Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Effective area-based conservation is central in global efforts to reverse marine biodiversity loss and safeguard ecosystem functioning. Here, we identify five key opportunities to maximize conservation potential as nations progress towards the Convention on Biological Diversity’s 2030 area-based management targets. These include enhancing accountability, elevating conservation in spatial planning, implementing adaptive management, coordinating conservation efforts across scales, and reconciling design with expected outcomes. Addressing these collectively will advance global marine conservation and maximize its contributions to biodiversity protection and human society.
Source: npj Ocean Sustainability
Authors: R. R. E. Stanley, A. Abad-Uribarren, A. Belackova, A. Belgrano, U. Bergström, K. Boerder, T. Blenckner, A. Colaço, A. Himes-Cornell, B. Horta e Costa, J. Jacquemont, L. H. Jurrius, R. Langton, T. Noble-James, M. Ohanna, E. M. Olsen, E. M. Rubidge, E. C. E. Sacre, E. V. Sheehan, M. Sköld, V. Stelzenmüller, D. P. Tittensor, T. C. Vallina, S. Villasante, J. Claudet
Institutions: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Universidad De Santander, Centro Oceanográfico de Santander, Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve, University of Algarve, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Dalhousie University, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Universidade dos Açores, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, University of California, Santa Barbara, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Monash University, University of Aberdeen, Scottish Government, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l'Environnement, Norwegian Institute of Marine Research, University of British Columbia, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, University of Plymouth, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Wageningen Marine Research, Wageningen University & Research, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,090
Awards: Advancing understanding of Cumulative Impacts on European marine biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services for human wellbeing, G1957485861, G2853317115, Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental, Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve, G434337789, G4733904974, Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve, G6997658380, G7073480566, MARHAB, G7766564688, G8882859092
OpenAlex ID: W4417420168