Safeguarding marine protected areas from cumulative effects: a review of methods, best practices, and applications.
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are key ocean conservation tools that can safeguard the diversity and function of marine ecosystems in the face of an increasing footprint and intensity of human activities. To be effective, MPA design, implementation, and management must consider not only individual, b...
| Publicado en: | Environmental Management Vol. 75; no. 11; pp. 3010 - 3025 |
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Springer Nature
Nov2025
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=188797021&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 188797021 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0364152X O5H jtl: Environmental Management issn: 0364152X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2025 vid: 75 iid: 11 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 188797021 183966666 10.1007/s00267-025-02146-w 188797021 ppf: 3010 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Safeguarding marine protected areas from cumulative effects: a review of methods, best practices, and applications. aug: au: Murray, Cathryn C. Dunham, Anya Rubidge, Emily Francis, Fiona T. Hunter, Karen L. Hannah, Lucie C. affil: https://ror.org/02qa1x782 Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 9860 West Saanich Road, Sidney, BC, Canada sug: ab: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are key ocean conservation tools that can safeguard the diversity and function of marine ecosystems in the face of an increasing footprint and intensity of human activities. To be effective, MPA design, implementation, and management must consider not only individual, but also cumulative effects of historical, current and foreseeable future activities both within and outside MPA boundaries. Cumulative effects are seldom incorporated into MPA management as it can be challenging for MPA practitioners to select appropriate methods of assessment and integration. This paper examines two aspects of cumulative effects related to MPAs: a review of how cumulative effects are currently considered in MPA management worldwide, and a review of the primary and grey literature addressing cumulative effects knowledge and application in MPA contexts. The review of 646 global MPA management plans revealed that 36% did not contain any cumulative effects-related search terms and therefore likely lacked any provisions for, or even mentions of, cumulative effects. The review of cumulative effects knowledge found that few projects included all cumulative effects steps: scope and structure, assessment, and decision-making. Although significant advances have occurred in risk-based and spatial cumulative effects assessment methods over time, decision-making is rarely included in any cumulative effects projects. To bridge the gap between theory and practice, we propose a framework that embeds cumulative effects within the MPA designation and adaptive management process which will enable comprehensive scoping, meaningful assessments, and clear and transparent decision-making with respect to cumulative effects. Highlights: Marine Protected Area (MPA) design, implementation, and management must consider not only individual, but also cumulative effects A review of 646 global MPA management plans revealed that 36% did not contain any cumulative effects-related search terms Few MPA projects included all three steps of the cumulative effects framework: scope and structure, assessment, and decision-making Significant advances have occurred in risk-based and spatial cumulative effects assessment methods over time, however results are rarely integrated into the decision-making step To bridge the gap between theory and practice, we propose a framework that fully embeds cumulative effects within the MPA designation and adaptive management process pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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