Natural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and
enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These …

How to feed, house, clothe and power 11 billion of us without eliminating very many species
and wrecking Earth's climate is perhaps this century's greatest challenge. We must obviously …

While the ecological impacts of fishing the waters beyond national jurisdiction (the “high
seas”) have been widely studied, the economic rationale is more difficult to ascertain …

Governments have committed to conserving≥ 17% of terrestrial and≥ 10% of marine
environments globally, especially “areas of particular importance for biodiversity” through …

The world's oceans supply food and livelihood to billions of people, yet species' shifting
geographic ranges and changes in productivity arising from climate change are expected to …

The ocean has recently taken a more prominent role on the international policy stage. In
June, the United Nations (UN) initiated development of a treaty for conservation of …

Highlights•Successful conservation often requires collaboration across international
boundaries.•A wide range of strategies have been used to advance cross-boundary …

Abstract In 2017, more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries signed a second warning
letter to humanity to caution against our continued wholesale destruction of global …

A brief history of marine fisheries is presented which emphasizes the expansion of industrial
fleets in the 20th century, and their inherent lack of sustainability. In contrast, small scale …

Fishing takes place in the high seas and Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) of maritime
countries. Closing the former to fishing has recently been proposed in the literature and is …