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Polar lessons learned: long-term management based on shared threats in Arctic and Antarctic environments

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posted on 2023-05-18, 16:47 authored by Bennett, JR, Shaw, JD, Terauds, A, Smol, JP, Aerts, R, Bergstrom, DM, Blais, JM, Cheung, WWL, Chown, SL, Mary-Anne LeaMary-Anne Lea, Nielsen, UN, Pauly, D, Reimer, KJ, Riddle, MJ, Snape, I, Stark, JS, Tulloch, VJ, Possingham, HP
The Arctic and Antarctic polar regions are subject to multiple environmental threats, arising from both local and ex-situ human activities. We review the major threats to polar ecosystems including the principal stressor, climate change, which interacts with and exacerbates other threats such as pollution, fisheries overexploitation, and the establishment and spread of invasive species. Given the lack of progress in reducing global atmospheric greenhouse-gas emissions, we suggest that managing the threats that interact synergistically with climate change, and that are potentially more tractable, is all the more important in the short to medium term for polar conservation. We show how evidence-based lessons learned from scientific research can be shared between the poles on topics such as contaminant mitigation, biosecurity protocols to reduce species invasions, and the regulation of fisheries and marine environments. Applying these trans-polar lessons in tandem with expansion of international cooperation could substantially improve environmental management in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

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Publication title

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volume

13

Issue

6

Pagination

316-324

ISSN

1540-9295

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Place of publication

United States

Rights statement

© 2015 The Ecological Society of America

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems

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