Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets

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Abstract/Summary

The 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.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1126/science.adl0239
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	UKCEH Fellows
ISSN:	0036-8075
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment Marine Sciences Data and Information
Related URLs:	Dataset Dataset Dataset Dataset Dataset
Date made live:	16 Jun 2025 13:25 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/539598

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