and gaps can we find?
Jon C. Day
2 min read
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What makes an MPA Effective?
3 min read
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Considering Management Effectiveness Throughout the Management Cycle
4 min read
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Socio-Ecological Considerations for Management Effectiveness
2 min read
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Stakeholder Engagement
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Protected Area Management Effectiveness Evaluations (PAME)
5 min read
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Best Practices in Marine Restoration
2 min read
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Challenges in Marine Restoration
6 min read
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How Can Marine Restoration and Marine Protection Work Together?
11 min read
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Why Implement Marine Restoration Outside of Marine Protected Areas?
3 min read
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Marine Restoration in MPAs - Where to from here?
4 min read
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Can MPAs solve your problem? Do you know what your problem is?
2 min read
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Using MPAth
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Understanding the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and MPAth’s Role
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Skylight: Empowering Marine Conservation with Innovative Data Visualization Tools
2 min read
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Global Fishing Watch: Enhancing Transparency and Sustainability in Fisheries Management
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OBIS-SEAMAP: Mapping Tools for Marine Megafauna Distribution
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Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership (MESP): Enhancing Conservation Through Ecosystem Services Assessment
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Exploring Coral Reef Information System (CoRIS)
3 min read
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Marine GeoGarage: Navigating Marine Realms with Precision
2 min read
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Ocean Health Index (OHI): Evaluating Marine Ecosystems for Sustainable Conservation
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Marine Restoration and MPAs
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How is Ecological Restoration Considered in Global Commitments?
2 min read
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FishBase
1 min read
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OceanExpert
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Marine Species Identification Portal
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OpenChannels
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Ocean Acidification Information Exchange
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Marine Regions
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Marine Protected Areas Inventory (MPA Inventory)
2 min read
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Aquatic Commons
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Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS)
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Marine Biome Atlas
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CIRSEA
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Technology and Marine Protected Areas: Balancing Opportunities and Challenges
Laura Darby
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Eco2Fin by Wolfs Company
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MPA Guide
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World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)
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MPAtlas
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Green Fins
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MERMAID
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Restor
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Mapping Ocean Wealth
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FishID
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ReefCloud
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AusOcean
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The Ten Guiding Principles for Ecosystem Restoration
4 min read
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InVEST
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ARIES (Artificial Intelligence for Ecosystem Services)
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MIMES (Multiscale Integrated Models of Ecosystem Services)
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Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT)
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