Managing Australia's unique south coast

基于合理生态理解的创新海岸管理是州和联邦政府的一个紧迫问题。 一项联邦倡议寻求将海洋保护区与其他保护生物多样性的空间安排结合起来。 这项建议将为即将在南澳选择海洋保护区提供信息。 重要的是，它评估了邻近的土地利用（自然植被，城市化，农业）是否可以提高或损害海洋保护区作为生物多样性储存库的效用。

Innovative coastal management based on sound ecological understanding is a pressing issue in state and federal government. A federal initiative seeks integration of marine protected areas with other spatial arrangements for conservation of biodiversity. This proposal will inform the forthcoming selection of marine protected areas in South Australia. Significantly, it assesses whether adjacent land-use (natural vegetation, urbanisation, agriculture) can enhance or compromise the utility of marine protected areas as a biodiversity repository.