A Leverage Points Perspective on China’s Governance of Marine Protected Areas: Current State and Ways Forward

Land, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 425 - 425

Published: Feb. 18, 2025

As a key element of spatial governance, marine protected areas (MPAs) have been increasingly established in various countries, with lessons learned from terrestrial environmental protection. Nevertheless, the development MPAs China continues to trail behind that their land-based counterparts. Here, following leverage points perspective sustainability interventions, this article presents systematic analysis governance and evolution China’s MPAs, identifying for improvement. The encompasses number, effectiveness, legal framework, structure, value, paradigm highlights associated challenges facing China. Drawing on relevant experiences United States, Australia, European Union, offers valuable insights informing future MPA strategies. study concludes while has made significant progress further efforts are needed, including shifts, refinement system, optimization structures, enhancement effectiveness.

Language: Английский

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Major data gaps and recommendations in monitoring regulations of activities in EU marine protected areas

npj Ocean Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 4(1)

Published: Feb. 5, 2025

Language: Английский

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Identifying fishing behavior groups from vessel movement data: Application to the German brown shrimp fleet

Fisheries Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 283, P. 107285 - 107285

Published: Feb. 12, 2025

Language: Английский

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Ratchet effects revisited: power effects and systematic bias in natural resource management

FACETS, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 10, P. 1 - 10

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Regulatory ratchets arise when governance appears to be effective, but actually masks a steady loss of natural capital. This occurs biases in environmental impact assessment (EIA) systematically underestimate the true large developments, generated by statistical convention fixing α at 0.05 (Type 1 error or false positive rate; i.e., probability concluding that development will have an there is none) while β, negative rate (failing detect impact, Type 2 error), often fixed 0.2. asymmetry (β > α) generates higher likelihood mistakenly permitting than preventing it. Beyond bias EIA, routine regulations are ineffective due low compliance, inadequate thresholds, and broad exemptions, which tend cryptically institutionalize net loss. Measuring inefficiency regulation foundational correcting regulatory identifying pathways towards no Like from major cumulative protections also needs estimated offset active habitat restoration; this should delivered as core program resource management agencies, with goal fully integrating mitigation hierarchy into governance.

Language: Английский

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Overview of Marine Protected Areas and Sites of Particular Biodiversity Value in the Adriatic—Ionian Region (EUSAIR)

Diversity, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 131 - 131

Published: Feb. 14, 2025

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an important tool for conserving biodiversity and ensuring the sustainable use of marine ecosystem services. This study examines extent MPAs in Adriatic-Ionian region (EUSAIR). The analysis focuses on nationally designated Natura 2000 sites (their parts), as well importance that not officially protected. With a area 484,017 km2, EUSAIR has 46 348 2021, which together represent 16,347 km2 or 3.4% region’s total area. However, strictly IUCN categories I II account only 0.07% area, highlighting significant gap achieving global EU targets. In addition, around 30.75% is classified based various conservation instruments, but legally These findings underline urgent need enhanced protection, improved management stricter measures to achieve targets Kunmingand Montreal Global Biodiversity Frameworks Strategy 2030, aims have 30% 10% under strict protection by 2030. Achieving 2030 will require expansion intensified efforts designate new MPAs, integrate existing high ensure effective consistent with objectives.

Language: Английский

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Fishing activities within Spanish marine protected areas in the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 177, P. 106686 - 106686

Published: March 27, 2025

Language: Английский

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Mitigation of human activity impacts on habitat quality in the Chengdu–Chongqing urban agglomeration

Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)

Published: April 16, 2025

Language: Английский

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Exploring marine conservation and climate adaptation synergies and strategies in European seas as an emerging nexus: a review

Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: April 22, 2025

Europe’s marine and coastal ecosystems provide essential ecosystem services, however, their ability to support climate adaptation mitigation is increasingly threatened by anthropogenic pressures. This systematic literature review identifies evaluates integrated approaches that align conservation with adaptation, revealing untapped potential in leveraging synergies across governance, planning, management, sectoral integration. Despite extensive research both fields, interlinkages remain underexplored, implementation often fragmented early development stages. Our findings identify major nexus approaches, particularly ecosystem-based strategies, which, when effectively applied, strengthen the resilience of social-ecological systems. Central measures include climate-smart protected areas, restoration (e.g., for wetlands, reefs, dunes, seagrasses), pollution control, hybrid protection solutions. However, success hinges on cross-sectoral coordination, robust adaptive effective stakeholder engagement, long-term monitoring, financial sustainability. A critical gap integrating reflects not only a shortfall but also barriers policy practice. Addressing trade-offs between crucial maximizing while avoiding unintended socio-economic consequences. The study underscores need science-policy integration transformative governance frameworks implement strategies at scale. Strengthening regulatory coherence, into spatial expanding financing mechanisms are operationalizing these effectively. These insights pathways policymakers, researchers practitioners develop resilient, management face accelerating change.

Language: Английский

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Regulations of activities and protection levels in Marine Protected Areas of the European Union: a dataset compiled from multiple data sources.

Data in Brief, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 57, P. 111177 - 111177

Published: Dec. 1, 2024

The dataset gathers available regulations of human activities and protection levels Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) the European Union (EU). MPA list polygons were extracted from database Environment Agency (EEA) completed with zoning systems (all filtered for their marine area reported under Strategy Framework Directive). Fully-overlapping MPAs merged. In resulting dataset, features are provided (gathered EEA, WDPA, ProtectedSeas), including year designation, designation types (e.g., national, Natura 2000) subtypes reserves, national parks), identifiers (WDPA, 2000, OSPAR, etc.), IUCN categories, main focus. We provide summarized data on maritime that overlap two datasets: activities-focused datasets (national spatial plans, additional regional databases, like EMODnet) MPA-focused gathering management plans (ProtectedSeas, expert-based assessments about OSPAR Portuguese MPAs). This therefore compiles could be gathered accessible legal frameworks regarding aquaculture, fisheries, anchoring, infrastructures (including harbors renewable energy), mining, transport, coastal land-based uses (desalinization, sewage plants) other non-extractive recreational), making them readily accessible. Using Guide classification system, we computed scenarios potential impact each activity, which used to assess per MPA. Some not associated any features, regulations, or levels. Finally, detail protocol match information multiple databases formatted differently) a quality check by comparing this previous assessments. was analyze MPAs' across countries, regions designations). It also investigate sources activity in EU MPAs. can further analyses use MPAS regulate compare future did have access at scale). Such research is crucial plan monitor implementation 2030 Biodiversity Strategy, targeting 10% strictly protected sea region.

Language: Английский

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Smokescreen or groundwork? The paradox of ecological monitoring in the management of Marine Protected Areas

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 170, P. 106383 - 106383

Published: Sept. 7, 2024

Language: Английский

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