[HTML][HTML] Interactions between marine megafauna and plastic pollution in Southeast Asia

LCM Omeyer, EM Duncan, NAS Abreo… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Southeast (SE) Asia is a highly biodiverse region, yet it is also estimated to cumulatively
contribute a third of the total global marine plastic pollution. This threat is known to have …

Priorities for protected area expansion so nations can meet their Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework commitments

JEM Watson, R Venegas‐Li, H Grantham… - Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As part of the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (K‐M GBF), signatory
nations of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) aim to protect at least 30% of the …

[HTML][HTML] Putting sharks on the map: A global standard for improving shark area-based conservation

CA Hyde, G Notarbartolo di Sciara… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Area-based conservation is essential to safeguard declining biodiversity. Several
approaches have been developed for identifying networks of globally important areas based …

The ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative: the first synoptic assessment of cetacean abundance in the Mediterranean Sea through aerial surveys

S Panigada, N Pierantonio, H Araújo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The “ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative”(ASI) is a pilot programme aimed at establishing an
integrated and coordinated monitoring system for cetaceans across the Agreement on the …

Distribution patterns of marine megafauna density in the Mediterranean Sea assessed through the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative (ASI)

A Cañadas, N Pierantonio, H Araujo, L David… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative (ASI) is the first synoptic large-scale survey of the entire
ACCOBAMS Area and as such it plays a key role in filling the current gaps in our biological …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesizing connectivity information from migratory marine species for area-based management

CY Kot, SE DeLand, AL Harrison, A Alberini… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the areas used by migratory marine animals and their movements is critical
in supporting management decisions that target their conservation. This is especially …

Red‐list status and extinction risk of the world's whales, dolphins, and porpoises

GT Braulik, BL Taylor, G Minton… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
To understand the scope and scale of the loss of biodiversity, tools are required that can be
applied in a standardized manner to all species globally, spanning realms from land to the …

Acoustic estimates of sperm whale abundance in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative

O Boisseau, J Reid, C Ryan, A Moscrop… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Acoustic surveys for sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) were conducted in the
Mediterranean Sea in summer 2018 as part of the vessel-based component of the …

Social media and citizen science records are important for the management of rarely sighted whales

AS Cranswick, R Constantine, H Hendriks… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media content is increasingly being validated and used as a valuable source of data
within conservation science. Metadata obtained from social networking sites (SNS) can …

Estimating the impact of ship strikes on the Mediterranean fin whale subpopulation

M Sèbe, L David, F Dhermain, S Gourguet… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) subpopulation is under
threat from collisions with ships. Given the international dimension of the issue, the French …