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Inspired by the United Nations Aichi Biodiversity Targets, nations are rallying behind an ambitious pledge to conserve 30 percent of their lands and waters by 2030. However, more than two-thirds of the world’s marine protected areas (MPAs), a primary marine conservation tool, allow some form of fishing. Now, an in-depth study of MPAs along Australia’s southern coast shows that these partially protected reserves are largely ineffective both for protecting biodiversity, and for improving people’s enjoyment of the protected space. The study, conducted by social ecologist John Turnbull and his colleagues at the University of New South Wales in Australia calls partially protected marine reserves “red herrings” that “create an illusion of protection and consume scarce conservation resources.”
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Tasmanian Government has no plans to review marine protections despite calls for change
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Professor Graham Edgar s research shows Tasmania needs more Marine Protected Areas.
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Tasmania, already well behind national and international targets for protecting marine areas, has no plans to lift a moratorium on new reserves, says the State Government.
Key points:
Only 3 per cent of the state s mainland waters are protected
There is a new campaign to reignite discussions around marine protected areas
A government spokesperson told ABC Radio Hobart there is no change to the Government s policy of no new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), which delivers certainty and security for industry .