Reconciling Competing Objectives for the Design of Marine Reserve Networks - Biodiversity, Food Security, and Local Equity Benefits

Grant number: LP120200245 | Funding period: 2013 - 2015

Completed

Abstract

This project uses a decision-theoretic framework to balance the often conflicting marine conservation objectives of preserving biodiversity and building food security for local communities in the socially and ecologically complex region of the Coral Triangle. A new reserve design will boost biodiversity conservation and better support livelihoods.

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Reserve Sizes Needed to Protect Coral Reef Fishes

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Marine reserves are a commonly applied conservation tool, but their size is often chosen based on considerations of socioeconomic ..

Potential and limits for rapid genetic adaptation to warming in a Great Barrier Reef coral

MV Matz, EA Treml, GV Aglyamova, LK Bay

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Can genetic adaptation in reef-building corals keep pace with the current rate of sea surface warming? Here we combine population ..

Incorporating larval dispersal into MPA design for both conservation and fisheries

NC Krueck, GN Ahmadia, A Green, GP Jones, HP Possingham, C Riginos, EA Treml, PJ Mumby

2017-04-01

Larval dispersal by ocean currents is a critical component of systematic marine protected area (MPA) design. However, there is a l..

Marine Reserve Targets to Sustain and Rebuild Unregulated Fisheries

Nils C Krueck, Gabby N Ahmadia, Hugh P Possingham, Cynthia Riginos, Eric A Treml, Peter J Mumby

2017-01-05

Overfishing threatens the sustainability of coastal marine biodiversity, especially in tropical developing countries. To counter t..

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