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Although marine conservation around Britain has shown some success, many of the tools that are in use today are irrelevant, or missing entirely.
Experts have interviewed fishers, tourism operators and recreational sea users in 50 marine protected areas to see how well any negative human impacts are being reduced.
Marine protection represents our best strategy to reverse declining biodiversity. But protected areas also provide a low-tech and cost-effective way for the fishing industry to safeguard stocks.
If we want to live in a world with Emperor penguins, we need to cut emissions steeply and protect parts of the ocean around Antarctica where climate change will have the biggest impact.
Open ocean sharks are globally threatened with extinction. Knowing where they are helps us protect them. Here, new research into silky sharks reveals priorities for conservation.
China and Russia have been blocking international plans to protect marine life in East Antarctica. Will next week’s special meeting in Chile break the deadlock? Australia hopes so.
As the number of protected areas continues to grow, fisher households in Indonesia are still among the poorest of the poor.
A handful of wealthy states have so far monopolised the benefits of exploring the remote ocean.
Our new, world-first research provides strong evidence of a significant increase in reef manta rays in protected areas of Raja Ampat over a decade.
Standard marine protected areas with fixed boundaries can’t effectively shelter these ocean nomads.
Yes, the new threatened species plan is better. But it’s nowhere near enough to actually prevent Australian species from dying out
As nations pledge to preserve swaths of ocean within their territorial waters, a marine scientist explains why some marine protected areas shelter ocean life more effectively than others.
It is time to acknowledge and address the rapid shifts in Canada’s oceans. To meet this challenge, Canada’s marine conservation toolbox — starting with the Oceans Act — needs an overhaul.
One of the oldest industries, fishing, is entering the world of advanced analytics and data-driven planning. With oceans under stress and key fish stocks dwindling, can precision fishing help?
It involves a trade-off between seafood production and seabed conservation.
The social, ecological and governance objectives of marine protected areas need to be understood to enhance benefits to both people and the environment.
If the local context and priorities of those who most directly rely on natural resources for their survival isn’t considered, conservation efforts will continue to fail.
In the design of marine protected areas, new research suggests that it might be better to start small in order to gain local trust and support that leads to larger long-term benefits.
Around 75% of fishermen in the Outer Hebrides speak Gaelic. Their daily use of the language at work helps keep it alive.
Top contributors
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Emeritus Professor of Environmental Governance, UCL
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Distinguished University Professor and Adviser in Marine Studies, Oregon State University
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Associate Professor, Oregon State University
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Assistant Professor in International Development, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Complex Systems and Environmental Policy, Bournemouth University
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Assistant Professor Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, Conservation Planning, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Research Fellow in Ocean Management, Stockholm University
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Researcher in Ecosystem Dynamics, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Australian Institute of Marine Science
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Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Franklin & Marshall College
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Coral Reef Ecologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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PhD Student, Department of Geography, University of Guelph
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Senior Research Fellow, James Cook University
