Integrated ocean management for a sustainable ocean economy

JG Winther, M Dai, T Rist, AH Hoel, Y Li… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
The rapidly evolving ocean economy, driven by human needs for food, energy,
transportation and recreation, has led to unprecedented pressures on the ocean that are …

The minimum land area requiring conservation attention to safeguard biodiversity

JR Allan, HP Possingham, SC Atkinson, A Waldron… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Ambitious conservation efforts are needed to stop the global biodiversity crisis. In this study,
we estimate the minimum land area to secure important biodiversity areas, ecologically …

Drivers of ecological effectiveness of marine protected areas: A meta-analytic approach from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Brazil)

HM Ferreira, RA Magris, SR Floeter… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid global increase in the number and extent of marine protected areas (MPAs),
there is a need for methods that enable an assessment of their actual contribution to …

3D ocean assessments reveal that fisheries reach deep but marine protection remains shallow

J Jacquemont, C Loiseau, L Tornabene… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The wave of new global conservation targets, the conclusion of the High Seas Treaty
negotiations, and the expansion of extractive use into the deep sea call for a paradigm shift …

eDNA metabarcoding enriches traditional trawl survey data for monitoring biodiversity in the marine environment

X He, NW Jeffery, RRE Stanley… - ICES Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Marine Protected Areas require comprehensive monitoring to ensure objectives are
achieved; however, monitoring natural ecosystems at scale is challenged by the biodiversity …

Progress towards a representative network of Southern Ocean protected areas

CM Brooks, SL Chown, LL Douglass, BP Raymond… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Global threats to ocean biodiversity have generated a worldwide movement to take actions
to improve conservation and management. Several international initiatives have …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging themes to support ambitious UK marine biodiversity conservation

SE Rees, EV Sheehan, BD Stewart, R Clark, T Appleby… - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Healthy marine ecosystems provide a wide range of resources and services that support life
on Earth and contribute to human wellbeing. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are accepted …

China's Ecological Conservation Redline policy is a new opportunity to meet post‐2020 protected area targets

CY Choi, X Shi, J Shi, X Gan, C Wen… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Designating protected and conserved areas is a critical component of biodiversity
conservation. The 10th Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2010 set global targets …

Reproductive dynamics of an inshore delphinid reflect demographic consequences of large-scale coastal constructions

SCY Chan, YW Ho, L Karczmarski - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
In fast-develo** regions, rapid coastal urbanization has led to considerable transformation
of both landscapes and seascapes, with various adverse implications for species dependent …

Seagrass structural traits drive fish assemblages in small-scale fisheries

BL Jones, LM Nordlund, RKF Unsworth… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses–a group of foundation species in coastal ecosystems–provide key habitat for
diverse and abundant faunal assemblages and support numerous ecosystem functions and …