Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets
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posted on 2025-06-12, 05:56 authored by Ana MM Sequeira, Jorge P Rodríguez, Sarah A Marley, Hannah J Calich, Mirjam van der Mheen, Michelle VanCompernolle, Lucy M Arrowsmith, Lauren R Peel, Nuno Queiroz, Marisa Vedor, Ivo da Costa, Gonzalo Mucientes, Ana Couto, Nicolas E Humphries, Sara Abalo-Morla, Francisco J Abascal, Debra L Abercrombie, Katya Abrantes, F Alberto Abreu-Grobois, André S Afonso, Pedro Afonso, Heidi Ahonen, Susanne Åkesson, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Russel D Andrews, Frédéric Angelier, Marina Antonopoulou, Javier A Arata, Gonzalo Araujo, Randall Arauz, José Manuel Arcos, Igor Arregui, Haritz Arrizabalaga, Marie Auger-Méthé, Steffen Bach, Fred Bailleul, Robin W Baird, George H Balazs, Susan G Barco, Adam Barnett, Warren Baverstock, Alastair MM Baylis, Annalea Beard, Juan Bécares, Eduardo J Belda, Ian Bell, Ashley Bennison, Scott R Benson, Diego Bernal, Michael L Berumen, Sandra Bessudo, Natalia PA Bezerra, Antonin V Blaison, Gabriela S Blanco, Barbara A Block, Mark Bolton, Mark E Bond, Ramón Bonfil, Camrin D Braun, Annette C Broderick, Michael de L Brooke, Annabelle ML Brooks, Edward J Brooks, Ignacio M Bruno, Jennifer M Burns, Michael E Byrne, Steven E Campana, Hamish A Campbell, Richard A Campbell, Aaron Carlisle, Ruth H Carmichael, Gemma Carroll, Paolo Casale, Filipe R Ceia, Demian D Chapman, Taylor K Chapple, Jean-Benoit Charrassin, Andre Chiaradia, John Chisholm, Christopher R Clarke, Thomas A Clay, Christophe Cleguer, Elizabeth Clingham, Eric EG Clua, Jesse EM Cochran, Rochelle Constantine, Robert W Cooper, Estelle Crochelet, Michelle Cronin, Eduardo Cuevas, Kayla P DaCosta, Laurent Dagorn, Ryan Daly, Randall W Davis, PJ Nico de Bruyn, Carlos Delgado-Trejo, Thomas Dellinger, Solène Derville, Stella Diamant, Andrew DiMatteo, Kara L Dodge, Philip D Doherty, Michael C Double, Alistair DM Dove, Thomas K Doyle, Michael J Drew, Lindsay L Dubbs, Clinton AJ Duffy, Peter H Dutton, Ewan WJ Edwards, Luke D Einoder, Mark V Erdmann, Eduardo Espinoza, Nicole Esteban, Ana Isabel Fagundes, Chris Feare, Steven H Ferguson, Luciana C Ferreira, Francesco Ferretti, John Filmalter, Brittany Finucci, G Chris Fischer, Richard J Fitzpatrick, Jorge Fontes, Angela Formia, Sabrina Fossette, Malcolm P Francis, Ari S Friedlaender, Miguel Furtado, Austin J Gallagher, Claire Garrigue, Enrico Gennari, H Grant Gilchrist, Brendan J Godley, Simon D Goldsworthy, Matthew Gollock, Victoria González Carman, W James Grecian, Jonathan R Green, Christophe Guinet, Johan Gustafson, Tristan L Guttridge, Hector M Guzman, Derek Hamer, Keith C Hamer, Neil Hammerschlag, Mike O Hammill, Luke Harman, Emma Harrison, Catherine E Hart, A Errol Harris, Gordon Hastie, Fabio HV Hazin, Matt Heard, Alex R Hearn, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Leeann Henry, Robert William Henry, Vicente Guzman Hernandez, Arturo E Herrera, Mark A Hindell, John C Holdsworth, Bonnie J Holmes, Lucy A Howey, Edgar Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, Luis A Huckstadt, Robert E Hueter, Paulo H Lara, Nigel E Hussey, Charlie Huveneers, Kevin Hyland, Dylan T Irion, David MP Jacoby, Audrey Jaeger, Mohammed Y Jaidah, Mark Jessopp, Oliver JD Jewell, Ryan Johnson, Carl G Jones, Ian D Jonsen, Lance KB Jordan, Salvador J Jorgensen, Akiko Kato, James T Ketchum, Alexander S Kitaysky, A Peter Klimley, Alison A Kock, Pieter Koen, Felipe Ladino Archila, Fernanda O Lana, Jude V Lane, Matthieu Le Corre, Mary-Anne Lea, James Lea, Eliza HK Leat, Olivia A Lee, J Jacob Levenson, César P Ley-Quiñonez, Fiona Llewellyn, Gwen Lockhart, Gustave G Lopez, Milagros Lopez Mendilaharsu, Andrew D Lowther, Paolo Luschi, Molly E Lutcavage, Warrick S Lyon, Bruno CL Macena, Alice I Mackay, Christine A Madden, Mark L Mallory, Jeffrey C Mangel, Michael Manning, Kate L Mansfield, David March, Adolfo Marco, Marianne Marcoux, David Acuña-Marrero, Helene Marsh, Heather Marshall, Bruce Mate, Jaime D McAllister, Rebecca L McGuire, Jane McKenzie, Lachlan McLeay, Clive R McMahon, Michelle Modest, John Morris, Mônica MC Muelbert, Naveen Namboothri, Wallace J Nichols, Malcolm AC Nicoll, Bradley M Norman, Ken Norris, Erik Olsen, Steffen Oppel, Sabine Orlowski, Anthony M Pagano, Brad Page, Vitor H Paiva, Daniel M Palacios, Yannis P Papastamatiou, Denise M Parker, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Hoyt Peckham, Cesar R Peñaherrera-Palma, Julian G Pepperell, Richard A Phillips, Simon J Pierce, Stephen K Pikesley, Nicolas J Pilcher, Patrick Pinet, Matt Pinkerton, Enrico Pirotta, Virginie Plot, Abby N Powell, Kevin D Powers, Clare EM Prebble, Tiana J Preston, Rui Prieto, Laura Prosdocimi, John L Quinn, Lina Maria Quintero, Thierry Raclot, Iván Ramirez, Dení Ramírez-Macías, Jaime A Ramos, Andrew J Read, Rolf Ream, ALan F Rees, Richard D Reina, Ryan R Reisinger, Ohiana Revuelta, Samantha D Reynolds, Anthony J Richardson, Leena Riekkola, Federico G Riet-Sapriza, David P Robinson, Patrick W Robinson, Carlos FD Rocha, Tracey L Rogers, Christoph A Rohner, Yan Ropert-Coudert, Monica Ross, David RL Rowat, Kevin Ruhomaun, Paul M Sagar, Melita A Samoilys, Sonia Sanchez, Alejandra G Sandoval-Lugo, Erik AP dos Santos, António M Santos, Kylie L Scales, Gail Schofield, Jayson M Semmens, Edy Setyawan, Scott A Shaffer, Kartik Shanker, Marcus Sheaves, George L Shillinger, Mahmood S Shivji, Abraham Sianipar, Janet RD Silk, Mónica A Silva, Jolene Sim, Samantha J Simpson, Gregory Skomal, David J Slip, Malcolm J Smale, German A Soler, Marc Soria, Lara L Sousa, Emily J Southall, Jean-Claude Stahl, Kilian M Stehfest, Jeremy T Sterling, John D Stevens, Guy MW Stevens, Joshua D Stewart, Adhith Swaminathan, Akinori Takahashi, Vikash Tatayah, Jean-Baptiste Thiebot, Paul M Thompson, Simon R Thorrold, Michele Thums, Jesús Tomás, Leigh G Torres, Alison Towner, Philip N Trathan, John P Tyminski, Ricardo Sagarminaga van Buiten, Robert P Van Dam, Frederic Vandeperre, Nuria Varo-Cruz, Jeremy J Vaudo, Michel Vely, Stella Villegas-Amtmann, Cecile Vincent, David Waayers, Sarah Wanless, Yuuki Y Watanabe, Cortney A Watt, Sam B Weber, Nicola Weber, Michael J Weise, Linda Welch, Randall S Wells, Jonathan M Werry, Bradley M Wetherbee, Timothy D White, Scott D Whiting, Andrea U Whiting, Annelise Wiebkin, Barbara Wienecke, Natalie E Wildermann, David N Wiley, Alexis Will, Sean Williams, Marie Windstein, Saskia Wischnewski, Matthew J Witt, Freya C Womersley, Andrew G Wood, Lucy J Wright, José C Xavier, Takashi Yamamoto, David J Yurkowski, Patricia M Zarate, Alan Zavala-Norzagaray, Alexandre N Zerbini, Daniel P Costa, Rob Harcourt, Mark G Meekan, Graeme HaysGraeme Hays, David W Sims, Carlos M Duarte, Víctor M EguíluzThe recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of threatened species will be achieved. We assembled a multi-taxa tracking dataset (11 million geopositions from 15,845 tracked individuals across 121 species) to provide a global assessment of space use of highly mobile marine megafauna, showing that 63% of the area that they cover is used 80% of the time as important migratory corridors or residence areas. The GBF 30% threshold (Target 3) will be insufficient for marine megafauna’s effective conservation, leaving important areas exposed to major anthropogenic threats. Coupling area protection with mitigation strategies (e.g., fishing regulation, wildlife-traffic separation) will be essential to reach international goals and conserve biodiversity.
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ScienceVolume
388Pagination
1086-1097Location
Washington, D.C.Open access
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