Download Free Evaluation Of Near Shore Buffer Zones Of The San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge Relative To Their Function As A Marine Protected Area Network Book in PDF and EPUB Free Download. You can read online Evaluation Of Near Shore Buffer Zones Of The San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge Relative To Their Function As A Marine Protected Area Network and write the review.

Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge and San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. They are two of the six refuges that comprise the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
IUCN's Protected Areas Management Categories, which classify protected areas according to their management objectives, are today accepted as the benchmark for defining, recording, and classifying protected areas. They are recognized by international bodies such as the United Nations as well as many national governments. As a result, they are increasingly being incorporated into government legislation. These guidelines provide as much clarity as possible regarding the meaning and application of the Categories. They describe the definition of the Categories and discuss application in particular biomes and management approaches.
Presents an investigation of nearshore habitat types of existing marine protected areas (MPAs) along the Northwest Straits and an evaluation of their functionality as components of a potential "de facto" MPA network based upon the following five criteria: representativeness, replication, oceanographic linkage, size, and level of protection
Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge and San Juan Islands National Wildlife Refuge are managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System. They are two of the six refuges that comprise the Washington Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Complex.