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Kirsten Grorud‐Colvert , Jenna Sullivan‐Stack , Callum M. Roberts , Vanessa Constant , Bárbara Horta e Costa , Elizabeth P. Pike , Naomi Kingston , Dan Laffoley , Enric Sala , Joachim Claudet , Alan M. Friedlander , David Gill , Sarah E. Lester , Jon Day , Emanuel J. Gonçalves , Gabby N. Ahmadia , Matt S. Rand , Angelo Villagomez , Natalie C. Ban , Georgina G. Gurney , Ana K. Spalding , Nathan Bennett , Johnny Briggs , Lance Morgan , Russell Moffitt , Marine Deguignet , Ellen K. Pikitch , Emily S. Darling , Sabine Jessen , Sarah O. Hameed , Giuseppe Di Carlo , Paolo Guidetti , Jean M. Harris , Jorge Torre , Zafer Kızılkaya , Tundi Agardy , Philippe Cury , Nirmal Shah , Karen Sack , Ling Cao , Miriam Fernández , Jane Lubchenco ·

YOU? · · 2021 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf0861 · OA: W3198097576

Consistency in conservation Marine protected areas (MPAs) are now well established globally as tools for conservation, for enhancing marine biodiversity, and for promoting sustainable fisheries. That said, which regions are labeled as MPAs varies substantially, from those that full protect marine species and prohibit human extraction to those that permit everything from intensive fishing to mining. This inconsistency can in some cases inhibit both conservation and quantifying the proportion of the marine environment that is truly protected. Grorud-Colvert et al . review the consistency of MPAs and propose a framework by which levels of protection can be evaluated and improved. —SNV