Systematic Conservation Planning: A Better Recipe for Managing the High Seas for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use

Conservation Letters

Natalie C. Ban⁶  Nicholas J. Bax⁵  Kristina M. Gjerde³  Rodolphe Devillers⁷  Daniel C. Dunn¹  Piers K. Dunstan⁵  Alistair J. Hobday⁵  Sara M. Maxwell⁸  David M. Kaplan²  Robert L. Pressey⁷  Jeff A. Ardron⁸  Edward T. Game⁴ 

[1] Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA;Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR 212 EME (IRD/Ifremer/Univ. Montpellier II), Sète cedex, France;IUCN Global Marine and Polar Programme and World Commission on Protected Areas, Gland, Switzerland;The Nature Conservancy, Conservation Science, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia;CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship, Hobart, TAS, Australia;School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada;Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia;Marine Conservation Institute, Seattle, WA, USA

关键词: Areas beyond national jurisdiction;    deep sea;    marine conservation;    marine protected areas;    marine spatial planning;    open ocean;    sustainable fisheries;   

DOI  :  10.1111/conl.12010

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

Abstract

At the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio in June 2012, world leaders committed to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (the high seas). Our analysis of gaps in high seas management indicates that a paradigm shift to a more systematic approach will be needed to safeguard high seas biodiversity from mounting threats. Experience from terrestrial and coastal areas indicates that a systematic approach to conservation planning and management can help to maintain ecosystem health and productivity while enabling sustainable use. Our analysis further demonstrates that the current legal regime on the high seas is insufficient to realize these objectives: management institutions have neither an adequate mandate for integrated planning nor the ability to effectively coordinate across multiple management regimes. We identify key elements for future high seas management and posit that a two-pronged approach is most promising: the development of an improved global legal regime that incorporates systematic planning as well as the expansion of existing and new regional agreements and mandates. This combined approach is most likely to achieve the required ecosystem-based, integrated and science-based management that world leaders at Rio acknowledged should underpin ocean management.

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