12 results on '"Agardy, T."'
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2. The 2016 status of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean
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Meola, Bruno, Webster, Chloë, Agardy, T., Bernal, M., Borg, Joseph A., Calò, A., Cebrian, D., Daméry, C., David, L., Davis, J., El Asmi, S., Giakoumi, S., Gomei, M., Guidetti, P., Hoyt, E., Jeudy de Grissac, A., Kizilkaya, Z., Mazaris, A., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Ody, D., Otero del Mar, M., Ouerghi, A., Piante, C., Rais, C., Ramos, A., Romani, M., Salivas, M., Sostres, M., Tetley, M. J., Thomas, H., Tunesi, L., MedPAN Secretariat, SPA/RAC, Claudet, J., Claudet, J., MedPAN Secretariat, and SPA/RAC
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Coastal ecology -- Mediterranean Region ,Marine parks and reserves -- Mediterranean Region - Abstract
MedPAN and SPA/RAC are working alongside their partners (IUCN, WWF, local NGOs, research organization, etc.) to establish an ecological network of MPA to protect at least 10% of the marine and coastal waters which is representative of the Mediterranean’s diversity and made up of ecologically interconnected and well managed MPAs, in accordance with the latest guidelines from the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Barcelona Convention. Every 4 years, MedPAN and SPA/RAC carry out the status of Mediterranean MPA to evaluate the progress that has been made, since the first inventory done in 2008, on the Mediterranean system of MPAs in view of the above mentioned objectives: does the network cover 10% of the Mediterranean, is it representative of the Mediterranean diversity, are MPAs well-connected and well managed? The main findings of the 2012 status of Marine Protected Areas in the Mediterranean Sea were that the target of 10% protection was far from being achieved, that the network was not yet coherent and that MPA management was still insufficient. This 2016 report has used the 2015-2016 inventory made on MPAs (MAPAMED) and a survey questionnaire sent to managers not only to assess the progress made since 2012 but also to identify the remaining steps needed to achieve by 2020, the objectives set for the network of MPAs by the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Barcelona Convention., peer-reviewed
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- 2019
3. The Science of Marine Protected Areas (3rd edition, Mediterranean)
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Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, Pisco., Lubchenco, Jane, Guidetti, P., Grorud- Colvert, K., Giakoumi, S., Gaines, S., Micheli, F., Di Carlo, G., Agardy, T., Bachet, F., Cebrián, D., Chakour, S., Claudet, J, Damanaki, M., Daniel, B., Dujmovic, S., Di Franco, A., El Asmi, S., Fouda, M., Francour, P., García-Charton, J., Gomei, M., Güçlüsoy, H., Jeudy de Grissac, A., Meola, P., Niccolini, F., Notarbartolo di Sciara, G., Planes, S., Plass-Johnson, J., Prato, G., Portman, M., Rais, C., Ben Salem, S., Staglicic, N., and Webster, C.
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Marine Protected Areas ,Management Science ,Marine Protected Areas, Management Science - Published
- 2016
4. Get the science right when paying for nature's services
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Naeem, Shahid, Ingram, J C, Varga, A, Agardy, T, Barten, P, Bennett, G, Bloomgarden, E, Bremer, L L, Burkill, P, Cattau, M, Costanza, Robert, Naeem, Shahid, Ingram, J C, Varga, A, Agardy, T, Barten, P, Bennett, G, Bloomgarden, E, Bremer, L L, Burkill, P, Cattau, M, and Costanza, Robert
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Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) mechanisms leverage economic and social incentives to shape how people influence natural processes and achieve conservation and sustainability goals. Beneficiaries of nature's goods and services pay owners or stewards of ecosystems that produce those services, with payments contingent on service provision. Integrating scientific knowledge and methods into PES is critical. Yet many projects are based on weak scientific foundations, and effectiveness is rarely evaluated with the rigor necessary for scaling up and understanding the importance of these approaches as policy instruments and conservation tools. Part of the problem is the lack of simple, yet rigorous, scientific principles and guidelines to accommodate PES design and guide research and analyses that foster evaluations of effectiveness. As scientists and practitioners from government, nongovernment, academic, and finance institutions, we propose a set of such guidelines and principles
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- 2015
5. Multidimensional assessment of supporting ecosystem services for marine spatial planning of the Adriatic Sea.
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Manea, E., Di Carlo, D., Depellegrin, D., Agardy, T., and Gissi, E.
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ECOSYSTEM services , *ENVIRONMENTAL indicators , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *SUSTAINABILITY - Abstract
Highlights • Multidimensional assessment of ES delivery integrating marine domains information. • Method to operationalize ES incorporation in ecosystem-based MSP of the Adriatic Sea. • Measurable ecological functions as indicators for supporting ES. • Hotspot-Richness analyses overlap indicates areas of high provisioning levels of ES. • Method for optimal zoning plans for sustainability and marine conservation actions. Abstract The assessment and mapping of ecosystem services (ES) has become an increasingly important instrument for environmental management and conservation priority-setting. As such, this practice can be used in ecosystem-based Marine Spatial Planning (MSP). MSP is recognized as an opportunity to achieve socio-economic and ecological goals simultaneously, to suggest solutions for sustainable management of marine environment and its resources. In this study, we propose an operational approach that includes novel spatial analysis in the marine field to quantify and map supporting ecosystem services. Such approach spans the 3D-dimension of the marine environment, considering all marine domains (sea surface, water column, seabed) separately. Our approach is focused on mapping supporting ES of the Adriatic Sea, to grant their preservation in order to guarantee the delivery of all other ES. Supporting ES provision in the Adriatic was quantified through the use of indicators that denote ES delivery and that are specifically related to the three marine domains. We identified areas of elevated provisioning levels of multiple supporting ES in the Adriatic, which is hypothesized to be priority areas of conservation. Our results confirm the importance of explicitly including the pelagic domain in planning and conservation processes. Areas that provide the lowest levels of supporting ES delivery were also mapped, to indicate possible 'sacrificial areas' for industrial or intensive use. The spatial coincidence of the determined hotspots areas of ES delivery associated with particular marine areas that are and are not under conservation regimes was analysed. This approach led us to test the applicability of the method for identifying marine areas for conservation purposes. Our methodological approach aims at producing relevant scientific knowledge for prioritizing marine conservation and sustainable management actions, to be used in MSP and marine management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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6. Get the science right when paying for nature's services.
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Naeem, S., Ingram, J. C., Varga, A., Agardy, T., Barten, P., Bennett, G., Bloomgarden, E., Bremer, L. L., Burkill, P., Cattau, M., Ching, C., Colby, M., Cook, D. C., Costanza, R., DeClerck, F., Freund, C., Gartner, T., Goldman-Benner, R., Gunderson, J., and Jarrett, D.
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PAYMENTS for ecosystem services , *DECISION making in environmental policy , *CONSERVATION projects (Natural resources) , *INTEGRATION (Theory of knowledge) , *EXTERNALITIES , *ECOLOGICAL economics , *NATURAL history - Abstract
In this article the authors discuss the importance of integrating scientific knowledge and methods into payments for ecosystem services (PES). They discuss the challenges of identifying whom to compensate, what to pay, how much to pay, and the mechanisms for payment, the variation of scientific content of PES programs and projects, and the establishment of standards. A framework for integrating natural science into PES, based on six natural science principles, is presented.
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- 2015
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7. Taking climate-smart governance to the high seas.
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Santos CF, Agardy T, Brooks C, Gjerde KM, Payne C, Wedding LM, Xavier JC, and Crowder LB
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- Climate Change, Conservation of Natural Resources, Oceans and Seas
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Comprehensive spatial planning in international waters is key to achieving ocean sustainability.
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- 2024
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8. The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean.
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Grorud-Colvert K, Sullivan-Stack J, Roberts C, Constant V, Horta E Costa B, Pike EP, Kingston N, Laffoley D, Sala E, Claudet J, Friedlander AM, Gill DA, Lester SE, Day JC, Gonçalves EJ, Ahmadia GN, Rand M, Villagomez A, Ban NC, Gurney GG, Spalding AK, Bennett NJ, Briggs J, Morgan LE, Moffitt R, Deguignet M, Pikitch EK, Darling ES, Jessen S, Hameed SO, Di Carlo G, Guidetti P, Harris JM, Torre J, Kizilkaya Z, Agardy T, Cury P, Shah NJ, Sack K, Cao L, Fernandez M, and Lubchenco J
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are conservation tools intended to protect biodiversity, promote healthy and resilient marine ecosystems, and provide societal benefits. Despite codification of MPAs in international agreements, MPA effectiveness is currently undermined by confusion about the many MPA types and consequent wildly differing outcomes. We present a clarifying science-driven framework—The MPA Guide—to aid design and evaluation. The guide categorizes MPAs by stage of establishment and level of protection, specifies the resulting direct and indirect outcomes for biodiversity and human well-being, and describes the key conditions necessary for positive outcomes. Use of this MPA Guide by scientists, managers, policy-makers, and communities can improve effective design, implementation, assessment, and tracking of existing and future MPAs to achieve conservation goals by using scientifically grounded practices.
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- 2021
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9. Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization.
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Gissi E, McGowan J, Venier C, Carlo DD, Musco F, Menegon S, Mackelworth P, Agardy T, and Possingham H
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- Costs and Cost Analysis, Prospective Studies, Software, Biodiversity, Conservation of Natural Resources
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The Adriatic and Ionian Region is an important area for both strategic maritime development and biodiversity conservation in the European Union (EU). However, given that both EU and non-EU countries border the sea, multiple legal and regulatory frameworks operate at different scales, which can hinder the coordinated long-term sustainable development of the region. Transboundary marine spatial planning can help overcome these challenges by building consensus on planning objectives and making the trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and its influence on economically important sectors more explicit. We address this challenge by developing and testing 4 spatial prioritization strategies with the decision-support tool Marxan, which meets targets for biodiversity conservation while minimizing impacts to users. We evaluated these strategies in terms of how priority areas shift under different scales of target setting (e.g., regional vs. country level). We also examined the trade-off between cost-efficiency and how equally solutions represent countries and maritime industries (n = 14) operating in the region with the protection-equality metric. We found negligible differences in where priority conservation areas were located when we set targets for biodiversity at the regional versus country scale. Conversely, the prospective impacts on industries, when considered as costs to be minimized, were highly divergent across scenarios and biased the placement of protection toward industries located in isolation or where there were few other industries. We recommend underpinning future marine spatial planning efforts in the region through identification of areas of national significance, transboundary areas requiring cooperation between countries, and areas where impacts on maritime industries require careful consideration of the trade-off between biodiversity conservation and socioeconomic objectives., (© 2018 Society for Conservation Biology.)
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- 2018
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