Over one hundred governments are currently negotiating a new legally binding instrument
for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond …

Biodiversity loss is a social and ecological emergency, and calls have been made for the
global expansion of protected areas (PAs) to tackle this crisis. It is unclear, however, where …

One of the aims of the United Nations (UN) negotiations on the conservation and
sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) is to …

Considerable effort is being deployed to predict the impacts of climate change and
anthropogenic activities on the ocean's biophysical environment, biodiversity, and natural …

In 2010 the Conference of the Parties (COP) for the Convention on Biological Diversity
revised and updated a Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020, which included the Aichi …

This book provides the first contemporary assessment of area-based conservation and its
implications for nature and society. Now covering 15 per cent of the land surface and a …

While marine protected areas (MPAs) have been internationally recognized as an effective
resource management technique, many MPAs worldwide are not fulfilling their conservation …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an effective conservation tool to halt the global loss of
marine species as anthropogenic threats to biodiversity increasingly affect the oceans …

ABSTRACT Johnson, DE and Barrio Froján, C., 2020. A new impetus for Particularly
Sensitive Sea Area designation. In: Malvárez, G. and Navas, F.(eds.), Global Coastal Issues …