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H.-J. Ceccaldi et al. (eds.), Marine Productivity: Perturbations and Resilience of Socio-ecosystems,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13878-7_37, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Abstract
Marine protected areas (MPAs) were created in reaction to large-scale
disturbance that humankind has caused to the equilibrium, productivity,
and production of marine ecology. This chapter considers some specifi c
characteristics of different types of MPAs. It attempts to assess how the
protection of these areas allows them to return to close to their original
state after disturbance. It also attempts to discern the ways in which societies
whose existence or activities depend on these protected areas may adapt
their total conservation or use the environment more or less aggressively.
The creation, existence, and maintenance of these new marine areas
induces greater control of their condition, and new coastal environment
laws have led to the creation of new activities and professions.
Human societies are beginning to implement new technical and legal
methods of control. They must realize the maintenance of ecosystem
quality through new approaches. Finally, they must consider that these
new activities must be integrated into the functioning of natural marine
ecosystems and that additional resources should be allocated to these new
missions.
H.-J. Ceccaldi (*)
Directeur d’études (h) Ecole Pratique des Hautes
Etudes , Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie
(M.I.O.) , Oceanomed, Bâtiment Méditerranée ,
13288 Marseille cedex 09 , France
Président of S.F.J.O. (*) of France ,
Marseille cedex 09 , France
Société franco-japonaise d’Océanographie ,
27 rue Rocca , 13009 Marseille , France
e-mail: ceccaldi.hubert@orange.fr
Limits of the Concepts of Marine
Protected Areas: Adaptation
of Human Populations and Their
Professions in the Different Types
of Marine Protected Areas
Hubert-Jean Ceccaldi
1
Introduction
In modern times, people have often lost touch
with nature, despite that our entire evolution has
taken place within it. Our imprint on nature will
not cease; decisions must be made to protect it,
including limiting access rights to the natural
environment and limiting excessive direct exploitation of marine resources.
Although the term ‘Marine Protected Area’
(or MPA) crosses several different concepts,
H.-J. Ceccaldi et al. (eds.), Marine Productivity: Perturbations and Resilience of Socio-ecosystems,
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13878-7_37, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Abstract
Marine protected areas (MPAs) were created in reaction to large-scale
disturbance that humankind has caused to the equilibrium, productivity,
and production of marine ecology. This chapter considers some specifi c
characteristics of different types of MPAs. It attempts to assess how the
protection of these areas allows them to return to close to their original
state after disturbance. It also attempts to discern the ways in which societies
whose existence or activities depend on these protected areas may adapt
their total conservation or use the environment more or less aggressively.
The creation, existence, and maintenance of these new marine areas
induces greater control of their condition, and new coastal environment
laws have led to the creation of new activities and professions.
Human societies are beginning to implement new technical and legal
methods of control. They must realize the maintenance of ecosystem
quality through new approaches. Finally, they must consider that these
new activities must be integrated into the functioning of natural marine
ecosystems and that additional resources should be allocated to these new
missions.
H.-J. Ceccaldi (*)
Directeur d’études (h) Ecole Pratique des Hautes
Etudes , Institut Méditerranéen d’Océanologie
(M.I.O.) , Oceanomed, Bâtiment Méditerranée ,
13288 Marseille cedex 09 , France
Président of S.F.J.O. (*) of France ,
Marseille cedex 09 , France
Société franco-japonaise d’Océanographie ,
27 rue Rocca , 13009 Marseille , France
e-mail: ceccaldi.hubert@orange.fr
Limits of the Concepts of Marine
Protected Areas: Adaptation
of Human Populations and Their
Professions in the Different Types
of Marine Protected Areas
Hubert-Jean Ceccaldi
1
Introduction
In modern times, people have often lost touch
with nature, despite that our entire evolution has
taken place within it. Our imprint on nature will
not cease; decisions must be made to protect it,
including limiting access rights to the natural
environment and limiting excessive direct exploitation of marine resources.
Although the term ‘Marine Protected Area’
(or MPA) crosses several different concepts,