Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services
Abstract Anthropogenic activities threaten global biodiversity and ecosystem services. Yet, area-based conservation efforts typically target biodiversity protection whilst minimising conflict with economic activities, failing to consider ecosystem services. Here we identify priority areas that maxim...
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| author | Alvise Dabalà Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Daniel C. Dunn Jason D. Everett Catherine E. Lovelock Jeffrey O. Hanson Kristine Camille V. Buenafe Sandra Neubert Anthony J. Richardson |
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| description | Abstract Anthropogenic activities threaten global biodiversity and ecosystem services. Yet, area-based conservation efforts typically target biodiversity protection whilst minimising conflict with economic activities, failing to consider ecosystem services. Here we identify priority areas that maximise both the protection of mangrove biodiversity and their ecosystem services. We reveal that despite 13.5% of the mangrove distribution being currently strictly protected, all mangrove species are not adequately represented and many areas that provide disproportionally large ecosystem services are missed. Optimising the placement of future conservation efforts to protect 30% of global mangroves potentially safeguards an additional 16.3 billion USD of coastal property value, 6.1 million people, 1173.1 Tg C, and 50.7 million fisher days yr−1. Our findings suggest that there is a pressing need for including ecosystem services in protected area design and that strategic prioritisation and coordination of mangrove conservation could provide substantial benefits to human wellbeing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68b12c16ec17419ba900a3db8e7760c62023-11-20T09:52:17ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-09-0114111410.1038/s41467-023-41333-3Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem servicesAlvise Dabalà0Farid Dahdouh-Guebas1Daniel C. Dunn2Jason D. Everett3Catherine E. Lovelock4Jeffrey O. Hanson5Kristine Camille V. Buenafe6Sandra Neubert7Anthony J. Richardson8School of the Environment, The University of QueenslandSystems Ecology and Resource Management Research Unit (SERM), Department of Organism Biology, Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULBSchool of the Environment, The University of QueenslandSchool of the Environment, The University of QueenslandSchool of the Environment, The University of QueenslandDepartment of Biology, Carleton UniversitySchool of the Environment, The University of QueenslandSchool of the Environment, The University of QueenslandSchool of the Environment, The University of QueenslandAbstract Anthropogenic activities threaten global biodiversity and ecosystem services. Yet, area-based conservation efforts typically target biodiversity protection whilst minimising conflict with economic activities, failing to consider ecosystem services. Here we identify priority areas that maximise both the protection of mangrove biodiversity and their ecosystem services. We reveal that despite 13.5% of the mangrove distribution being currently strictly protected, all mangrove species are not adequately represented and many areas that provide disproportionally large ecosystem services are missed. Optimising the placement of future conservation efforts to protect 30% of global mangroves potentially safeguards an additional 16.3 billion USD of coastal property value, 6.1 million people, 1173.1 Tg C, and 50.7 million fisher days yr−1. Our findings suggest that there is a pressing need for including ecosystem services in protected area design and that strategic prioritisation and coordination of mangrove conservation could provide substantial benefits to human wellbeing.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41333-3 |
| spellingShingle | Alvise Dabalà Farid Dahdouh-Guebas Daniel C. Dunn Jason D. Everett Catherine E. Lovelock Jeffrey O. Hanson Kristine Camille V. Buenafe Sandra Neubert Anthony J. Richardson Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services Nature Communications |
| title | Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services |
| title_full | Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services |
| title_fullStr | Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services |
| title_full_unstemmed | Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services |
| title_short | Priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services |
| title_sort | priority areas to protect mangroves and maximise ecosystem services |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41333-3 |
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