Were threats to the state’s marine biodiversity taken into account when the marine park outer boundaries were developed?
Yes. The Government commissioned a comprehensive review of threats to the state’s marine biodiversity in 2002, which resulted in a 1200 page technical report (available at http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/marineparks/about/publications.html) And then access the links under the following: Baker, J. L. (2004). Towards a System of Ecologically Representative Marine Protected Areas in South Australian Marine Bioregions – Technical Report. Such threats are being taken into account during the development of marine parks and in future park management plans, but threats are being anticipated and dealt with in their multiplicity rather than one by one. Keeping marine habitats healthy will give them the best chance of resisting and/or adapting to threats such as polluted water discharges from land, climate change, and invasions of pest species and pathogens.
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