Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change
Abstract Areas beyond national jurisdiction, or the high seas, are vital to life on Earth. However, the conservation of these areas, for example, through area‐based management tools (ABMTs), is challenging, particularly when accounting for global change. Using decision science, integrated population...
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| author | Moses F. Gee Caio F. Kenup Igor Debski Alexandra Macdonald Graeme A. Taylor Rohan H. Clarke Stefano Canessa John G. Ewen Johannes H. Fischer |
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| description | Abstract Areas beyond national jurisdiction, or the high seas, are vital to life on Earth. However, the conservation of these areas, for example, through area‐based management tools (ABMTs), is challenging, particularly when accounting for global change. Using decision science, integrated population models, and a Critically Endangered seabird (Kuaka; Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) as a case study, we evaluated potential ABMTs in the high seas under global change and different governance structures, while accounting for uncertainty and imperfect compliance. Our study highlighted that global change in these areas will likely cause population declines of ∼60% by 2050. However, decisive conservation action could cost‐effectively address predicted declines, particularly when implemented as soon as possible and under the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty. We illustrate how decision science can transparently navigate a complex seascape of management decisions and we advocate for its wider integration in the management of the largest sections of our planet, the high seas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e58bdba9e0b54df1a50f6bb84bde8a3b2024-02-21T11:44:41ZengWileyConservation Letters1755-263X2024-01-01171n/an/a10.1111/conl.12989Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global changeMoses F. Gee0Caio F. Kenup1Igor Debski2Alexandra Macdonald3Graeme A. Taylor4Rohan H. Clarke5Stefano Canessa6John G. Ewen7Johannes H. Fischer8Institute of ZoologyZoological Societyof LondonLondon UKWildlife Ecology GroupMassey UniversityPalmerston North AotearoaDepartment of Conservation Biodiversity Systems and Aquatic Unit Wellington AotearoaDepartment of Conservation Strategy and Policy Unit Wellington AotearoaDepartment of Conservation Biodiversity Systems and Aquatic Unit Wellington AotearoaSchool of Biological SciencesSchool of Biological Sciences, Monash UniversityMelbourne AustraliaDivision of Conservation Biology Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern Bern SwitzerlandInstitute of ZoologyZoological Societyof LondonLondon UKDepartment of Conservation Biodiversity Systems and Aquatic Unit Wellington AotearoaAbstract Areas beyond national jurisdiction, or the high seas, are vital to life on Earth. However, the conservation of these areas, for example, through area‐based management tools (ABMTs), is challenging, particularly when accounting for global change. Using decision science, integrated population models, and a Critically Endangered seabird (Kuaka; Pelecanoides whenuahouensis) as a case study, we evaluated potential ABMTs in the high seas under global change and different governance structures, while accounting for uncertainty and imperfect compliance. Our study highlighted that global change in these areas will likely cause population declines of ∼60% by 2050. However, decisive conservation action could cost‐effectively address predicted declines, particularly when implemented as soon as possible and under the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty. We illustrate how decision science can transparently navigate a complex seascape of management decisions and we advocate for its wider integration in the management of the largest sections of our planet, the high seas.https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12989area‐based management toolsareas beyond national jurisdictiondecision analysishigh seas governanceintegrated population modelmanagement compliance |
| spellingShingle | Moses F. Gee Caio F. Kenup Igor Debski Alexandra Macdonald Graeme A. Taylor Rohan H. Clarke Stefano Canessa John G. Ewen Johannes H. Fischer Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change Conservation Letters area‐based management tools areas beyond national jurisdiction decision analysis high seas governance integrated population model management compliance |
| title | Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change |
| title_full | Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change |
| title_fullStr | Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change |
| title_short | Decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change |
| title_sort | decisive conservation action in areas beyond national jurisdiction is urgently required for seabird recovery in the face of global change |
| topic | area‐based management tools areas beyond national jurisdiction decision analysis high seas governance integrated population model management compliance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12989 |
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