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The marine protected areas (MPAs) have become essential to counteract modern pressures to marine biodiversity and the endurance of fisheries. Subtle environments, containing coral reefs, estuaries and mangroves, have been successfully sheltered in large MPAs, which control marine human supply use. Securing these areas from pollution and physical destruction by fishing gear is a significant function of MPAs in tropical and temperate regions. In the present chapter, a short review of the existing MPAs in the countries bordering the Arabian Peninsula was given. In this review, the management point of views were highlighted. In some countries in the question, it appears that a number of MPAs were planned to start their work, but they were still non-functional. The existing MPAs need to be looked after, and a regular survey should be made to check the performance of these areas. For Iraq, which has no MPAs, needs plans to establish them as soon as possible especially after discovering coral reef area inside the marine waters of this country. Selected examples of the management of the MPAs were given in the third section of this chapter to play as a lesson for the countries bordering the Arabian Peninsula to get benefit of.
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Jawad, L.A. (2021). Marine Protected Areas in the Countries Bordering the Arabian Peninsula: Reserve the Existing and Establish Further. In: Jawad, L.A. (eds) The Arabian Seas: Biodiversity, Environmental Challenges and Conservation Measures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51506-5_66
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