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DESCRIPTION:Increasing marine protected areas is a necessary step towards r
 eversing the loss of marine biodiversity\, but despite the recent resoluti
 ons from the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework to protect at 
 least 30 % of the ocean\, there is no clear pathway for which areas should
  be elected for protection. I will present the MegaMove project (www.megam
 ove.org\; endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade)\, resulting from a unique trans
 disciplinary collaboration between 378 biologists\, ecologists\, physicist
 s\, oceanographers and modelers (from 285 institutions across 49 nations)\
 , as a pathway to answer this topical question with a focus on marine mega
 fauna. Marine megafauna include species with key roles in maintaining the 
 ecosystems balanced and can be considered sentinel species. MegaMove makes
  use of the largest tracking dataset ever compiled across marine megafauna
  taxa globally to detect areas of ecological importance. These areas could
  be selected to prioritise protection\, including areas used for key marin
 e megafauna life-history events across flying birds\, cetaceans\, fishes\,
  penguins\, polar bears\, seals\, sirenians and turtles. I will show how t
 hese data can be used to reveal the severe overlap between marine megafaun
 a space use and major global anthropogenic threats across the ocean\, incl
 uding commercial fishing\, shipping\, noise\, plastic\, and climate change
 . Overlaps detected provide a baseline for understanding the spatio-tempor
 al co-occurrence of marine megafauna and human activities that can be alle
 viated through management. The creation of a risk index based on species v
 ulnerabilities to different human activities is key to reveal the current 
 level of threat present and understand how we can mitigate threats and bet
 ter protect marine megafauna\, our global heritage.\nSpeaker: Ana Sequeira
LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T053017Z
LOCATION:MPI-AB Möggingen\, Room: Seminar room MPI-AB Möggingen + Online
ORGANIZER;CN=Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior:mailto:ffrisoni@ab.mpg
 .de
SUMMARY:Institute Seminar by Ana Sequeira: A Global Perspective on Marine M
 egafauna Movement and Conservation
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