Six key policy recommendations to advocate for marine conservation that matches the ocean’s dynamism
Marine ecosystems face threats from human-induced stressors like climate change, pollution, and habitat loss. Despite international endeavors, significant gaps remain in understanding ocean dynamics. This article presents six policy recommendations to integrate plankton populations into conservation frameworks. These could be leveraged in the process approved at CBD’s COP16 in Colombia to update criteria for defining ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) and supporting science-based Marine Protected Area (MPA) designations.
Authors
- André Abreu
- Eva Wanek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1471-0500)
- Roberto Casati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8215-6428)
- Umer Gurchani
- Sacha Bourgeois‐Gironde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1767-0919)
- Damien Eveillard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8162-7360)
- Oscar Julian Esteban-Cantillo
Institutions
- École Centrale de Nantes (FR)
- Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas (FR)
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- École Normale Supérieure - PSL (FR)
- Institut Jean Nicod (FR)
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes (FR)
- University of Haifa (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- npj Ocean Sustainability
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00151-4
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.27
Funders
- European Commission