Biodiversité

Edito : Wasting away

Articles :

- Climate change reduces the conservation benefits of tropical coastal ecosystems

- Voluntary commitments made by the world’s largest companies focus on recycling and packaging over other actions to address the plastics crisis

- Climate change reduces the conservation benefits of tropical coastal ecosystems

- Ocean conservation boosts climate change mitigation and adaptation

new agreement is being negotiated under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to provide legally binding mechanisms to protect the marine environment and to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of marine biodiversity on the high seas (international waters in areas beyond national jurisdiction) (1). One of the suggested objectives in the current draft text is to “apply an approach that builds ecosystem resilience to the adverse effects of climate change” when applying area-based management tools (ABMTs), including marine protected areas (MPAs).

Les aires marines protégées (AMP) sont l’une des solutions avancées pour contribuer à l'adaptation et à l'atténuation des effets du changement climatique. Pour le démontrer, des scientifiques du Criobe (CNRS/École pratique des hautes études/UPVD) au sein d’une équipe internationale

University researchers say climate change needs to be taken into greater account when it comes to the creation and management of marine protected areas.

Derek Tittensor, an associate professor in Dalhousie University's biology department, was lead author of the recently released paper on the topic.