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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Enric Sala1 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif">✉</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">, Juan Mayorga1,2,
Darcy Bradley2 , Reniel B. Cabral2 , Trisha B. Atwood3 , Arnaud Auber4 ,
William Cheung5 , Christopher Costello2 , Francesco Ferretti6 , Alan M.
Friedlander1,7, Steven D. Gaines2 , Cristina Garilao8 , Whitney Goodell1,7,
Benjamin S. Halpern9 , Audra Hinson3 , Kristin Kaschner8 , Kathleen
Kesner-Reyes10, Fabien Leprieur11, Jennifer McGowan12, Lance E. Morgan13, David
Mouillot11, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes5 , Hugh P. Possingham14, Kristin D.
Rechberger15, Boris Worm16 & Jane Lubchenco17</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The ocean contains unique biodiversity, provides
valuable food resources and is a major sink for anthropogenic carbon. Marine
protected areas (MPAs) are an effective tool for restoring ocean
biodiversity and ecosystem services1,2 , but at present only 2.7% of the ocean
is highly protected3 . This low level of ocean protection is due largely to conflicts
with fisheries and other extractive uses. To address this issue, here we
developed a conservation planning framework to prioritize highly protected MPAs
in places that would result in multiple benefits today and in the future. We found
that a substantial increase in ocean protection could have triple benefits, by
protecting biodiversity, boosting the yield of fisheries and securing marine
carbon stocks that are at risk from human activities. Our results show that
most coastal nations contain priority areas that can contribute substantially
to achieving these three objectives of biodiversity protection, food provision
and carbon storage. A globally coordinated effort could be nearly twice as efficient
as uncoordinated, national-level conservation planning. Our flexible prioritization
framework could help to inform both national marine spatial plans4 and global
targets for marine conservation, food security and climate action.</span></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br> <table style="border-top:1px solid #d3d4de">
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