Demystifying ecological connectivity for actionable spatial conservation planning

M Beger, A Metaxas, AC Balbar, JA McGowan… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Connectivity underpins the persistence of life; it needs to inform biodiversity conservation
decisions. Yet, when prioritising conservation areas and developing actions, connectivity is …

Incorporating climate change adaptation into marine protected area planning

KL Wilson, DP Tittensor, B Worm… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is increasingly impacting marine protected areas (MPAs) and MPA
networks, yet adaptation strategies are rarely incorporated into MPA design and …

Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global ocean

DP Tittensor, M Beger, K Boerder, DG Boyce… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
The impacts of climate change and the socioecological challenges they present are
ubiquitous and increasingly severe. Practical efforts to operationalize climate-responsive …

[HTML][HTML] Maximizing the potential of protected areas for biodiversity conservation, climate refuge and carbon storage in the face of climate change: A case study of …

H Wu, L Yu, X Shen, F Hua, K Ma - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
A forward-looking approach that incorporates biodiversity and nature-based solutions is
needed for climate change adaptation. In this research, we identified conservation priorities …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying ecosystem service value and potential loss of wilderness areas in China to support post-2020 global biodiversity conservation

Y Cao, F Wang, TH Tseng, S Carver, X Chen… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Preserving wilderness areas is one of the key goals in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity
Framework (GBF). However, far too little attention has been paid to identifying wilderness …

Poleward bound: adapting to climate-driven species redistribution

J Melbourne-Thomas, A Audzijonyte, MJ Brasier… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2021 - Springer
One of the most pronounced effects of climate change on the world's oceans is the
(generally) poleward movement of species and fishery stocks in response to increasing …

Principles for climate resilience are prevalent in marine protected area management plans

C Lopazanski, B Foshay, JL Couture… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is threatening marine systems, and its widespread and dynamic effects are
creating challenges for designing and managing marine protected areas (MPAs). The …

Science to inform policy: linking population dynamics to habitat for a threatened species in Canada

CA Johnson, GD Sutherland, E Neave… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Boreal forests provide numerous ecological services, including the ability to store large
amounts of carbon, and are of significance to global biodiversity. Increases in industrial …

Linking MSPA and circuit theory to identify the spatial range of ecological networks and its priority areas for conservation and restoration in urban agglomeration

T Zhai, L Huang - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rapid urbanization has led to the continuous degradation of natural ecological space within
large urban agglomerations, triggering landscape fragmentation and habitat loss, which …

A metric‐based framework for climate‐smart conservation planning

KCV Buenafe, DC Dunn, JD Everett… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is already having profound effects on biodiversity, but climate change
adaptation has yet to be fully incorporated into area‐based management tools used to …