Ocean protection quality is lagging behind quantity

Author:

Elizabeth P. Pike, Jessica M. C. MacCarthy, Sarah O. Hameed, Nikki Harasta, Kirsten Grorud-Colvert, Jenna Sullivan-Stack, Joachim Claudet, Barbara Horta e Costa, Emanuel J. Gonçalves, Angelo Villagomez, Lance Morgan

Publication Year:

2024

Citation:

Pike, E. P., MacCarthy, J. M. C., Hameed, S. O., Harasta, N., Grorud-Colvert, K., Sullivan-Stack, J., Claudet, J., Horta e Costa, B., Gonçalves, E. J., Villagomez, A., & Morgan, L. (2024). Ocean protection quality is lagging behind quantity: Applying a scientific framework to assess real marine protected area progress against the 30 by 30 target. Conservation Letters, 17, e13020. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.13020

Description:

he international community set a global conservation target to protect at least30% of the ocean by 2030 (“30 × 30”) to reverse biodiversity loss, including through marine protected areas (MPAs). However, varied MPAs result in significantly different conservation outcomes, making MPA coverage alone an inadequate metric.

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