Marine Reserves on Facebook
International
- Key Biodiversity Areas
- Bill Ballantine’s website on no-take marine reserves marine-reserves.org.nz
- MPA News http://depts.washington.edu/mpanews/
- Global MPA database http://www.protectedplanet.net
- MPA Atlas http://www.mpatlas.org/
- IUCN marine programme http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/biome/marine/marineprogramme.html
- IUCN Red List https://www.iucnredlist.org/
- Key Biodiversity Areas http://www.keybiodiversityareas.org/home
- High Seas conservation http://www.savethehighseas.org/
- Deep sea conservation (UK-Atlantic emphasis) http://www.deepseaconservation.org/index.php
- World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/environment/brief/global-partnership-for-oceans-gpo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihCxdf73dG4
- MPA in Mediterranean short movie https://vimeo.com/149648126
- Welcome to the Anthropocene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvgG-pxlobk
- Sea Around Us Project Fisheries data http://www.seaaroundus.org/data/#/eez/612?chart=catch-chart&dimension=taxon&measure=tonnage&limit=10
- Sea Around Us Project (about the real fishery catches around the world) http://www.seaaroundus.org/information-by-topic/
- Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) http://dopa.jrc.ec.europa.eu/en/mapsanddatasets
- Marine Spatial Planning in the South Pacific http://macbio-pacific.info/categories/planning/
- Bioregions of the south-west Pacific for conservation planning http://macbio-pacific.info/Resources/draft-marine-bioregions-southwest-pacific/
- Large MPA websites www.phoenixislands.org and www.bigoceanmanagers.org
New Zealand
- Department of Conservation http://www.doc.govt.nz/ and its publications and marine pages
- WWF-New Zealand http://www.wwf.org.nz
- New Zealand’s Important Bird Areas http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/important-bird-areas
- National Aquatic Biodiversity Information System (NABIS) http://www.nabis.govt.nz
- New Zealand’s fisheries environment http://www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/Environmental/default.htm
- Fish Forever fishforever.org.nz A community-led organisation aiming to establish a network of MPAs (10%) in the Bay of Islands. The website has recent news on MPAs in NZ, mainly policy and community consultation stuff but also some science.
- Marine NZ marinenz.org.nz A website with huge amounts of info on marine conservation in NZ. People involved include Vince Kerr and Roger Grace who are also part of the Fish Forever campaign. Database of articles, news, photos and video.
- Experiencing Marine Reserves emr.org.nz Set up by Samara Nicolas, ex Kamo High School student and also affiliated with the above organisations. Primarily educational workshops and guided snorkel events for school kids to teach about the importance of marine reserves and marine ecology.
- GIS files for Marine Reserves in New Zealand https://koordinates.com/layer/6026-doc-marine-reserves/ and other areas of DOC responsibility https://koordinates.com/publisher/department-conservation/data/
- NZ marine protected species capture and effort data available for query and download at https://psc.dragonfly.co.nz/2017v1/released/hectors-dolphin/setnet/all-vessels/eez/2002-03-2015-16/
- Fisheries New Zealand reports on the status of fish stocks and fisheries https://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-and-resources/open-data-and-forecasting/fisheries/
- How to create a Marine Reserve https://www.howtokit.org.nz/
Other
- GBRMPA – Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/
USA
- NOAA http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/oceans/mpa/welcome.html
- National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/16/g68/index.html
- The Ocean Conservancy oceanconservancy.org
- National Resources Defense Council nrdc.org
- Environmental Defense environmentaldefense.org
