The use of Atlantic seascapes for marine protected areas planning in the context of the marine biological diversity of areas beyond National Jurisdiction agreement

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 214, С. 117776 - 117776

Опубликована: Март 6, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Application of the environmental impact assessment provisions under the BBNJ Agreement in high seas marine protected area: challenges and suggestion

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 12

Опубликована: Апрель 16, 2025

Once the BBNJ Agreement enters into force, its environmental impact assessment (EIA) provisions will apply to high seas marine protected areas (MPAs). This paper examines current treaties and practices within four MPAs finds that EIA established by United Nations Convention on Law of Sea (UNCLOS) are ambiguous. The Agreement, however, reflects a strong commitment improving laws in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ). Despite this progress, several challenges may arise implementing Agreement’s MPAs. These include potential fragmentation when members international frameworks or bodies (IFBs) do not ratify agreement, uncertainties surrounding “not undermine” proviso, ambiguities “due regard” principle. Additionally, Clearing-House Mechanism (Cl-HM) under requires further development cooperate with institutions MPAs, fragmented standards, subjects procedures for complicate determination equivalency those Agreement. Moreover, existing appear limited. It is worth mentioning be sufficient. offers recommendations above challenges: encouraging non-Parties putting forward possible interpretation understanding proviso regard”, developing CL-HM through Secretariat, guidelines supported Scientific Technical Body set Furthermore, IFBs should enhance their ensure effective application future.

Язык: Английский

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Promoting the restoration of China’s marine ecology and the governance of marine disaster prevention and reduction

Environmental Sciences Europe, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 12, 2024

Abstract The oceans are a treasure trove of natural resources and an essential regulator the global climate. Still, due to economic development human activities in recent years, these ecosystems have suffered varying degrees degradation, so restoration marine is essential. At same time, states should strengthen synergy disaster prevention mitigation efforts jointly defend against impact maritime disasters on lives, property, climate change. On June 28–29, 2023, Forum Restoration Marine Ecological Environment Protection, Disaster Prevention, Mitigation was held Qingdao’s West Coast New Area. forum adopted combination “online offline.” Nearly 150 experts scholars marine-related environmental protection, prevention, from organizations, universities, research institutes across multiple countries attended event.

Язык: Английский

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The quantifying, mapping, and risk analysis of human-related stressors in the high seas

Science Progress, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 107(4)

Опубликована: Окт. 1, 2024

Objectives: Marine biodiversity and ecosystem services in the high seas are threatened by numerous stress factors caused human activities, including global shipping, high-sea fishing, marine plastic pollution, anthropogenic climate change. Socioeconomic one of criteria for establishment area-based management tools conservation beyond national jurisdiction. The aim work is to propose a spatiotemporal approach identify risks from activities recommendations governance. Methods: Data related 2014 2022 were used calculate distribution changes human-related stressors, risk activities. Results: North Atlantic, Philippine Sea, Arabian Bay Bengal, East Central Atlantic show increasing intensities therefore particularly at need protection biodiversity. Risks vary within areas that prioritized protection. study recommends designation protected should take into account types which different exposed, be established gradually. At same time, appropriate measures formulated according intensity areas. Conclusions: Quantifying classifying stressors could help solution facilitate spatial planning, area based tools, seas.

Язык: Английский

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Business-as-usual trends will largely miss 2030 global conservation targets

AMBIO, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Ноя. 7, 2024

To address climate change and global biodiversity loss, the world must hit three important international conservation targets by 2030: protect 30% of terrestrial marine areas, halt reverse forest restore 350 Mha degraded deforested landscapes. Here, we (1) provide estimates gaps between these globally agreed business-as-usual trends; (2) identify examples rapid past trend-shifts towards achieving targets; (3) link to different levers. Our results suggest that under a scenario, will fail achieve all targets. However, rapidly "bend curve" have happened in should therefore be fostered. These are linked transformative levers include environmental governance, economic factors, values, knowledge. Further research on trend-shifts, as well bold action underlying levers, is urgently needed meet 2030

Язык: Английский

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Measuring the Impact of Innovation Ecosystem and Enabling Environment on Fisheries System Performance

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Ноя. 13, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Grand challenges in marine governance for ocean sustainability in the twenty-first century

Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 1

Опубликована: Сен. 27, 2023

The twenty-first century is seeing multiple and accelerating anthropogenic threats to the Ocean which jeopardize planetary system human well-being. Given urgency of this emergency, ensuring sustainability an equitable just future for humanity planet requires unprecedented acceleration innovation in theory practice marine governance. This Perspective provides overview recent trends emerging issues facing Ocean. It outlines a number Grand Challenges, or important areas advance scholars practitioners governance, namely bridging sectors scales, connecting people seas, consideration inclusivity, equity justice, innovating knowledge generation interface science, society policy. will allow address questions how achieve just, sustainable use interaction with century.

Язык: Английский

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Fishing Gear Classification from Vessel Trajectories and Velocity Profiles: Database and Benchmark

Lecture notes in computer science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер unknown, С. 629 - 638

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Spatio-temporal trajectory data modeling for fishing gear classification

Pattern Analysis and Applications, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 27(2)

Опубликована: Апрель 15, 2024

Abstract International Organizations urge the protection of our oceans and their ecosystems due to immeasurable importance humankind. Since illegal fishing activities, commonly known as IUU fishing, cause irreparable damage these ecosystems, concerned organisms are pushing detect combat practices. The automatic identification system allows locate position trajectory vessels. In this study we address task detecting vessels’ gears based on behavior defined by GPS data, a useful prevent proliferation We present new database including trajectories that span 7 different analyze in time sequence analysis problem. leverage from feature extraction techniques online signature verification domain model vessel trajectories, extract relevant information form both local global sets. show how, sets features, kinematics vessels according can be effectively classified using common supervised learning algorithms with accuracies up $$90\%$$ 90 % . Furthermore, motivated concerns raised several organizations adverse impact bottom trawling marine biodiversity, binary classification experiment which were able distinguish kind gear an accuracy $$99\%$$ 99 also illustrate ablation relevance factors such data availability sampling period perform classification. Compared existing works, highlight factors, especially periods order minutes instead hours.

Язык: Английский

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Mining the Ocean Genome: Global Bioprospecting Expeditions and Genomic Extractivism on the Oceanic Frontier

Archivio antropologico mediterraneo, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 25(1)

Опубликована: Июнь 22, 2023

The article follows the ongoing transformation of genomic science into an industry – dedicated to systematic extraction, abstraction and manipulation genetic material considers new types oceanic exploration that research both presupposes fosters. We argue emergent practices ocean bioprospecting are sparking ways thinking, living exploiting marine ecosystems as «genomic mines». chart recent history operations in global focusing on Sorcerer II expedition (2004-2006) Tara Oceans project (2009-2013) recount rise «ocean genome» object knowledge a target extractivist practices. Finally, we theorize peculiar mobility vessels constituting practice social construction ocean: form scientific navigation, which is already engendering uses biodiversity, strategies capital accumulation, well innovative representations ecosystems.

Язык: Английский

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