iSCB Lecturers
Peter Mackelworth PhD
Dr. Peter Mackelworth is a geographer and conservation biologist with expertise in the development of marine conservation policies and sustainable development in small island environments. His research focuses on the development of marine conservation in Croatia with particular reference to the development of policies in the accession process. His current research projects include the investigation of social aspects of conservation in relation to the Lošinj Marine Reserve; Croatian accession and the development of marine conservation policies; and, the comparison of MPA policy development in Croatia and Brazil.
Education
- Ph.D. – University College London, Department of Geography. 2007. Dissertation title: ‘Convergence of Marine Protected Area Policy with Common Pool Resource Theory, a Case Study: Lošinj Dolphin Reserve, Croatia’.
- M.Sc. – Heriot-Watt University, Department of Offshore Engineering. 1998. Thesis title: ‘A Review of the Factors Affecting the Proposed Cres-Lošinj Marine Park, with Particular Reference to the Recreational Diving Industry’.
- B.Sc. - University of Wolverhampton, Department of Environmental Science. 1990.
Adjunct appointments
University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies,
Koper, Slovenia
Bowdoin College, Maine, U.S.
Classes taught
Human Dimension in Conservation Sciences (University of Primorska, Slovenia)
Marine Protected Areas: Social Aspects (University of Primorska, Slovenia)
Marine Protected Areas: a Social Phenomenon (Bowdoin College, Maine, U.S.)
Selected references
Mackelworth P. 2012. Peace parks and transboundary initiatives: implications for marine conservation and spatial planning. Conservation Letters. (in press).
Mackelworth P., Holcer D., Fortuna C. 2012. The Cres-Lošinj Special Marine Reserve, Croatia - governance analysis. Marine Policy. (in press).
Mackelworth P. 2011. A call for a trans-boundary Marine Protected Area for the Northern Adriatic: can conservation succeed where politics failed? Varstvo Narave, Supplement 1: 117-129.
Mackelworth P. 2011. The Marine Peace Park Paradigm: coast to coast international marine parks in the Mediterranean. Pages 27-32 in CIESM Marine Peace Parks in the Mediterranean - A CIESM proposal. No 41. In CIESM Workshop Monographs [F. Briand Ed.] 128 pages, Monaco.
Mackelworth P., Holcer D. 2011. The Cres-Lošinj Special Marine Reserve - governance analysis. Pages 206- 222 in PJS Jones, W Qiu and EM De Santo (Eds) Governing Marine Protected Areas: getting the balance right – Volume 2. Technical Report to Marine & Coastal Ecosystems Branch, UNEP, Nairobi. ISBN: 978-92-807-3159-0
Mackelworth P., Jovanović J. 2011. Protected areas for conservation or sustainable development? The example of the marine protected area in the Cres-Lošinj archipelago. Croatian Geographical Bulletin 73(1): 229-244.
Mackelworth P., Holcer D., Jovanović J., Fortuna C. 2011. Marine conservation and accession, the future for the Croatian Adriatic. Environmental Management 47(4): 644-655.
Nimak-Wood M., Pleslić G., Rako N., Mackelworth P., Holcer D., Fortuna C. 2011. Presence of a solitary Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in Mali Lošinj Harbour, Northern Adriatic, Croatia. Vie et Milieu/Life and Environment 61(2): 87-93.
Beqiraj S., Fraschetti S., Gačič M., Joksimović A., Mackelworth P., Mascle J., Notarbartolo di Sciara G., Odorico R. 2011. Scientific rationale for the proposed CIESM South Adriatic Sea Marine Peace Park. Pages 75-86 in CIESM Marine Peace Parks in the Mediterranean - A CIESM proposal. No 41. In CIESM Workshop Monographs [F. Briand Ed.] 128 pages, Monaco.
Mackelworth P., Carić H. 2010. Gatekeepers of Island Communities - Exploring the Pillars of Sustainable Development. Environment, Development and Sustainability 12(4): 463-480.
Jovanović J., Galić J., Mackelworth P. 2010. The Impact of Closing Fish Processing Plants onto the Process of Depopulation of Croatian Islands. Our Sea 57 (3/4): 153-163.
Fortuna C.M., Holcer D., Mackelworth P., Hammond P.S. 2005. Modelling the habitat use of bottlenose dolphins in Kvarnerić (Croatia): implications for a proposed MPA. European Research on Cetaceans 19.
Lauriano G., Mackelworth P., Fortuna C., Moltedo G., Notarbartolo Di Sciara G. 2003. Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) density and abundance in the Asinara National Park, Sardinia. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(2): 717-720.
Lauriano G., Fortuna C., Moltedo G., Mackelworth P., Notarbartolo Di Sciara G. 2003. Presence and distribution of cetaceans in the area adjacent to the Asinara National Park, Sardinia. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10(2): 848-852.
Mackelworth P., Fortuna C., Holcer D., Wiemann A., Giannoni L. 2003. The identification of critical habitats and the analysis of the management procedures for the future Lošinj-Cres marine protected area. Report, Ministry of the Environment & Physical Planning of Croatia,531-06/1-02-1.
Mackelworth, P. (in preparation). Neither fish nor fowl: the conservation strategy for the Lošinj Special Marine Reserve, Croatia.
Jovanovic, J. & Mackelworth, P. (in review). Closure of Fish Processing Plants on Croatian Islands as a reflection of island demographics. Nase More.
Mackelworth, P. & Holcer, D. (in review). The Cres-Lošinj Special Marine Reserve (CLSMR) Governance Analysis, in Jones, P., De Santo, E. and Qiu, W. (eds). Governance Manual, UNEP.
Mackelworth, P., Holcer, D., Jovanovic, J. & Fortuna, C. (in press). Marine conservation and accession, the future for the Croatian Adriatic. Environmental Management (IF:1.1), Special issue on Marine Governance.
Mackelworth, P. & Carić, H. (in press). Gatekeepers of Island Communities - Exploring the Pillars of Sustainable Development. Environment, Development and Sustainability. available online 20th August 2009:
Lauriano, G., Mackelworth, P., Fortuna, C., Moltedo, G. & Notarbartolo Di Sciara, G. (2003). Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) density and abundance in the Asinara National Park, Sardinia. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10 (2): 717-720.
Lauriano, G., Fortuna, C., Moltedo, G., Mackelworth, P. & Notarbartolo Di Sciara, G. (2003). Presence and Distribution of Cetaceans in the Area Adjacent to the Asinara National Park, Sardinia. Biologia Marina Mediterranea 10 (2): 848-852.
Mackelworth, P., Fortuna, C., Holcer, D., Wiemann, A. & Giannoni, L. (2003). The identification of critical habitats and the analysis of the management procedures for the future Lošinj-Cres marine protected area. Report prepared for the Ministry of the Environment & Physical Planning, Klasa 112-04/02-01/134, Ur. br. 531-06/1-02-1.
Mackelworth, P., D. Holcer & C. Fortuna (2002). The Lošinj Dolphin Reserve, Kvarnerić, Northern Adriatic. Proposal for creation of a Special Zoological Reserve. 13pp., Blue World, February 2002.
Selected conferences
- International Marine Conservation Congress (2009), Washington, Paper accepted: Marine Conservation and Accession, the Future for the Croatian Adriatic.
- International Marine Conservation Congress (2009), Washington, Paper accepted: Complexity in Marine Conservation: the Role of Multiple-use Marine Protected Areas, a Comparison of Issues from Brazil and Croatia.
- World Conservation Congress Workshop: Building MPAs from the earth and sea: linking social and ecological concepts (2008). IUCN Barcelona. Paper contributed: The Lošinj Dolphin Reserve, Croatia.
- Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons (2008), Gloucester, UK. Paper presented: Multiple Use Marine Protected Areas as Complex Commons.
- Year of the dolphin in Europe - Conservation of small cetaceans and marine protected areas, Stralsund, Germany (2007). Paper presented: ‘The Lošinj Dolphin Reserve, Croatia’.
- European Cetacean Society Conference (2006). Paper presented: ‘Survival Estimates of Bottlenose Dolphins in Kvarneric’.