Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: Guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas

Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: Guidelines for designing climate-smart marine protected areas. Arafeh-Dalmau, N., Munguia-Vega, A., Micheli, F., Vilalta-Navas, A., Villaseñor-Derbez, J. C., Précoma-de la Mora, M., Schoeman, D. S., Medellín-Ortíz, A., Cavanaugh, K. C., Sosa-Nishizaki, O., Burnham, T. L. U., Knight, C. J., Woodson, C. B., Abas, M., Abadía-Cardoso, A., Aburto-Oropeza, O., Esgro, M. W., Espinosa-Andrade, N., Beas-Luna, R., Cardenas, N., Carr, M. H., Dale, K. E., Cisneros-Soberanis, F., Flores-Morales, A. L., Fulton, S., García-Rodríguez, E., Giron-Nava, A., Gleason, M. G., Green, A. L., Hernández-Velasco, A., Ibarra-Macías, B., Johnson, A. F., Lorda, J., Malpica-Cruz, L., Montaño-Moctezuma, G., Olguín-Jacobson, C., Parés-Sierra, A., Raimondi, P. T., Ramírez-Ortiz, G., Ramírez-Valdez, A., Reyes-Bonilla, H., Saarman, E., Saldaña-Ruiz, L. E., Smith, A., Soldatini, C., Suárez, A., Torres-Moye, G., Walther, M., Watson, E. B., Worden, S., & Possingham, H. P. One Earth, 6(11):1523–1541, November, 2023.

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Climate change poses an urgent threat to biodiversity that demands societal responses. The magnitude of this challenge is reflected in recent international commitments to protect 30% of the planet by 2030 while adapting to climate change. However, because climate change is global, interventions must transcend political boundaries. Here, using the California Bight as a case study, we provide 21 biophysical guidelines for designing climate-smart transboundary marine protected area (MPA) networks and conduct analyses to inform their application. We found that future climates and marine heatwaves could decrease ecological connectivity by 50% and hinder the recovery of vulnerable species in MPAs. To buffer the impacts of climate change, MPA coverage should be expanded, focusing on protecting critical nodes for the network and climate refugia, where impacts might be less severe. For shared ecoregions, these actions require international coordination. Our work provides the first comprehensive framework for integrating climate resilience for MPAs in transboundary ecoregions, which will support other nations’ aspirations.

@article{arafeh-dalmau_integrating_2023,
	title = {Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management: {Guidelines} for designing climate-smart marine protected areas},
	volume = {6},
	issn = {2590-3322},
	shorttitle = {Integrating climate adaptation and transboundary management},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332223004529},
	doi = {10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.002},
	abstract = {Climate change poses an urgent threat to biodiversity that demands societal responses. The magnitude of this challenge is reflected in recent international commitments to protect 30\% of the planet by 2030 while adapting to climate change. However, because climate change is global, interventions must transcend political boundaries. Here, using the California Bight as a case study, we provide 21 biophysical guidelines for designing climate-smart transboundary marine protected area (MPA) networks and conduct analyses to inform their application. We found that future climates and marine heatwaves could decrease ecological connectivity by 50\% and hinder the recovery of vulnerable species in MPAs. To buffer the impacts of climate change, MPA coverage should be expanded, focusing on protecting critical nodes for the network and climate refugia, where impacts might be less severe. For shared ecoregions, these actions require international coordination. Our work provides the first comprehensive framework for integrating climate resilience for MPAs in transboundary ecoregions, which will support other nations’ aspirations.},
	number = {11},
	urldate = {2023-12-05},
	journal = {One Earth},
	author = {Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur and Munguia-Vega, Adrian and Micheli, Fiorenza and Vilalta-Navas, Ainoa and Villaseñor-Derbez, Juan Carlos and Précoma-de la Mora, Magdalena and Schoeman, David S. and Medellín-Ortíz, Alfonso and Cavanaugh, Kyle C. and Sosa-Nishizaki, Oscar and Burnham, Theresa L. U. and Knight, Christopher J. and Woodson, C. Brock and Abas, Marina and Abadía-Cardoso, Alicia and Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio and Esgro, Michael W. and Espinosa-Andrade, Noemi and Beas-Luna, Rodrigo and Cardenas, Nirari and Carr, Mark H. and Dale, Katherine E. and Cisneros-Soberanis, Frida and Flores-Morales, Ana Laura and Fulton, Stuart and García-Rodríguez, Emiliano and Giron-Nava, Alfredo and Gleason, Mary G. and Green, Alison L. and Hernández-Velasco, Arturo and Ibarra-Macías, Beatriz and Johnson, Andrew F. and Lorda, Julio and Malpica-Cruz, Luis and Montaño-Moctezuma, Gabriela and Olguín-Jacobson, Carolina and Parés-Sierra, Alejandro and Raimondi, Peter T. and Ramírez-Ortiz, Georgina and Ramírez-Valdez, Arturo and Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor and Saarman, Emily and Saldaña-Ruiz, Luz Erandi and Smith, Alexandra and Soldatini, Cecilia and Suárez, Alvin and Torres-Moye, Guillermo and Walther, Mariana and Watson, Elizabeth Burke and Worden, Sara and Possingham, Hugh P.},
	month = nov,
	year = {2023},
	keywords = {Climate, Conservation, DOR, Oceans, SDSS},
	pages = {1523--1541},
}

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