More marine protected areas needed to protect Mediterranean biodiversity
The setting up of a network of Marine Protected Areas, developed since the 1960s in the Mediterranean, has proved to be an effective way of protecting some species such as fish. However, despite the efforts made, more attention should be paid to certain areas of high biodiversity of turtles and marine mammals, especially those located off North Africa and at the eastern end of the Mediterranean. This is the main conclusion of an international study carried out in particular by researchers from the Ecology of Coastal Marine Systems Research Unit, the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences and the Exploited Marine Ecosystems Research Unit at the Marine Research Center. The results are published on the websites of the journals Current Biology and Global Ecology & Biogeography.
