ORCID Profile
0000-0003-1688-5133
Current Organisation
The University of Edinburgh
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2013
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-2022
DOI: 10.1111/JFB.15168
Abstract: The United States, the EU and Canada established a trilateral working group on the ecosystem approach to ocean health and stressors under the Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance. Recognizing the Atlantic Ocean as a shared resource and responsibility, the working group sought to advance understanding of the Atlantic Ocean and its dynamic systems to improve ocean health, enhance ocean stewardship and promote the sustainable use and management of its resources. This included consideration of multiple ocean‐use sectors such as fishing, shipping, tourism and offshore energy. The working group met for 4 years and worked through eight steps that covered the development of common language as a basis for collaboration, challenges of stakeholder engagement, review of the governance mandates, exploring the links between sectors and ecosystems effects, identifying gaps in knowledge and uptake of science, identification of tools for ecosystem‐based management, customary best practice for tool development and communication of key research priorities. The key findings were that ecosystem‐based management enables new benefits and opportunities, and that we need to make the business case. Further findings were that adequate mandates and effective tools exist for ecosystem‐based management, and that ecosystem‐based management urgently requires integration of human dimensions, so we must ersify the conversation. In addition, it was found that stakeholders do not see their stake in ecosystem‐based management, so greater engagement with stakeholders and targeting of ocean literacy is required and a sustainable future requires a sustained investment in ecosystem‐based management, so long‐term commitment is key.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2014
Publisher: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Date: 08-01-2016
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL065999
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 19-01-2023
DOI: 10.1038/S43247-022-00645-W
Abstract: Ocean ecosystems are at the forefront of the climate and bio ersity crises, yet we lack a unified approach to assess their state and inform sustainable policies. This blueprint is designed around research capabilities and cross-sectoral partnerships. We highlight priorities including integrating basin-scale observation, modelling and genomic approaches to understand Atlantic oceanography and ecosystem connectivity improving ecosystem mapping identifying potential tipping points in deep and open ocean ecosystems understanding compound impacts of multiple stressors including warming, acidification and deoxygenation enhancing spatial and temporal management and protection. We argue that these goals are best achieved through partnerships with policy-makers and community stakeholders, and promoting research groups from the South Atlantic through investment and engagement. Given the high costs of such research (€800k to €1.7M per expedition and €30–40M for a basin-scale programme), international cooperation and funding are integral to supporting science-led policies to conserve ocean ecosystems that transcend jurisdictional borders.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 20-02-2020
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.14996
Location: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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