The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery

V Hermoso, SB Carvalho, S Giakoumi… - … Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Union (EU) has committed to an ambitious biodiversity recovery plan
in its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Green Deal. These policies aim to halt …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the combined effects of climate change and other local human stressors on the marine environment

E Gissi, E Manea, AD Mazaris, S Fraschetti… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change (CC) is a key, global driver of change of marine ecosystems. At local and
regional scales, other local human stressors (LS) can interact with CC and modify its effects …

Europe (Chapter 13)

B Bednar-Friedl, R Biesbroek, DN Schmidt… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
Our current 1.1° C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Underprotected marine protected areas in a global biodiversity hotspot

J Claudet, C Loiseau, M Sostres, M Zupan - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
Ocean health is critical for human well-being but is threatened by multiple stressors. Parties
to the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed to protect 10% of their waters by 2020. The …

[HTML][HTML] The 'Paper Park Index': Evaluating Marine Protected Area effectiveness through a global study of stakeholder perceptions

V Relano, D Pauly - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Governments around the world are increasingly committed to reaching terrestrial and marine
conservation goals. But achieving such commitments is challenging, and conservation …

Protected area management effectiveness and COVID-19: the case of plitvice lakes national Park, Croatia

A Mandić - Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, 2023 - Elsevier
The decline in economic activities and tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced
the pressure on the environment and protected area (PA) systems to some extent. However …

Twelve recommendations for advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas

S Katsanevakis, M Coll, S Fraschetti… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Like most ocean regions today, the European and contiguous seas experience cumulative
impacts from local human activities and global pressures. They are largely in poor …

Managing multiple pressures for cetaceans' conservation with an Ecosystem-Based Marine Spatial Planning approach

R Carlucci, E Manea, P Ricci, G Cipriano… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the recognized important ecological role that cetaceans play in the marine
environment, their protection is still scarcely enforced in the Mediterranean Sea even though …

[HTML][HTML] Natural capital protection indicators: Measuring performance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals for green growth transition

LA Acosta, P Maharjan, HM Peyriere… - Environmental and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural capital protection is critical to humanity because biodiversity and ecosystem provide
not only goods (eg, food, energy, water) but also services (eg, climate regulation, cultural …

Reviewing the ecosystem services, societal goods, and benefits of marine protected areas

C Marcos, D Díaz, K Fietz, A Forcada, A Ford… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are globally important environmental management tools that
provide protection from the effects of human exploitation and activities, supporting the …