Supporting the development of marine protected area management plans based on fundamental science

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 : opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery (2021)
Journal Article
Hermoso, V., Carvalho, S., Giakoumi, S., Goldsborough, D., Katsanevakis, S., Leontiou, S., …Yates, K. (2022). The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 : opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery. Environmental Science and Policy, 127, 263-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.028

The European Union (EU) has committed to an ambitious biodiversity recovery plan in its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Green Deal. These policies aim to halt biodiversity loss and move towards sustainable development, focusing on restoring de... Read More about The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 : opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery.

The nature and extent of evidence on methodologies for monitoring and evaluating marine spatial management measures in the UK and similar coastal waters: a systematic map (2021)
Journal Article
O’Leary, B. C., Copping, J. P., Mukherjee, N., Dorning, S. L., Stewart, B. D., McKinley, E., …Yates, K. L. (2021). The nature and extent of evidence on methodologies for monitoring and evaluating marine spatial management measures in the UK and similar coastal waters: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence, 10(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-021-00227-x

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