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In coastal ecosystems, scientists and managers often encourage the use of marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) in order to provide both ecological and social benefits. This group is assessing the social, ecological, and political conditions in which the use of MPAs and OECMs are associated with positive outcomes for both people and nature, as well as the synergies and trade-offs that exist between multiple outcomes.
OUR APPROACH: Using data from seven coastal countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, we will identify how MPAs and OECMs contribute to successful outcomes under different political, social, and economic conditions, and will translate the results into a tool to help managers make related decisions in the future.
The Coastal Outcomes SNAPP working group served as an expert panel reaching consensus that OECMs can strengthen local and Indigenous rights where social equity is prioritized. Appropriate metrics and evaluation techniques remain an obstacle to understanding OECM’s potential to contribute to 30 x 30 goals (conserving 30% of the earth’s surface by 2030).
This perspectives paper in Nature discusses the promise of OECMs to advance effective and equitable conservation and lays out five key next steps for the implementation of this new policy tool.
A side project of the Coastal Outcomes group, this perspectives paper in PARKS discusses the role of global OECM policy in contributing to a more equitable, diverse and inclusive conservation sector.
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University of Waterloo
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FAO
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