Identifying a network of priority areas for conservation in the Arctic seas: Practical lessons from Russia
Abstract The natural environment of the Arctic is changing rapidly owing to climate change. At the same time in many countries including Russia the region is attracting growing attention of decision‐makers and business communities. In light of the above it is necessary to protect the biodiversity of...
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crwiley:10.1002/aqc.2806 2024-09-15T17:54:03+00:00 Identifying a network of priority areas for conservation in the Arctic seas: Practical lessons from Russia Solovyev, Boris Spiridonov, Vassily Onufrenya, Irina Belikov, Stanislav Chernova, Natalia Dobrynin, Dmitry Gavrilo, Maria Glazov, Dmitry Krasnov, Yuri Mukharamova, Svetlana Pantyulin, Anatoly Platonov, Nikita Saveliev, Anatoly Stishov, Mikhail Tertitski, Grigory Oceans 5 Foundation WWF Netherlands WWF Russia 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2806 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Faqc.2806 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aqc.2806 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems volume 27, issue S1, page 30-51 ISSN 1052-7613 1099-0755 journal-article 2017 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2806 2024-06-27T04:22:48Z Abstract The natural environment of the Arctic is changing rapidly owing to climate change. At the same time in many countries including Russia the region is attracting growing attention of decision‐makers and business communities. In light of the above it is necessary to protect the biodiversity of the regional marine ecosystems in the most effective way possible, namely by establishing a network of marine protected areas. Identifying conservation priority areas is a key step towards this goal. To achieve it, a study based on a systematic conservation planning approach was conducted. An expanded group of experts used the MARXAN algorithm to produce initial results, then discussed and refined them to select 47 conservation priority areas in the Russian Arctic seas. The resulting network covers nearly 25% of the Russian Arctic seas, which guarantees proportional representation of their biodiversity as well as achieving connectivity, sustainability and naturalness. This was largely made possible by the selected methodology, based on the MARXAN decision support tool supplemented by extensive post‐analysis that helped fill any gaps inevitable in the formal approach. Although available data were sparse, and of varying quality and a single regionalization scheme could not be used (as is often the case for such areas), the selected approach has proven successful for such a large area that covers both the coastal zone and parts of the High Seas. Such an approach could be used further to identify marine protected areas throughout the Arctic Ocean. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ocean Climate change Wiley Online Library Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27 30 51 |
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Abstract The natural environment of the Arctic is changing rapidly owing to climate change. At the same time in many countries including Russia the region is attracting growing attention of decision‐makers and business communities. In light of the above it is necessary to protect the biodiversity of the regional marine ecosystems in the most effective way possible, namely by establishing a network of marine protected areas. Identifying conservation priority areas is a key step towards this goal. To achieve it, a study based on a systematic conservation planning approach was conducted. An expanded group of experts used the MARXAN algorithm to produce initial results, then discussed and refined them to select 47 conservation priority areas in the Russian Arctic seas. The resulting network covers nearly 25% of the Russian Arctic seas, which guarantees proportional representation of their biodiversity as well as achieving connectivity, sustainability and naturalness. This was largely made possible by the selected methodology, based on the MARXAN decision support tool supplemented by extensive post‐analysis that helped fill any gaps inevitable in the formal approach. Although available data were sparse, and of varying quality and a single regionalization scheme could not be used (as is often the case for such areas), the selected approach has proven successful for such a large area that covers both the coastal zone and parts of the High Seas. Such an approach could be used further to identify marine protected areas throughout the Arctic Ocean. |
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Solovyev, Boris Spiridonov, Vassily Onufrenya, Irina Belikov, Stanislav Chernova, Natalia Dobrynin, Dmitry Gavrilo, Maria Glazov, Dmitry Krasnov, Yuri Mukharamova, Svetlana Pantyulin, Anatoly Platonov, Nikita Saveliev, Anatoly Stishov, Mikhail Tertitski, Grigory |
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Solovyev, Boris Spiridonov, Vassily Onufrenya, Irina Belikov, Stanislav Chernova, Natalia Dobrynin, Dmitry Gavrilo, Maria Glazov, Dmitry Krasnov, Yuri Mukharamova, Svetlana Pantyulin, Anatoly Platonov, Nikita Saveliev, Anatoly Stishov, Mikhail Tertitski, Grigory Identifying a network of priority areas for conservation in the Arctic seas: Practical lessons from Russia |
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Solovyev, Boris Spiridonov, Vassily Onufrenya, Irina Belikov, Stanislav Chernova, Natalia Dobrynin, Dmitry Gavrilo, Maria Glazov, Dmitry Krasnov, Yuri Mukharamova, Svetlana Pantyulin, Anatoly Platonov, Nikita Saveliev, Anatoly Stishov, Mikhail Tertitski, Grigory |
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Identifying a network of priority areas for conservation in the Arctic seas: Practical lessons from Russia |
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Identifying a network of priority areas for conservation in the Arctic seas: Practical lessons from Russia |
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Identifying a network of priority areas for conservation in the Arctic seas: Practical lessons from Russia |
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