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Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets
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Jorge P. Rodríguez
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Sarah A. Marley
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Hannah J. Calich
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Mirjam van der Mheen
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Michelle VanCompernolle,
Lucy M. Arrowsmith
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Lauren R. Peel
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Nuno Queiroz
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Ivo da Costa
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Ana Couto,
Nicolas E. Humphries
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Sara Abalo-Morla,
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Katya Abrantes
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André S. Afonso
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Science, Volume: 388, Issue: 6751, Pages: 1086 - 1097
Swansea University Author:
Nicole Esteban
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DOI (Published version): 10.1126/science.adl0239
Abstract
The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of threatened species will be achieved. We assembled a multi-taxa tracking dataset (11 million geopositions...
| Published in: | Science |
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| ISSN: | 0036-8075 1095-9203 |
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa69925 |
| Abstract: |
The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of threatened species will be achieved. We assembled a multi-taxa tracking dataset (11 million geopositions from 15,845 tracked individuals across 121 species) to provide a global assessment of space use of highly mobile marine megafauna, showing that 63% of the area that they cover is used 80% of the time as important migratory corridors or residence areas. The GBF 30% threshold (Target 3) will be insufficient for marine megafauna’s effective conservation, leaving important areas exposed to major anthropogenic threats. Coupling area protection with mitigation strategies (e.g., fishing regulation, wildlife-traffic separation) will be essential to reach international goals and conserve biodiversity. |
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Peer-reviewed author accepted version available from https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/handle/10023/32314 |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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