The R4N Guidebook Series provides an in-depth analysis of models across the globe that unlock private sector capital into nature restoration or protection, including nature-based solutions (NbS). Each Guidebook offers detailed insights into the development of these models, the enabling conditions that allowed them to succeed, along with key lessons learned.
This guidance suggests actionable ways fisheries managers can utilize the types of survey and monitoring data generally being collected in priority areas (i.e. areas with distinctive biodiversity attributes or features) to measure biodiversity outcomes and meet requirements of other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) Criterion C. While there is no standard for documenting outcomes of areas reported to the Convention on Biological Diversity or World Database on Protected Areas, FAO recommends documenting all reported OECMs with enough information as possible.
Climate change is rapidly transforming ocean conditions. Rising temperatures and shifting currents are disrupting ecosystems and causing marine species to move in new and often unpredictable ways. Coastal communities are affected by changes to coastlines, weather patterns, and access to marine resources, among other impacts. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are already experiencing the effects of climate change and managers must prepare for ongoing and future changes.
As ocean temperatures set new heat records, coral reef scientists are on a mission to identify which species and reefs can tolerate heat stress the best. But how and why do some corals cope with heat extremes better than others?
Length-weight parameters assist in the estimation of a fishβs biomass based upon assessment of length, providing value to many scientific and management applications. Some fish species have many sets of parameters published, while those less commonly studied may have no available information, making it challenging to decide which values to use. To address this, we present a database of quality-controlled length-weight parameters for 1,308 Pacific coral reef fish species from 87 families.
Global calls for greater ocean protection have sparked renewed interest in very large marine protected areas (VLMPAs, >100,000βkm2) to achieve management targets; however, their conservation value is debated.
Today the world faces three interconnected crises: biodiversity loss, climate change, and unsustainable debt, each greatly exacerbating the other. Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) have increasingly focused on using commercial debt refinancing to simultaneously take action in support of conservation, build resilience to environmental change, and reduce or reprofile sovereign debt.
Crown-of-thorns seastars (COTS, Acanthaster spp.) are the most notorious coral predators, whose devastating outbreaks cause recurrent and extensive coral depletion across Indo-Pacific reefs. However, the spread potential of COTS outbreaks and the anthropogenic role in their initiation have remained a subject of intense debate for over five decades.
This study seeks to shed light on the rates and drivers of tree cover loss in island catchments focusing on a case study from Fiji. Global Forest Watch (GFW) is critically assessed as a framework for quantifying terrestrial tree cover loss and associated forest carbon stocks. The study assesses the role of the drivers of tree cover loss identified by GFW global models including anthropogenic deforestation: shifting agriculture, wildfires, urbanisation and plantation forestry as well as other drivers outside of the globally standardised list.
The Blue Carbon Finance Toolbox aims to provide the global blue carbon community with an overall guide to understanding and leveraging finance mechanisms that support the conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of blue carbon ecosystems.
