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Breaking Waves Ep. 2: How Marine Protected Areas can help communities and ecosystems
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Breaking Waves Ep. 2: How Marine Protected Areas can help communities and ecosystems
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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jun 18, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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Welcome to Breaking Waves, a 6-episode limited series from WWF's Nature Breaking podcast. In this episode Johan Bergenas talks with Dr. Enric Sala, Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic, and Gabby Ahmadia, WWF's VP of Area-Based Ocean Conservation on the ecological and economic benefits of well-managed Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Both have extensive experience implementing and studying MPAs, including "no-take" areas (which prohibit all fishing and other extractive activity) and "multi-use" areas (which allow for regulated activities, including some forms of extraction and recreation, in designated zones). They discuss the rapid positive impacts on tourism of MPAs (4:19), the need for equitable and inclusive practices in MPAs (17:35), and how to overcome financial challenges associated with these strategies (21:00). LINKS: Pristine Seas Project Finance for Permanence
Released:
Jun 18, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode
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