How the race to achieve Aichi Target 11 could jeopardize the effective conservation of biodiversity in Canada and beyond

CJ Lemieux, PA Gray, R Devillers, PA Wright… - Marine Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2010 Parties to the United Nations (UN) Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD) agreed to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss within a decade by achieving 20 …

The plan of the day: managing the dynamic transition from regional conservation designs to local conservation actions

RL Pressey, M Mills, R Weeks, JC Day - Biological Conservation, 2013 - Elsevier
In numerous and important situations across the globe, the transition from designs to actions
in conservation planning requires multiple iterations. Regional designs need to be updated …

Protecting Earth's last conservation frontier: scientific, management and legal priorities for MPAs beyond national boundaries

K Gjerde, L Reeve, H Harden-Davies, J Ardron… - 2016 - ro.uow.edu.au
Marine areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) comprise most of Earth's interconnected
ocean, hosting complex ecosystems that play key roles in sustaining life and providing …

Applying systematic conservation planning to improve the allocation of restoration actions at multiple spatial scales

BL Gilby, AD Olds, CJ Brown, RM Connolly… - Restoration …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological restoration is increasingly being upscaled to larger spatial scales of tens to
hundreds of kilometers. Yet the complex logistics and high costs of ecological restoration …

Quantifying the sources of pollutants in the Great Barrier Reef catchments and the relative risk to reef ecosystems

J Waterhouse, J Brodie, S Lewis, A Mitchell - Marine pollution bulletin, 2012 - Elsevier
Development of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchments in the last 150years has increased
the loads of suspended sediment, nutrients and pesticides ('pollutants') delivered to the …

The molecular biogeography of the Indo‐Pacific: Testing hypotheses with multispecies genetic patterns

ED Crandall, C Riginos, CE Bird… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To test hypothesized biogeographic partitions of the tropical Indo‐Pacific Ocean with
phylogeographic data from 56 taxa, and to evaluate the strength and nature of barriers …

A mismatch of scales: challenges in planning for implementation of marine protected areas in the Coral Triangle

M Mills, RL Pressey, R Weeks, S Foale… - Conservation …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Regional systematic conservation planning is an effective approach to marine protected
area (MPA) network design, ensuring complementarity, and functional connectivity of areas …

Linking land-and sea-based activities to risk in coastal ecosystems

JF Samhouri, PS Levin - Biological Conservation, 2012 - Elsevier
The emerging science and policy arena of marine ecosystem-based management is beset
with the challenging question of how to assess the urgency of problems influencing different …

Quantifying the effects of deforestation and fragmentation on a range-wide conservation plan for jaguars

PJ Olsoy, KA Zeller, JA Hicke, HB Quigley… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of extensive changes in land use and climate on species has led to an
increasing focus on large-scale conservation planning. However, these plans are often static …

National parks in China: Experiments with protecting nature and human livelihoods in Yunnan province, Peoples' Republic of China (PRC)

DQ Zhou, RE Grumbine - Biological Conservation, 2011 - Elsevier
Beginning in 1956, China has built a large protected areas system, but has struggled to
implement effective management. There remain ongoing problems with administrative …