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Advancing ocean equity at the nexus of development, climate and conservation policy

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Achieving inclusive and sustainable ocean economies, long-term climate resilience and effective biodiversity conservation requires urgent and strategic actions from local to global scales. We discuss fundamental changes that are needed to allow equitable policy across these three domains.

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Fig. 1: Barriers and leverage points to advance ocean equity.

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This work is a product of the Blue Justice Working Group funded by the synthesis centre CESAB of the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity.

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  1. National Center for Scientific Research, PSL Université Paris, CRIOBE, CNRS-EPHE-UPVD, Maison de l’Océan, Paris, France

    Joachim Claudet, Natali Lazzari & Victor Brun

  2. Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada

    Jessica Blythe

  3. Duke University Marine Laboratory, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Beaufort, NC, USA

    David A. Gill, Miranda L. Bernard & Rebecca Horan

  4. Global Science, WWF, Washington, DC, USA

    Nathan J. Bennett & Shauna L. Mahajan

  5. People and the Ocean Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland

    Nathan J. Bennett

  6. Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Nathan J. Bennett

  7. College of Arts, Society and Education, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

    Georgina G. Gurney & Jacqueline Lau

  8. Geography Department, Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

    Louisa Evans

  9. WWF US, Oceans Conservation Team, Washington, DC, USA

    Shauna L. Mahajan & Gabby N. Ahmadia

  10. Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK

    Rachel A. Turner

  11. School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

    Natalie C. Ban

  12. Blue Range Labs, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Graham Epstein

  13. Wildlife Conservation Society, Melanesia Program, Suva, Fiji

    Stacy D. Jupiter

  14. Talanoa Consulting, Suva, Fiji

    Sangeeta Mangubhai

  15. Basque Centre for Climate Change bc3, Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country, Biscay, Spain

    Noelia Zafra-Calvo

  16. Vicerectorat de Recerca, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Natali Lazzari

  17. EqualSea Lab, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Natali Lazzari

  18. School of Politics, Security and International Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Jacopo A. Baggio

  19. National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Jacopo A. Baggio

  20. Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiversity (CESAB), French Foundation for Research on Biodivesity (FRB), Montpellier, France

    Stephanie D’Agata

  21. Stazione Zoologica “Anton Dohrn”, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), Sicily Marine Center, Palermo, Italy

    Antonio Di Franco

  22. National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy

    Antonio Di Franco

  23. Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Josheena Naggea

  24. Charles Telfair Centre, Moka, Mauritius

    Josheena Naggea

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Claudet, J., Blythe, J., Gill, D.A. et al. Advancing ocean equity at the nexus of development, climate and conservation policy. Nat Ecol Evol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02417-5

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