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Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate
Sala, E.; Mayorga, J.; Bradley, D.; Cabral, R.B.; Atwood, T.B.; Auber, A.; Cheung, W.; Costello, C.; Ferretti, F.; Friedlander, A.M.; Gaines, S.D.; Garilao, C.; Goodell, W.; Halpern, B.S.; Hinson, A.; Kaschner, K.; Kesner-Reyes, K.; Leprieur, F.; McGowan, J.; Morgan, L.E.; Mouillot, D.; Palacios-Abrantes, J.; Possingham, H.P.; Rechberger, K.D.; Worm, B.; Lubchenco, J. (2021). Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate. Nature (Lond.) 592(7854): 397-402. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03371-z
In: Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 0028-0836; e-ISSN 1476-4687, more
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Hilborn, R.; Kaiser, M.J. (2022). A path forward for analysing the impacts of marine protected areas. Nature (Lond.) 607(7917): E1-E2. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04775-1, more
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Sala, Enric; Mayorga, Juan; Bradley, Darcy; Cabral, Reniel B.; Atwood, Trisha B.; Auber, Arnaud; Cheung, William; Costello, Christopher; Ferretti, Francesco; Friedlander, Alan M.; Gaines, Steven D.; Garilao, Cristina; Goodell, Whitney; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Hinson, Audra; Kaschner, Kristin; Kesner-Reyes, Kathleen; Leprieur, Fabien; Lubchenco, Jane; McGowan, Jennifer; Morgan, Lance E.; Mouillot, David; Palacios-Abrantes, Juliano; Possingham, Hugh P.; Rechberger, Kristin D.; Worm, Boris (2023). Reply to: Global effects of marine protected areas on food security are unknown. Nature (Lond.) 621(7979): E37-E40. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06494-7, more
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  • Sala, E.
  • Mayorga, J.
  • Bradley, D.
  • Cabral, R.B.
  • Atwood, T.B.
  • Auber, A.
  • Cheung, W.
  • Costello, C.
  • Ferretti, F.
  • Friedlander, A.M.
  • Gaines, S.D.
  • Garilao, C.
  • Goodell, W.
  • Halpern, B.S.
  • Hinson, A.
  • Kaschner, K.
  • Kesner-Reyes, K.
  • Leprieur, F.
  • McGowan, J.
  • Morgan, L.E.
  • Mouillot, D.
  • Palacios-Abrantes, J.
  • Possingham, H.P.
  • Rechberger, K.D.
  • Worm, B.
  • Lubchenco, J.
Abstract
    The ocean contains unique biodiversity, provides valuable food resources and is a major sink for anthropogenic carbon. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an effective tool for restoring ocean biodiversity and ecosystem services, but at present only 2.7% of the ocean is highly protected. This low level of ocean protection is due largely to conflicts with fisheries and other extractive uses. To address this issue, here we developed a conservation planning framework to prioritize highly protected MPAs in places that would result in multiple benefits today and in the future. We find that a substantial increase in ocean protection could have triple benefits, by protecting biodiversity, boosting the yield of fisheries and securing marine carbon stocks that are at risk from human activities. Our results show that most coastal nations contain priority areas that can contribute substantially to achieving these three objectives of biodiversity protection, food provision and carbon storage. A globally coordinated effort could be nearly twice as efficient as uncoordinated, national-level conservation planning. Our flexible prioritization framework could help to inform both national marine spatial plans and global targets for marine conservation, food security and climate action.
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