Rebuilding marine life

Carlos M. Duarte; Susana Agusti; Edward Barbier; Gregory L. Britten; Juan Carlos Castilla; Jean-Pierre Gattuso; Robinson W. Fulweiler; Terry P. Hughes; Nancy Knowlton; Catherine E Lovelock; Heike K. Lotze; Milica Predragovic; Elvira Poloczanska; Callum Roberts; Boris Worm

doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2146-7

Rebuilding marine life

Carlos M. Duarte, Susana Agusti, Edward Barbier, Gregory L. Britten, Juan Carlos Castilla, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Robinson W. Fulweiler, Terry P. Hughes, Nancy Knowlton, Catherine E Lovelock, Heike K. Lotze, Milica Predragovic, Elvira Poloczanska, Callum Roberts, Boris Worm

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Abstract

Sustainable Development Goal 14 of the United Nations aims to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development". Achieving this goal will require rebuilding the marine life-support systems that deliver the many benefits that society receives from a healthy ocean. Here we document the recovery of marine populations, habitats and ecosystems following past conservation interventions. Recovery rates across studies suggest that substantial recovery of the abundance, structure and function of marine life could be achieved by 2050, if major pressures-including climate change-are mitigated. Rebuilding marine life represents a doable Grand Challenge for humanity, an ethical obligation and a smart economic objective to achieve a sustainable future.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	39-51
Number of pages	13
Journal	Nature
Volume	580
Issue number	7801
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2146-7
State	Published - Apr 1 2020

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Acknowledgements: This work was supported by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology through baseline funding to C.M.D. and S.A. G.L.B. was supported by the Simons Collaboration on Computational Biogeochemical Modeling of Marine Ecosystems/CBIOMES (grant number 549931); J.-P.G. was supported by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the Ocean Acidification International Coordination Centre of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Veolia Foundation and the French Facility for Global Environment; H.K.L. and B.W. were supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Ocean Frontier Institute (Module G); J.C.C. was supported by the Catedra Arauco in Environmental Ethic-UC and Centro Interdisciplinario de Cambio Global-UC. We thank T. Kuwae, R. J. Orth, the Mars Sustainable Solutions (part of Mars Inc), and C. Haight and B. DeAngelis for supplying details on restoration projects; L. Valuzzi, R. Devassy, A. Parry and F. Baalkhuyur for help with the inventory of restoration projects, E. McLeod for help locating materials, and A. Buxton and S. Gasparian for help with displays.

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Rebuilding marine life

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Data set on restoration projects of coastal marine habitats reported worldwide

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Data set on restoration projects of coastal marine habitats reported worldwide

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