Marine protected area networks in the Coral Triangle : development and lessons / an initiative of The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Global Conservation Program of the United States Agency for International Development ; authors Stuart J. Green, Anna Glesilda T. Meneses, Alan T. White, Stacey Kilarski, [and] Patrick Christie.

xii, 106 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

"This publication was prepared as a collaborative initiative of The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."

"This work summarizes the results of the MPA Learning Partnership Project of TNC [The Nature Conservancy], CI [Conservation International], WWF [World Wildlife Fund], WCS [Wildlife Conservation Society] and USAID. This book provides a comprehensive summary of the current status of six different MPA [marine protected area] networks and their complexities. It analyzes MPA networks through their various stages of development including planning and design, implementation and evaluation as they are emerging within and around the Coral Triangle...The editors and authors have attempted to provide a balanced view of the complex issues while looking at the many proposed solutions to marine and coastal management. It seems that MPAs are permanent yet evolving mechanisms, while MPA networks are developing. There is still much work to do in reaching the right balance of social and natural sciences and sustainable financing to make MPA networks effective and sustainable so they can thrive in the world's most biodiverse region."--Preface (page xii).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-93).

This publication...was made possible through the support of the Global Conservation Program of the United States Agency for International Development under the terms and conditions of award No. LAG-A-00-99--00045-00.

Also available online in PDF form.

Marine resources conservation Coral Triangle Management.

Marine resources conservation Coral Triangle Planning.

Marine resources conservation Research Coral Triangle.

Marine parks and reserves Design.

Marine parks and reserves Management Evaluation.

Marine parks and reserves Management Planning.

Marine parks and reserves Conservation.

Coral Triangle.

Green, Stuart J. contributor.

Meneses, Anna Blesilda T. contributor.

White, Alan T. contributor.

Kilarski, Stacey contributor.

Christie, Patrick contributor.

Nature Conservancy (U.S.) author.

World Wildlife Fund author.

Conservation International author.

Wildlife Conservation Society (New York, N.Y.) author.

United States. Agency for International Development author.