Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections
Mechanisms for marine ecological protection and recovery, including area-based conservation tools like ‘Marine Protected Areas’ (MPAs) are necessary tools to reach the Aichi Target or the forthcoming 30x30 target set by the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework. However, full ecosystem recovery ta...
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| author | Octavio Aburto-Oropeza Valentina Platzgummer Erica M. Ferrer Catalina López-Sagástegui Rocío de Guadalupe Abud Mirabent América Ávalos Galindo Fabio Favoretto Alfredo Giron-Nava Isabel Mendoza Camacho Claudia Núñez Sañudo Marisol Plascencia de La Cruz Alejandro Robles |
| author_facet | Octavio Aburto-Oropeza Valentina Platzgummer Erica M. Ferrer Catalina López-Sagástegui Rocío de Guadalupe Abud Mirabent América Ávalos Galindo Fabio Favoretto Alfredo Giron-Nava Isabel Mendoza Camacho Claudia Núñez Sañudo Marisol Plascencia de La Cruz Alejandro Robles |
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| description | Mechanisms for marine ecological protection and recovery, including area-based conservation tools like ‘Marine Protected Areas’ (MPAs) are necessary tools to reach the Aichi Target or the forthcoming 30x30 target set by the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework. However, full ecosystem recovery takes years to manifest and the idea that MPA protection alone will foster human well-being is frequently contradicted by socio-economic evidence. Therefore, a new framework for marine area-based conservation and ecosystem restoration that reconciles the discrepancies between ecological recovery and socio-economic growth timelines is needed to effectively meet global biodiversity conservation targets. We introduce the concept of ‘Marine Prosperity Areas,’ (MPpA) an area-based conservation tool that prioritizes human prosperity as opposed to passively relying on ecosystem recovery to catalyze social change and economic growth. This concept leverages a suite of tried-and-true community-based intervention and investment strategies to strengthen and expand access to environmental science, social goods and services, and the financial perks of the blue economy. This data-driven framework may be of interest to stakeholders who support traditional area-based conservation models, but also to those who have been historically opposed to MPAs or have been excluded from past conservation processes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-01739ddc315540e6b451c4a9749dc0182025-02-06T07:10:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452025-02-011110.3389/fmars.2024.14914831491483Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protectionsOctavio Aburto-Oropeza0Valentina Platzgummer1Erica M. Ferrer2Catalina López-Sagástegui3Rocío de Guadalupe Abud Mirabent4América Ávalos Galindo5Fabio Favoretto6Alfredo Giron-Nava7Isabel Mendoza Camacho8Claudia Núñez Sañudo9Marisol Plascencia de La Cruz10Alejandro Robles11Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesCentro para la Biodiversidad Marina y la Conservación, La Paz, MexicoUniversity of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesInstitute of the Americas, La Jolla, CA, United StatesFundación Coppel, Mexico City, MexicoFundación Coppel, Mexico City, MexicoScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United StatesWorld Economic Forum’s Ocean Action Agenda, Geneva, SwitzerlandSUCEDE Sociedad en Acción Sinaloa, La Reforma, MexicoFundación Coppel, Mexico City, MexicoCentro para la Biodiversidad Marina y la Conservación, La Paz, MexicoNOS Noroeste Sustentable, La Paz, MexicoMechanisms for marine ecological protection and recovery, including area-based conservation tools like ‘Marine Protected Areas’ (MPAs) are necessary tools to reach the Aichi Target or the forthcoming 30x30 target set by the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework. However, full ecosystem recovery takes years to manifest and the idea that MPA protection alone will foster human well-being is frequently contradicted by socio-economic evidence. Therefore, a new framework for marine area-based conservation and ecosystem restoration that reconciles the discrepancies between ecological recovery and socio-economic growth timelines is needed to effectively meet global biodiversity conservation targets. We introduce the concept of ‘Marine Prosperity Areas,’ (MPpA) an area-based conservation tool that prioritizes human prosperity as opposed to passively relying on ecosystem recovery to catalyze social change and economic growth. This concept leverages a suite of tried-and-true community-based intervention and investment strategies to strengthen and expand access to environmental science, social goods and services, and the financial perks of the blue economy. This data-driven framework may be of interest to stakeholders who support traditional area-based conservation models, but also to those who have been historically opposed to MPAs or have been excluded from past conservation processes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1491483/fullmarine conservationblue economyrecovery timesnarrative and storytellingcommunity engagementGulf of California |
| spellingShingle | Octavio Aburto-Oropeza Valentina Platzgummer Erica M. Ferrer Catalina López-Sagástegui Rocío de Guadalupe Abud Mirabent América Ávalos Galindo Fabio Favoretto Alfredo Giron-Nava Isabel Mendoza Camacho Claudia Núñez Sañudo Marisol Plascencia de La Cruz Alejandro Robles Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections Frontiers in Marine Science marine conservation blue economy recovery times narrative and storytelling community engagement Gulf of California |
| title | Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections |
| title_full | Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections |
| title_fullStr | Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections |
| title_short | Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections |
| title_sort | marine prosperity areas a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well being using area based protections |
| topic | marine conservation blue economy recovery times narrative and storytelling community engagement Gulf of California |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1491483/full |
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