The conservation community is increasingly focusing on the monitoring and evaluation of
management, governance, ecological, and social considerations as part of a broader move …

Transformations towards sustainability are needed to address many of the earth's profound
environmental and social challenges. Yet, actions taken to deliberately shift social …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly being used globally to conserve marine
resources. However, whether many MPAs are being effectively and equitably managed, and …

The blue economy is being promoted as capable of achieving sustainability and prosperity,
fair use of the ocean and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Ensuring a more …

The ocean is the next frontier for many conservation and development activities. Growth in
marine protected areas, fisheries management, the blue economy, and marine spatial …

Perceptions provide an important means of assessing the performance of conservation
projects so that better policies may be developed for effective biodiversity protection and the …

Access, defined as the ability to use and benefit from available marine resources or areas of
the ocean or coast, is important for the well-being and sustainability of coastal communities …

The concept of blue growth is the newest of many recent calls for more holistic management
of complex marine social-ecological systems. The complexity of ocean systems, combined …

We conducted a global systematic literature review of climate change adaptation in fisheries.
We addressed three specific questions:(i) What are fisheries adapting to?(ii) How are …

Globally, marine protected area (MPA) objectives have increasingly shifted from a primary
focus on maintaining ecosystems through prohibiting extractive activities, to more equitable …