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Ray Hilborn – Environmental cost of conservation victories – Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
To establish any net environmental benefit from large ocean MPAs, we must determine what is actually “saved” and at what cost when the saving causes reduced food production. The environmental costs of alternative food production are increasingly available (5, 6), and the costs of closing large marine areas in Australia, the United States, and Europe can be calculated. Read more here
