Five key opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of area-based marine conservation

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dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Fundamentos da Análise Económica
dc.contributor.authorStanley, R.R.E.
dc.contributor.authorVillasante Larramendi, Carlos Sebastián
dc.contributor.authorClaudet, J.
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-13T12:22:53Z
dc.date.available2026-01-13T12:22:53Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractEffective 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.
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dc.description.sponsorshipAC was supported by the FCT-IP Programme Stimulus of Scientific Employment (CEECIND/00101/2021). AC also acknowledge funds through the FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the project OKEANOS UIDB/05634/2023 and UIDP/05634/2023. BHC acknowledges the support of MARHAB (EU HORIZON, grant no. 101135307), MarPlus2024 (Algarve 2030, ALGARVE-FSE+-01177700) projects. BHC and AB also thanks the support the Portuguese national funds from FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology through projects UID/04326/2025, UID/PRR/04326/2025 and LA/P/0101/2020 (DOI:10.54499/LA/P/0101/2020) to CCMAR. DPT acknowledges support from the Jarislowsky Foundation and NSERC. R.R.E.S and E.M.R. were supported by the MCT program with DFO. SV gratefully acknowledges the financial support from EQUALSEA (Transformative adaptation towards ocean equity) project, under the European Horizon 2020 Program, ERC Consolidator (Grant Agreement # 101002784) funded by the European Research Council. TB acknowledges funding from the Biodiversa+ project RESOLVE and the European Union’s Horizon project ACTNOW (No. 101060072).
dc.identifier.citationStanley, R.R.E., Abad-Uribarren, A., Belackova, A. et al. Five key opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of area-based marine conservation. npj Ocean Sustain 4, 67 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00172-z
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/S44183-025-00172-Z
dc.identifier.essn2731-426X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/45085
dc.issue.number1
dc.journal.titleNPJ Ocean Sustainability
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherNature Research
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE/101135307
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101002784
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/HE/101060072
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1038/S44183-025-00172-Z
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dc.subjectClimate-change mitigation
dc.subjectConservation biology
dc.titleFive key opportunities to enhance the effectiveness of area-based marine conservation
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