Substantial efforts and investments are being made to increase the scale and improve the
effectiveness of marine conservation globally. Though it is mandated by international law …

As countries consider new area-based conservation targets under the Convention on
Biological Diversity, protected areas (PAs) and their impacts on people and nature are …

Accelerating ecosystem degradation has spurred proposals to vastly expand the extent of
protected areas (PAs), potentially affecting the livelihoods and well-being of indigenous …

Identifying priority areas for biodiversity conservation requires systematic approaches and
integrated ecological and biological information. Here, we applied a range of ecological …

With the rapid growth of Indonesia's marine protected area (MPAs) estate in Indonesia,
reaching 23.9 million hectares by January 2020, attention needs to be focused on …

Environmental conservation initiatives, including marine protected areas (MPAs), have
proliferated in recent decades. Designed to conserve marine biodiversity, many MPAs also …

Coral reef ecosystems are among the most diverse habitats on earth, providing essential
social and ecological services. Raja Ampat, Indonesia-located in the Coral Triangle, the …

Bali, Indonesia sits within the coral triangle and is internationally recognised for its high coral
reef diversity. The health of Bali's marine ecosystems has declined in recent decades, and …

For several decades, fishing sharks for their fins has provided important livelihoods for
eastern Indonesian coastal communities that fish the Halmahera, Arafura and Timor Seas …

Quasi-experimental impact evaluation approaches, which enable scholars to disentangle
effects of conservation interventions from broader changes in the environment, are gaining …