Wed, 23 Oct 2013
Halfway through the 3rd International Marine Protected Areas Congress taking in Marseille, we asked Carl Gustaf Lundin, Director of IUCN's Global Marine and Polar Programme to tell us about the most important issues discussed so far.
Photo: IUCN Photo Library © Imène Meliane
He highlighted the importance of the socio-economic aspect of protected areas and the need to improve their ability to cope with the changes that people inflict on them:
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The Congress in Marseille will be followed by a ministerial meeting in Corsica, with the aim of getting a stronger global committment to tackling some of the challenges protected areas face today.
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Work area:
Business
Business
Climate Change
Economics
Ecosystems
Global Policy
Marine
Members
Protected Areas
Social Policy
World Heritage
Location:
Asia
South America
Mesoamerica
North America
Europe
Mediterranean
East and Southern Africa
West and Central Africa
West Asia
Oceania
