Understanding the relative effectiveness and enabling conditions of different area-based management tools is essential for supporting efforts that achieve positive biodiversity outcomes as area-based conservation coverage increases to meet newly set international targets. This study shows the effectiveness of Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) on producing measurable outcomes for coral reef biodiversity and the human communities.
As global marine biodiversity continues to decline, efforts to curb and reverse such losses and conserve our oceans are growing. A new study from SNAPP’s Coastal Outcomes working group shows that diverse types of managed areas can have measurable outcomes for coral reef biodiversity and the human communities that depend on them.