Pacific Islands: 30 by 30
Renewed calls for marine conservation must not bulldoze the democratic route that has allowed small island nations to improve fisheries and incomes without damaging the marine ecology. I wanted to share some concerns regarding the danger that threatens to disrupt the management of the Pacific Islands’ signature fisheries and main independent source of income. There have been renewed calls for 30 per cent marine protected areas (MPAs) that sound suspiciously over-simplistic. Community-conserved areas come at many scales and the Pacific Islands’ chances of ensuring a multinational indigenous conserved area are threatened.
Title of publication: Samudra Report
Issue: 83
ISSN: 0976-1121
Page range: 53-54
Organization: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Year: 2020
Country/ies: Åland Islands
Type: Journal article
Full text available at: https://www.icsf.net/images/samudra/pdf/english/issue_83/4433_art_Sam_83_art13_Pacific%20Islands_Hugh.pdf
Content language: English