Institutionalising science and knowledge under the agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ): Stakeholder perspectives on a fit-for-purpose Scientific and Technical Body DOI Creative Commons
Christine Gaebel, Paula Novo, David E. Johnson

et al.

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 161, P. 105998 - 105998

Published: Jan. 5, 2024

The use of science, scientific information, and other knowledge to inform decision-making is increasingly recognised as an integral feature environmental governance – a principle which reflected in the new agreement for conservation sustainable marine biological diversity areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). To support integration science knowledge, BBNJ Agreement establishes Scientific Technical Body (STB) confers task finalising formulation function this advisory body Conference Parties once enters into force. Therefore, it critical time careful consideration what needed achieve effective STB. However, date, there limited research on fit-for-purpose STB would involve or operationalise practice. As such, we aim fill gap by providing insights garnered from semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Using qualitative content analysis, identify examine eight characteristics that stakeholders deem important qualities encompass, well challenges opportunities operationalising these Our findings indicate extends mere production high-quality advice - also necessitates inclusion due fundamental such inclusivity equity, transparency, flexibility, synergy existing framework, amongst others, proactive trade-offs associated different design choices. These are pertinent forthcoming endeavour designing implementing under Agreement, more generally, provide normative perceive science-policy interfaces.

Language: Английский

Seamount mining test provides evidence of ecological impacts beyond deposition DOI Open Access
Travis Washburn, Erik Simon‐Lledó, Giun Yee Soong

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Current Biology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 33(14), P. 3065 - 3071.e3

Published: July 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Deep sea nature-based solutions to climate change DOI Creative Commons
Nathalie Hilmi, Michael Sutherland,

Shekoofeh Farahmand

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Frontiers in Climate, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 5

Published: July 6, 2023

The deep sea (below 200 m depth) is the largest carbon sink on Earth. It hosts abundant biodiversity that underpins cycle and provides provisioning, supporting, regulating cultural ecosystem services. There growing attention to climate-regulating ocean services from scientific, business political sectors. In this essay we synthesize unique biophysical, socioeconomic governance characteristics of critically assess opportunities for deep-sea blue mitigate climate change. Deep-sea consists fluxes storage including transferred atmosphere by inorganic organic pumps water, sequestered in skeletons bodies organisms, buried within sediments or captured carbonate rock. However, mitigating change through enhancement suffers lack scientific knowledge verification, technological limitations, potential environmental impacts, a cooperation collaboration, underdeveloped governance. Together, these issues suggest mitigation limited. Thus, strong focus too limited framework managing contribute international goals, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Paris Agreement post-2020 Biodiversity Goals. Instead, can be viewed as more holistic nature-based solution, many addition climate. Environmental impact assessments (EIAs), area-based management, pollution reduction, moratoria, accounting fisheries management are tools treaties could help realize benefits deep-sea, solutions.

Language: Английский

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Climate change to drive increasing overlap between Pacific tuna fisheries and emerging deep-sea mining industry DOI Creative Commons
Diva J. Amon, Juliano Palacios‐Abrantes, Jeffrey C. Drazen

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npj Ocean Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2(1)

Published: July 11, 2023

Abstract In ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction, various legal regimes and governance structures result in diffused responsibility create challenges for management. Here we show those are set to expand with climate change driving increasing overlap between eastern Pacific tuna fisheries the emerging industry of deep-sea mining. Climate models suggest that distributions will shift coming decades. Within Clarion-Clipperton Zone Ocean, a region containing 1.1 million km 2 mining exploration contracts, total biomass bigeye, skipjack, yellowfin species forecasted increase relative today under two tested climate-change scenarios. Percentage increases 10–11% 30–31% 23% yellowfin. The interactions mining, fish populations, complex unknown. However, these projected indicate potential conflict resultant environmental economic repercussions be exacerbated climate-altered ocean. This has implications holistic sustainable management this area, pathways suggested closing critical gaps.

Language: Английский

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Carbonate compensation depth drives abyssal biogeography in the northeast Pacific DOI Creative Commons
Erik Simon‐Lledó, Diva J. Amon, Guadalupe Bribiesca‐Contreras

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Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 7(9), P. 1388 - 1397

Published: July 24, 2023

Abstract Abyssal seafloor communities cover more than 60% of Earth’s surface. Despite their great size, abyssal plains extend across modest environmental gradients compared to other marine ecosystems. However, little is known about the patterns and processes regulating biodiversity or potentially delimiting biogeographical boundaries at regional scales in abyss. Improved macroecological understanding remote environments urgent as threats widespread anthropogenic disturbance grow deep ocean. Here, we use a new, basin-scale dataset show existence clear zonation 5,000 km span Clarion–Clipperton Zone (northeast Pacific), an area targeted for deep-sea mining. We found two pronounced biogeographic provinces, shallow-abyssal, separated by transition zone between 4,300 4,800 m depth. Surprisingly, species richness was maintained this boundary phylum-level taxonomic replacements. These transitions are probably related calcium carbonate saturation taxa dependent on structures, such shelled molluscs, appear restricted shallower province. Our results suggest geochemical climatic forcing distributions populations over large spatial provide potential paradigm macroecology, opening new basis regional-scale research conservation strategies largest biome.

Language: Английский

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Institutionalising science and knowledge under the agreement for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ): Stakeholder perspectives on a fit-for-purpose Scientific and Technical Body DOI Creative Commons
Christine Gaebel, Paula Novo, David E. Johnson

et al.

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 161, P. 105998 - 105998

Published: Jan. 5, 2024

The use of science, scientific information, and other knowledge to inform decision-making is increasingly recognised as an integral feature environmental governance – a principle which reflected in the new agreement for conservation sustainable marine biological diversity areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement). To support integration science knowledge, BBNJ Agreement establishes Scientific Technical Body (STB) confers task finalising formulation function this advisory body Conference Parties once enters into force. Therefore, it critical time careful consideration what needed achieve effective STB. However, date, there limited research on fit-for-purpose STB would involve or operationalise practice. As such, we aim fill gap by providing insights garnered from semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. Using qualitative content analysis, identify examine eight characteristics that stakeholders deem important qualities encompass, well challenges opportunities operationalising these Our findings indicate extends mere production high-quality advice - also necessitates inclusion due fundamental such inclusivity equity, transparency, flexibility, synergy existing framework, amongst others, proactive trade-offs associated different design choices. These are pertinent forthcoming endeavour designing implementing under Agreement, more generally, provide normative perceive science-policy interfaces.

Language: Английский

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