npj Ocean Sustainability (Apr 2024)
Whole-ocean network design and implementation pathway for Arctic marine conservation
- Timothy D. James,
- Martin Sommerkorn,
- Boris Solovyev,
- Nikita Platonov,
- John Morrison,
- Natalia Chernova,
- Maria V. Gavrilo,
- Martine Giangioppi,
- Irina Onufrenya,
- John C. Roff,
- Olga V. Shpak,
- Hein Rune Skjoldal,
- Vasily Spiridonov,
- Jeff A. Ardron,
- Stanislav Egorovich Belikov,
- Bodil A. Bluhm,
- Tom Christensen,
- Jørgen S. Christiansen,
- Olga A. Filatova,
- Mette Frost,
- Adrian Gerhartz-Abraham,
- Kasper Lambert Johansen,
- Oleg V. Karamushko,
- Erin Keenan,
- Anatoly A. Kochnev,
- Melanie L. Lancaster,
- Evgeniya Melikhova,
- Will Merritt,
- Anders Mosbech,
- Maria N. Pisareva,
- Peter Rask Møller,
- Maria Solovyeva,
- Grigori Tertitski,
- Irina S. Trukhanova
Affiliations
- Timothy D. James
- Department of Geography and Planning, Queen’s University
- Martin Sommerkorn
- WWF Global Arctic Programme
- Boris Solovyev
- Systematic Conservation Consultancy
- Nikita Platonov
- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
- John Morrison
- WWF-US
- Natalia Chernova
- Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science
- Maria V. Gavrilo
- Independent Scientist
- Martine Giangioppi
- WWF-Canada
- Irina Onufrenya
- Fond Prirody
- John C. Roff
- Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Acadia University
- Olga V. Shpak
- Independent Scientist
- Hein Rune Skjoldal
- Institute of Marine Research
- Vasily Spiridonov
- Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Jeff A. Ardron
- PacMARA
- Stanislav Egorovich Belikov
- All-Russian Research Institute for Environment Protection
- Bodil A. Bluhm
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Tom Christensen
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Jørgen S. Christiansen
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- Olga A. Filatova
- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark
- Mette Frost
- WWF-Denmark
- Adrian Gerhartz-Abraham
- Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
- Kasper Lambert Johansen
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Oleg V. Karamushko
- Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Erin Keenan
- WWF-Canada
- Anatoly A. Kochnev
- Institute of Biological Problems of the North, Russian Academy of Sciences (Far East Branch)
- Melanie L. Lancaster
- WWF Global Arctic Programme
- Evgeniya Melikhova
- All-Russian Research Institute for Environment Protection
- Will Merritt
- WWF-Canada
- Anders Mosbech
- Department of Ecoscience, Aarhus University
- Maria N. Pisareva
- Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI-TUM), Department of Aerospace and Geodesy, TUM School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich
- Peter Rask Møller
- Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
- Maria Solovyeva
- A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Grigori Tertitski
- Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Irina S. Trukhanova
- North Pacific Wildlife Consulting, LLC
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00047-9
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 13
Abstract
Abstract Forestalling the decline of global biodiversity requires urgent and transformative action at all levels of government and society, particularly in the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas where rapid changes are already underway. Amid growing scientific support and mounting pressure, the majority of nations have committed to the most ambitious conservation targets yet. However, without an approach that inclusively and equitably reconciles conservation and sustainable ocean use, these targets will likely go unmet. Here, we present ArcNet: a network design framework to help achieve ocean-scale, area-based marine conservation in the Arctic. The framework is centred around a suite of web-based tools and a ~ 5.9 million km2 network of 83 priority areas for conservation designed through expert-driven systematic conservation planning using conservation targets for over 800 features representing Arctic biodiversity. The ArcNet framework is intended to help adapt to new and emerging information, foster collaboration, and identify tailored conservation measures within a global context at different levels of planning and implementation.
