Abstract:Background
There is global pressure to protect more of the world’s oceans, primarily to protect biodiversity, and to fulfill the “30 by 30” goal set by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that has recently been ratified under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the fifteenth Conference of Parties (COP-15). Fully protected marine protected areas (MPAs) provide the highest level of protection for biodiversity from destructive or extractive practices and may limit acces… Show more
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