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The Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted their new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework on Dec.19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

December 20, 2022

COP15’s Global Biodiversity Framework must advance Indigenous‑led conservation to halt biodiversity loss by 2030

Noella Gray, University of Guelph and Victoria Hodson, University of Guelph

As protected and conserved areas increase, an equity-based approach that respects Indigenous rights can help bring the transformative changes we need to halt and reverse biodiversity loss.

Oceans are teeming with life and are connected to society through history and culture, shipping and economic activity, geopolitics and recreation. (Shutterstock)

June 4, 2020

How a global ocean treaty could protect biodiversity in the high seas

Jennifer Silver, University of Guelph; Leslie Acton, The University of Southern Mississippi; Lisa Campbell, Duke University, and Noella Gray, University of Guelph

International law does not meaningfully address biodiversity conservation in the high seas. We risk losing marine species before we have a chance to identify and understand them.

Rebecca Gruby

November 22, 2017

To succeed, large ocean sanctuaries need to benefit both sea life and people

Rebecca Gruby, Colorado State University; Lisa Campbell, Duke University; Luke Fairbanks, Duke University, and Noella Gray, University of Guelph

Scientists call large marine protected areas effective tools for conserving sea life. But do they benefit countries that create them? Scholars explain how Palau’s huge marine protected area seeks to protect resources for Palauans.

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