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Marine protected areas have become the flagships of marine conservation programmes in many parts of the world. For the public and politicians, they are often the most tangible part of a marine conservation programme — it is possible to visit a marine protected area, to see what is being done to promote conservation at the site, and to be a part of its success or failure through individual actions. For the conservation manager, they are an opportunity to concentrate effort and resources on protecting marine wildlife and habitats. Action taken at these sites also makes a contribution to wider conservation efforts. Two very different examples of this are their potential as a reservoir for species which can seed other areas, and as a good base for marine education programmes. Marine protected areas often get a lot of public attention and they are at the leading edge of the marine conservation programmes in many countries.
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Gubbay, S. (1995). Marine protected areas — past, present and future. In: Gubbay, S. (eds) Marine Protected Areas. Conservation Biology, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0527-9_1
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