Six key policy recommendations to advocate for marine conservation that matches the ocean’s dynamism
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Marine ecosystems face threats from human-induced stressors like climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Despite international endeavors, significant gaps remain in understanding ocean dynamics. This article presents six policy recommendations to integrate plankton populations into conservation frameworks. These could be leveraged in the process approved at CBD’s COP16 in Colombia to update criteria for defining ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) and supporting science-based Marine Protected Area (MPA) designations.
Source: npj Ocean Sustainability
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Normale Supérieure - PSL, Institut Jean Nicod, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Fondation Tara Océan, Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, Université Panthéon-Assas, University of Haifa, École Centrale de Nantes, Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes, Nantes Université
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life below water
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,090
Funder: European Commission
OpenAlex ID: W4414533692