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Why Human Rights matter for Marine Conservation

Environmental Governance, Biodiversity Conservation

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Allison, Edward

Gurney, Georgina

Kamad, Divya

Smallhorn-West, Patrick

et al

Human rights matter for marine conservation because people and nature are inextricably linked. A thriving planet cannot be one that contains widespread human suffering or stifles human potential and a thriving humanity cannot exist on a dying planet.

Spatial use of Marine Resources in a Rural Village: A case study from Qoma, Fiji

Biodiversity Conservation

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Kitolelei, Salanieta

Lowry, John. H

Qaqara, Nemillie

et al

Understanding the values of fishers' Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge (TIK) and of fishers' spatial use of customary fishing grounds is an important contributing factor to marine resource management. This study investigates and documents TIK marine resource and the associated spatial knowledge of fishing areas in Qoma, a rural fishing village in Fiji.

Mismatches in Scale between highly Mobile Marine Megafauna and Marine Protected Areas

Biodiversity Conservation

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Conners, Melinda G.

Pierre, Agamboue D.

Sisson, Nicholas B

et al

Marine Protected areas (MPAs), particularly large MPAs, are increasing in number and size around the globe in part to facilitate the conservation of marine megafauna.

A Contrast of Criteria for Special Places Important for Biodiversity Outcomes

Biodiversity Conservation

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Cornell Amber Himes

Friedman, Kim

Garoia, Serge

Govan, Hugh

Rice, Jake

This paper contrasts seven spatial biodiversity conservation area designations by six different bodies.

biodiversity areas

A Typology for Reef Passages

Biodiversity Conservation

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Biertwirth, Jan

Breckwoldt, Annette

Moosdorf, Nils

Nozik, Alexandra

et al

Coral reefs host exceptionally diverse and abundant marine life. Connecting coasts and sheltered lagoons to the open ocean reef passages are important yet poorly studies components of these ecosystems.

Na Vuku Makawa ni Qoli: Indigenous Fishing Knowledge (IFK) in Fiji and the Pacific

Biodiversity Conservation

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Kitolelei, Salanieta

The time-tested Indigenous fishing knowledge (IFK) of Fiji and the Pacific Island is seriously threatened due to the commercialization of fishing, breakdown of tradition communal leadership and oral knowledge transmission systems, modern education and the movement of the younger generations to urban areas for work and/or study.

Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Wellbeing: Evidence and Opportunities From Kiribati, Samoa, and Vanuatu

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Kiddle, Gabriel L.

Climate change and urbanisation in combination put great pressure on terrestrial and ocean ecosystems, vital for subsistence and wellbeing in both rural and urban areas of Pacific islands

Extensive Coverage of Marine Mineral Concretions Revealed in Shallow Shelf Sea Areas

Biodiversity Conservation

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Kaikkonen, Laura

Kostamo, Kirsi

Kotilainen, Aaron T.

Lappalainen, Juho

Virtanen, Elina A.

Mineral precipitates found on surface of soft bottom seafloors are ubiquitous in the world's oceans. Formed through a combination of biogeochemical processes, mineral concretions hold high concentrations of iron, maganese, phosphorus, copper, cobalt and rare earth elements.

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