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Scaling Up Marine Management : The Role of Marine Protected AreasThis study answers the key questions on marine protected areas (MPAs) by assessing country experience with these and other tools along the marine management area continuum that have been adopted to address loss of biodiversity and fisheries and other marine resource degradation, which have eroded traditional use rights and cultural identify. In light of the confusing array of MPA types and other Marine Management Areas, the report creates a typology of tools based on their structure and objectives and commented on their relative effectiveness in achieving objectives, including marine conservation. Finally, the report assesses the best way of scaling up these interventions to achieve results at meaningful scales through replication, networking, or mainstreaming onto other platforms. The main findings of this report were: open access is a principal driver of resource degradation in coastal commons; enforceable governance systems will be required to begin to deal with the formidable problem of regulating access (including types and rates of resource exploitation)-systems that can accommodate different marine coastal and marine environments and that do not undermine local cultural values and practices; while they can be successful in regulating access and use, particularly at the scale of local community-managed reserves, MPAs are fragile governance structures; they require ongoing stakeholder participation in co-management arrangements with authorities and adequate resources to enforce limited entry and use; MPAs are costly to establish and maintain; MPAs cannot survive in isolation; and a broad spectrum of MPA and other emerging coastal and marine management (CMM) frameworks are now in use.
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VIDEO: Session 4: Modern Challenges and Modern Solutions, and Session 5: The Future of our Public LandsVIDEO: 2:50 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. SESSION 4: Modern Challenges and Modern Solutions Moderator and Commentator: Mark Squillace, University of Colorado School of Law Panelists: Dave Theobald, Conservation Science Partners Nada Culver, The Wilderness Society Bret Birdsong, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, School of Law 4:10 p.m. - 5:10 p.m. SESSION 5: The Future of our Public Lands Panelists: John D. Leshy, University of California, Hastings College of the Law Linda Lance, Bureau of Land Management (Invited) Mike Dombeck, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
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Biodiversity, Climate Change, and Adaptation : Nature-Based Solutions from the World Bank PortfolioClimate change is a serious environmental challenge that could undermine the drive for sustainable development. Since the industrial revolution, the mean surface temperature of earth has increased an average of 1degree celsius per century due to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Furthermore, most of this change has occurred in the past 30 to 40 years, and the rate of increase is accelerating, with significant impacts both at a global scale and at local and regional levels. While it remains important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reverse climate change in the long run, many of the impacts of climate change are already in evidence. As a result, governments, communities, and civil society are increasingly concerned with anticipating the future effects of climate change while searching for strategies to mitigate, and adapt to, it's current effects.