Results from the MEESO project has been published in Frontiers of Marine Science.
Two new articles from the MEESO project assess the governance capacity for carbon sequestering functions of fish and other vertebrates in the open ocean.
One of the articles is based on an interview campaign and finds that most promising solutions to protecting these ecosystem services of (mesopelagic) fish lie in biodiversity agreements and fisheries management.
The second article is a quantitative analysis of integration of biodiversity and climate concerns in international agreements. It finds that climate agreements are more siloed (deal less with biodiversity concerns) than vice versa, and that ocean carbon is rarely discussed.
Both articles are published in the journal Frontiers of Marine Science.
References
Title: Governing Open Ocean and Fish Carbon: Perspectives and Opportunities
Authors: Oostdijk, M., Elsler, L.G., Ramírez-Monsalve, P., Orach, K., Wisz, M.S.
Journal: Frontiers of Marine Science, 2022, 9:1-15
Link: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.764609/full
Title: Protecting ocean carbon through biodiversity and climate governance
Authors: Elsler, L.G., Oostdijk, M., Levin, L.A., Satterthwaite, E.V., Ortuño Crespo, G., Pinsky, M.L., Wisz, M.S.
Journal: Frontiers of Marine Science, 2022, 9:1-15
Link: frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.880424/full
Contact
Mary Wisz
World Maritime University
msw@wmu.se