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Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity (2020)
Journal Article
O'Leary, B., Hoppit, G., Townley, A., Allen, H., McIntyre, C., & Roberts, C. (2020). Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity. Ocean and Coastal Management, 187, 105110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105110

Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) constitute 61% of the world's oceans and are collectively managed by countries under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Growing concern regarding the deteriorating state of the ocea... Read More about Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity.

Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global ocean (2019)
Journal Article
Tittensor, D., Beger, M., Boerder, K., Boyce, D., Cavanagh, R., Cosandey-Godin, A., …Worm, B. (2019). Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global ocean. Science Advances, 5(11), eaay9969. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay9969

The impacts of climate change and the socioecological challenges they present are ubiquitous and increasingly severe. Practical efforts to operationalize climate-responsive design and management in the global network of marine protected areas (MPAs)... Read More about Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global ocean.

What is the nature and extent of evidence on methodologies for monitoring and evaluating marine spatial management measures in UK and similar coastal waters? A systematic map protocol (2019)
Journal Article
O'Leary, B., Bryce, D., McKinley, E., Addison, P. F. E., Williams, C., Carpenter, G., …Yates, K. L. (2019). What is the nature and extent of evidence on methodologies for monitoring and evaluating marine spatial management measures in UK and similar coastal waters? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence, 8(1), 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-019-0178-y

Background: Anthropogenic degradation of marine ecosystems is widely accepted as a major social-ecological problem. The growing urgency to better manage marine ecosystems has led to the increasing application of ‘spatial management measures’ includin... Read More about What is the nature and extent of evidence on methodologies for monitoring and evaluating marine spatial management measures in UK and similar coastal waters? A systematic map protocol.

Compatibility of offshore energy installations with marine protected areas (2018)
Book Chapter
Thurstan, R., Yates, K., & O'Leary, B. (2018). Compatibility of offshore energy installations with marine protected areas. In K. Yates, & C. Bradshaw (Eds.), Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning (214-230). Routledge

Energy generation sites are increasingly being constructed in coastal and marine spaces and the rate of implementation is likely to increase in coming decades, due to a combination of increasing energy demand and international targets to reduce green... Read More about Compatibility of offshore energy installations with marine protected areas.