Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere

C Folke, S Polasky, J Rockström, V Galaz, F Westley… - Ambio, 2021 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

Social equity is key to sustainable ocean governance

KM Crosman, EH Allison, Y Ota… - Npj Ocean …, 2022 - nature.com
Calls to address social equity in ocean governance are expanding. Yet 'equity'is seldom
clearly defined. Here we present a framework to support contextually-informed assessment …

Five priorities for a sustainable ocean economy

J Lubchenco, PM Haugan, ME Pangestu - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Five priorities for a sustainable ocean economy Skip to main content Thank you for visiting
nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best …

Will understanding the ocean lead to “the ocean we want”?

GG Singh, H Harden-Davies… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030,
henceforth the Ocean Decade) aims to galvanize the international community to acquire and …

Unlocking the potential of marine biodiscovery

JD Sigwart, R Blasiak, M Jaspars, JB Jouffray… - Natural Product …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The tremendous diversity of life in the ocean has proven to be a rich source of inspiration for
drug discovery, with success rates for marine natural products up to 4 times higher than …

Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post‐COVID‐19

D Laffoley, JM Baxter, DJ Amon… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The ocean is the linchpin supporting life on Earth, but it is in declining health due to an
increasing footprint of human use and climate change. Despite notable successes in helping …

Polycentricity and regional ocean governance: Implications for the emerging UN agreement on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

KM Gjerde, SS Yadav - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The governance of the two-thirds of the world's ocean in areas beyond national jurisdiction
(the high seas and deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction or ABNJ) is currently …

Seeing through sedimented waters: environmental DNA reduces the phantom diversity of sharks and rays in turbid marine habitats

YCA Ip, JJM Chang, KKP Lim, Z Jaafar… - BMC Ecology and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Sharks and rays are some of the most threatened marine taxa due to the high
levels of bycatch and significant demand for meat and fin-related products in many Asian …

The ocean, climate change and resilience: Making ocean areas beyond national jurisdiction more resilient to climate change and other anthropogenic activities

SS Yadav, KM Gjerde - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The ocean is threatened by climate change, overexploitation, pollution, habitat loss, and
other pressures as well as their cumulative impacts. Over 60% of the ocean that lies in areas …

The voice of science on marine biodiversity negotiations: a systematic literature review

I Tessnow-von Wysocki, ABM Vadrot - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Over one hundred governments are currently negotiating a new legally binding instrument
for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond …