Peter JS Jones
@peterjsjones.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Environmental Governance, University College London. #Transdisciplinary research on #CoevolutionaryGovernance of human uses of marine #SocialEcologicalSystems, with focus on #MPAGovernance #Polycentrism. Chair SussexIFCA.bsky.social
... but they are warning bells and the warnings are becoming clearer and louder. When will we start listening to avert this new reality?... recognising that this represents an urgent warning for us all, not just #ForCorals
October 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
... but they are warning bells and the warnings are becoming clearer and louder. When will we start listening to avert this new reality?... recognising that this represents an urgent warning for us all, not just #ForCorals
It's now evident that #MarineProtectedAreas can help build #ResilienceThroughDiversity but they are neither #NatureBasedSolutions nor #ClimateRefuges www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... arguably representing #FalseHopeSpots rather than #HopeSpots, due to #LimitsToResilience
Frontiers | Incentive diversity is key to the more effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas
A target to conserve 30% of oceans by designating marine protected areas (MPAs) has been agreed, yet the effectiveness of existing MPAs is often low, with fe...
www.frontiersin.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It's now evident that #MarineProtectedAreas can help build #ResilienceThroughDiversity but they are neither #NatureBasedSolutions nor #ClimateRefuges www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... arguably representing #FalseHopeSpots rather than #HopeSpots, due to #LimitsToResilience
We must listen to these warnings of imminent loss of coral reefs, as preludes to loss of other vital ecosystems, such as rain forests, & urgently transition to #NetZero through transformative decarbonisation of our economies & lifestyles including the necessary structural changes to our institutions
October 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
We must listen to these warnings of imminent loss of coral reefs, as preludes to loss of other vital ecosystems, such as rain forests, & urgently transition to #NetZero through transformative decarbonisation of our economies & lifestyles including the necessary structural changes to our institutions
Coral reefs are sometimes considered as #CanariesInTheMine, in that they are among the first ecosystems that we risk losing at a global scale as a result of the distal impacts of #GlobalWarming through #ClimateChange
October 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Coral reefs are sometimes considered as #CanariesInTheMine, in that they are among the first ecosystems that we risk losing at a global scale as a result of the distal impacts of #GlobalWarming through #ClimateChange
The #OceanOptimism that such well meant initiatives generate is a distraction that actually generates reassuring but dangerous false complacency & #FalseHope www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Viewpoint – Ocean plastic pollution: A convenient but distracting truth?
Ocean plastic is a contemporary focal point of concern for the marine environment. However, we argue there are bigger issues to address, including cli…
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October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The #OceanOptimism that such well meant initiatives generate is a distraction that actually generates reassuring but dangerous false complacency & #FalseHope www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
.. rather than being #ClimateRefuges or #HopeSpots www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/07/wa-coral-unprecedented-bleaching-event-ningaloo-reef. Nor will #CoralRestoration #CoralGardening genetic engineering, etc be effective to scale & save coral reefs www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02667-x
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
.. rather than being #ClimateRefuges or #HopeSpots www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/07/wa-coral-unprecedented-bleaching-event-ningaloo-reef. Nor will #CoralRestoration #CoralGardening genetic engineering, etc be effective to scale & save coral reefs www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02667-x
... as we are already seeing that #LimitsToResilience are being breached, as even effectively protected coral reefs, such as the #GreatBarrierReef & #Ningaloo Marine Parks, are now regularly bleaching and potentially in acute decline www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
A governance analysis of Ningaloo and Shark Bay Marine Parks, Western Australia: Putting the ‘eco’ in tourism to build resilience but threatened in long-term by climate change?
The governance frameworks for Ningaloo Marine Park (NMP) and Shark Bay Marine Park (SBMP) are explored, employing the MPA governance analysis framewor…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
... as we are already seeing that #LimitsToResilience are being breached, as even effectively protected coral reefs, such as the #GreatBarrierReef & #Ningaloo Marine Parks, are now regularly bleaching and potentially in acute decline www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Effective MPAs can build #ResilienceThroughDiversity, both of species in ecosystems & incentives in governance systems that protect them from proximal impacts doi.org/10.3389/fmar.... However, no amount of local protection from proximal impacts in #MarineProtectedAreas will prevent this global loss,
Frontiers | Incentive diversity is key to the more effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas
A target to conserve 30% of oceans by designating marine protected areas (MPAs) has been agreed, yet the effectiveness of existing MPAs is often low, with fe...
doi.org
October 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Effective MPAs can build #ResilienceThroughDiversity, both of species in ecosystems & incentives in governance systems that protect them from proximal impacts doi.org/10.3389/fmar.... However, no amount of local protection from proximal impacts in #MarineProtectedAreas will prevent this global loss,
... but this will become a global loss of #CoralReefs, along with the vital #EcosystemServices, such as food production, coastal defence & tourism, that a billion people depend on.
October 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
... but this will become a global loss of #CoralReefs, along with the vital #EcosystemServices, such as food production, coastal defence & tourism, that a billion people depend on.
We have seen this beginning to happen in recent years through well-publicised bleaching episodes eg #GreatBarrierReef, but this will become a global loss of #CoralReefs along with the vital #EcosystemServices such as food production, coastal defence & tourism that a billion people depend on
October 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We have seen this beginning to happen in recent years through well-publicised bleaching episodes eg #GreatBarrierReef, but this will become a global loss of #CoralReefs along with the vital #EcosystemServices such as food production, coastal defence & tourism that a billion people depend on
BUT, this needn't be a pessimistic analysis as there is a more egalitarian and truly democratic alternative...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
BUT, this needn't be a pessimistic analysis as there is a more egalitarian and truly democratic alternative...
That's mainly because in trading terms we remain entangled with EU countries and the European Commission, with whom we have to negotiate through the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, including with regards to proposed fishing restrictions for MPAs
June 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
That's mainly because in trading terms we remain entangled with EU countries and the European Commission, with whom we have to negotiate through the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, including with regards to proposed fishing restrictions for MPAs
Marine Management Organisation 2014
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Managing fishing in marine protected areas
How fishing is assessed and managed in marine protected areas (MPA)
www.gov.uk
June 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Marine Management Organisation 2014
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
"Stage 3 covers the remaining impacts of fishing on the 41 MPAs with seabed features not already covered in Stage 1 or Stage 2"
www.gov.uk/government/c...
This move was announced over 10 years ago & has been delayed by several factors, particularly ongoing challenges of securing fishing restrictions in MPAs beyond 6nm, as the UK has to liaise with European Commission and other member states whose fishers would be affected
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
June 8, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This move was announced over 10 years ago & has been delayed by several factors, particularly ongoing challenges of securing fishing restrictions in MPAs beyond 6nm, as the UK has to liaise with European Commission and other member states whose fishers would be affected
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...