#MPAGuide
🌊3 yrs @blueactionfund.org – never a dull moment!✨
- Managed 5 grants across 4 countries
- Project visits to MD, NAM & CV
- Collected & analysed site + MPAGuide data for 180+ sites
- Learned the ropes of mapping
- Worked with an amazing team💙
And above all: a ton of #OceanOptimism
Excited for more.
July 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🐟 Le Guide des #AMP (#MPAguide)

🌍 Un cadre mondial pour la protection marine

👀 Un guide interactif

🔗 storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/34ff...
June 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚨 Paper Alert!🚨

🐟 🎣 Assessment of Spanish #MPAs with the #MPAGuide:

📏 63 % of the protected surface is not strict enough to protect biodiversity.

🔎Only 7 % of total protection falls within fully or highly protected areas.

📰 doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

@cnrs.fr @ocean-climate.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Who would have guessed?

Good thing that @blueactionfund.org, we collect this data for all our almost 300 sites at project start - and end!

#OceanOptimism #MPAGuide #EffectiveMPAs
May 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Using the #MPAguide @ @blueactionfund.org to assess progress of supported MPAs ❤️

➡️ Clear progress on level of protection & stage of establishment
➡️ size of bubble indicates MPA size!
➡️ MPA ≠ MPA

#MPAinsights 🌊📊
How to best visualise progress of @blueactionfund.org's grant programme? @oceanweigand.bsky.social & @oceanthayne.bsky.social testing re progress in MPA management 👇... Any thoughts?
March 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trist historie, og man skal edderlåsme kigge langt efter ordentligt beskyttet natur i det caribiske. Historien om Oracabessa Bay Fish Sanctuary er dog en lillebitte solstrålehistorie midt i det hele - tjek den ud min ven. Den vil du synes om.

mpatlas.org/mpaguide/#-7...
January 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Just been reading this excellent paper on making #MPAs more effective & equitable using the #MPAGuide, love the infographics on how to assess existing MPAs- something we should be considering locally
NEW PAPER ALERT: We did a meta-analysis of all the MPA Guide analyses done to date and found:

1. We need to go beyond area targets
2. Standardized assessments help us understand global conservation better
3. Local context matters in understanding conservation

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Assessments of expected MPA outcomes can inform and improve biodiversity conservation: Case studies using The MPA Guide
Global, regional, and national targets have been set to protect and conserve at least 30 % of the ocean by 2030, in recognition of the important benef…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:52 AM
New paper just dropped: We looked at the 100 largest marine protected areas on the planet and assessed them against the #MPAGuide

The bad news: a lot of MPAs are bad!

The good news: some MPAs are good!

Deeper analysis here:

www.americanprogress.org/article/beyo...
Beyond 30x30: Global Ocean Conservation Quality Is Lagging Behind Quantity
The international community’s commitment to protect at least 30 percent of our ocean by 2030—a goal known as “30×30”—is both inspiring and challenging; but this effort must go beyond mere numbers and ...
www.americanprogress.org
May 9, 2024 at 3:39 PM
We squeezed @blueactionfund.bsky.social's grant programme into the #MPAGuide to illustrate diversity of sites our partners work on. Our Board loved it... Check out mpa-guide.protectedplanet.net
November 4, 2023 at 10:10 PM
THANK YOU also to @_jsullivanstack @Kirsten_GC @JaneLubchenco and the #MPAGuide community: my own version, framed🖼️ in glass!! 🤩

cc @TaotaoTasi @JaneLubchenco46
November 8, 2024 at 12:49 AM
@OregonState leads global project to optimize, evaluate marine protected areas #MPAGuide...
November 8, 2024 at 7:05 AM
5 insights from the new #MPAGuide that can help improve ocean conservation | Read more on the @unepwcmc website: https://www.unep-wcmc.org/news/5-insights-from-the-new-mpa-guide-that-can-help-improve-ocean-conservation
5 insights from the new MPA Guide that can help improve ocean conservation - UNEP-WCMC
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
www.unep-wcmc.org
November 8, 2024 at 7:05 AM
"Can marine reserves work if they still allow fishing? One UK bay suggests 'Yes.'" https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/09/can-marine-reserves-work-if-they-still-allow-fishing-one-uk-bay-suggests-yes/ via @AnthropoceneMag #MPAGuide cc @Kirsten_GC
November 8, 2024 at 7:12 AM
[PUBLICATION] @ScienceMagazine releases the #MPAGuide 📖!
Written by 43 experts, including @JoachimClaudet @criobe_pf @ocean_climate, this guide offers a unified approach around the implementation of #AMPs & their ecological benefits 🐠

youtube.com/watch?v=ertnVv…
MPA Guide Animation Chapter 2: Four Elements Of The MPA Guide
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
[PUBLICATION] @ScienceMagazine publie le #MPAGuide 📖!
Rédigé par 43 experts, dont @JoachimClaudet @criobe_pf @ocean_climate, ce guide offre une approche unifiée autour de la mise en place des #AMP & de leurs bénéfices écologiques 🐠

youtube.com/watch?v=ertnVv…
MPA Guide Animation Chapter 2: Four Elements Of The MPA Guide
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"AMP en 🇫🇷: la protection forte comme réponse au déclin de la biodiversité marine"

Pour assurer l'efficacité écologique des #AMP, il est primordial que la France favorise la protection intégrale ou haute🌊

Retour sur les enjeux de définition 👇#MPAGuide

bit.ly/3f4WDUK
Aires marines protégées en France: la protection forte comme réponse au déclin de la biodiversité marine - Plateforme Océan & Climat
Avec 524 aires marines protégées (AMP), couvrant près de 32% de la zone économique exclusive (ZEE) française, la France aurait déjà atteint l’objectif de 30% d’AMP sur son territoire. Pourtant, ce chiffre est loin de représenter une protection qualitative des eaux françaises. D’une part le niveau de protection reste faible, avec moins de 2% de
bit.ly
February 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Pour en savoir plus sur le sujet, n'hésitez pas à consulter notre article "Aires marines protégées en France: la protection forte comme réponse au déclin de la biodiversité marine" ! @LPicourt @JoachimClaudet#MPAGuide #AMP

ocean-climate.org/?p=10018
Aires marines protégées en France: la protection forte comme réponse au déclin de la biodiversité marine - Plateforme Océan & Climat
Avec 524 aires marines protégées (AMP), couvrant près de 32% de la zone économique exclusive (ZEE) française, la France aurait déjà atteint l’objectif de 30% d’AMP sur son territoire. Pourtant, ce chiffre est loin de représenter une protection qualitative des eaux françaises. D’une part le niveau de protection reste faible, avec moins de 2% de
ocean-climate.org
February 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
[WEBINAIRE🌊] En 🇫🇷 + de 520 #AMP couvrent 32% de la #ZEE, mais - de 2% ont un niveau de protection intégral assurant l'efficacité écologique
Il est essentiel que la France, 2e territoire 🌊 au 🌏, assure la continuité entre ses objectifs quantitatifs et qualitatifs
#MPAGuide
February 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We need those 30% to be #FullyProtected and #HighlyProtected otherwise we will end up at calling "strict" protection or "strong" protection things that are not.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.03.008

#MPAguide #30x30 #WorldOceanDay https://twitter.com/VSinkevicius/status/1269902268570181633
November 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Science shows that #MPAs do not all provide benefits https://t.co/xcsUUAExAi... ... and that too many of the least performing are being used https://t.co/shzLVCoCHH The #MPAguide brings clarity https://t.co/nBZFnJLxJJ We need more #FullyProtected and #HighlyProtected #MPAs
November 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
At the very same time, there will be the workshops to revise the French national strategy for #MPAs in Biarritz. Many voices will push for effective protection in the existing network of lightly protected #MPAs. #MPAguide #FullyHighlyProtectedAreas. https://t.co/PIrG6KPFxr
November 22, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Thanks to you @JaneLubchenco! The #MPAguide could not have became an international standrard without you! https://twitter.com/JaneLubchenco/status/1155627592084361216
November 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM
... and you can watch this animated video that shows how regulations within #MPAs are accounted for for one aspect of the #MPAguide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ryj-yfA3aMM&feature=youtu.be https://twitter.com/DonaBertarelli/status/1153657634685407233
The BUFFER project ~ A new Regulation-Based Classification System for Marine Protected Areas.
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:54 PM