Progress towards a representative network of Southern Ocean protected areas
Global threats to ocean biodiversity have generated a worldwide movement to take actions to improve conservation and management. Several international initiatives have recommended the adoption of marine protected areas (MPAs) in national and international waters. National governments and the Commiss...
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ftunivqespace:oai:espace.library.uq.edu.au:UQ:8133ff7 2023-05-15T13:41:15+02:00 Progress towards a representative network of Southern Ocean protected areas Brooks, Cassandra M. Chown, Steven L. Douglass, Lucinda L. Raymond, Ben P. Shaw, Justine D. Sylvester, Zephyr T. Torrens, Christa L. Ropert-Coudert, Yan 2020-04-01 https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8133ff7 eng eng Public Library of Science doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231361 issn:1932-6203 orcid:0000-0002-9603-2271 Not set General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology General Agricultural and Biological Sciences General Medicine 1000 General 1100 Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1300 Biochemistry Journal Article 2020 ftunivqespace https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231361 2020-12-08T08:33:28Z Global threats to ocean biodiversity have generated a worldwide movement to take actions to improve conservation and management. Several international initiatives have recommended the adoption of marine protected areas (MPAs) in national and international waters. National governments and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources have successfully adopted multiple MPAs in the Southern Ocean despite the challenging nature of establishing MPAs in international waters. But are these MPAs representative of Southern Ocean biodiversity? Here we answer this question for both existing and proposed Antarctic MPAs, using benthic and pelagic regionalizations as a proxy for biodiversity. Currently about 11.98% of the Southern Ocean is protected in MPAs, with 4.61% being encompassed by no-take areas. While this is a relatively large proportion of protection when compared to other international waters, current Antarctic MPAs are not representative of the full range of benthic and pelagic ecoregions. Implementing additional protected areas, including those currently under negotiation, would encompass almost 22% of the Southern Ocean. It would also substantially improve representation with 17 benthic and pelagic ecoregions (out of 23 and 19, respectively) achieving at least 10% representation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Southern Ocean The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace Antarctic Southern Ocean PLOS ONE 15 4 e0231361 |
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Global threats to ocean biodiversity have generated a worldwide movement to take actions to improve conservation and management. Several international initiatives have recommended the adoption of marine protected areas (MPAs) in national and international waters. National governments and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources have successfully adopted multiple MPAs in the Southern Ocean despite the challenging nature of establishing MPAs in international waters. But are these MPAs representative of Southern Ocean biodiversity? Here we answer this question for both existing and proposed Antarctic MPAs, using benthic and pelagic regionalizations as a proxy for biodiversity. Currently about 11.98% of the Southern Ocean is protected in MPAs, with 4.61% being encompassed by no-take areas. While this is a relatively large proportion of protection when compared to other international waters, current Antarctic MPAs are not representative of the full range of benthic and pelagic ecoregions. Implementing additional protected areas, including those currently under negotiation, would encompass almost 22% of the Southern Ocean. It would also substantially improve representation with 17 benthic and pelagic ecoregions (out of 23 and 19, respectively) achieving at least 10% representation. |
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Progress towards a representative network of Southern Ocean protected areas |
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Progress towards a representative network of Southern Ocean protected areas |
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