Systematic conservation planning: A better recipe for managing the high seas for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use

Conservation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-54

  Ban, Natalie C ^a,b   Bax, Nicholas J ^c   Gjerde, Kristina M ^d   Devillers, Rodolphe ^b,e   Dunn, Daniel C ^f   Dunstan, Piers K ^c   Hobday, Alistair J ^c   Maxwell, Sara M ^g,h   Kaplan, David M ⁱ   Pressey, Robert L ^b   Ardron, Jeff A ^g,j   Game, Edward T ^k   Halpin, Patrick N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d IUCN   (Switzerland)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Marine Conservation Institute   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ IFREMER   (France)

^j INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^k THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Areas beyond national jurisdiction; Deep sea; Marine conservation; Marine protected areas; Marine spatial planning; Open ocean; Sustainable fisheries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893038720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12010     Document Type: Article

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