Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change
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| Date | 2017-06 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Roberts Callum M.1, O'Leary Bethan C.1, McCauley Douglas J.2, 3, Cury Philippe Maurice4, Duarte Carlos M. 5, Lubchenco Jane6, Pauly Daniel7, Saenz-Arroyo Andrea8, Rashid Sumaila Ussif7, Wilson Rod W.9, Worm Boris10, Carlos Castilla Juan11, 12, 13 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Univ York, Environm Dept, York YO10 5NG, N Yorkshire, England. 2 : Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Ecol Evolut & Marine Biol, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA. 3 : Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Inst Marine Sci, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA. 4 : Club Associated Res Org Marine Biodiver Exploitat, Res Inst Dev, B-1210 Brussels, Belgium. 5 : King Abdullah Univ Sci & Technol, Red Sea Res Ctr, Thuwal 239556900, Saudi Arabia. 6 : Oregon State Univ, Dept Integrat Biol, Corvallis, OR 97331 USA. 7 : Univ British Columbia, Inst Oceans & Fisheries, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada. 8 : El Colegio Frontera Sur, Dept Conservac Biodiversidad, San Cristo Las Casas 29290, Chiapas, Mexico. 9 : Univ Exeter, Coll Life & Environm Sci, Biosci, Exeter EX4 4QD, Devon, England. 10 : Dalhousie Univ, Biol Dept, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada. 11 : Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Ciencias Biol, Nucl Conservac Marina, Alameda Bernardo Higgins 340, Santiago 8331150, Chile. 12 : Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Ciencias Biol, LincGlobal Project, Alameda Bernardo Higgins 340, Santiago 8331150, Chile. 13 : Pontificia Univ Catolica Chile, Fac Ciencias Biol, Ctr Cambio Global, Alameda Bernardo Higgins 340, Santiago 8331150, Chile. |
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| Source | Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (0027-8424) (Natl Acad Sciences), 2017-06 , Vol. 114 , N. 24 , P. 6167-6175 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1073/pnas.1701262114 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 377 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | ecological insurance, marine protected areas, nature-based solution, MPA, global change | ||||||||
| Abstract | Strong decreases in greenhouse gas emissions are required to meet the reduction trajectory resolved within the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, even these decreases will not avert serious stress and damage to life on Earth, and additional steps are needed to boost the resilience of ecosystems, safeguard their wildlife, and protect their capacity to supply vital goods and services. We discuss how well-managed marine reserves may help marine ecosystems and people adapt to five prominent impacts of climate change: acidification, sea-level rise, intensification of storms, shifts in species distribution, and decreased productivity and oxygen availability, as well as their cumulative effects. We explore the role of managed ecosystems in mitigating climate change by promoting carbon sequestration and storage and by buffering against uncertainty in management, environmental fluctuations, directional change, and extreme events. We highlight both strengths and limitations and conclude that marine reserves are a viable low-tech, cost-effective adaptation strategy that would yield multiple cobenefits from local to global scales, improving the outlook for the environment and people into the future. | ||||||||
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