Conservation

Informing conservation strategies to protect our planet

Our research identifies priority areas, such as climatic refugia and highly connected populations, providing the evidence needed for effective, long-term conservation and management actions.

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Publications in the scope of conservation

Cold‐Water coral redistribution under climate change

Climate change will force cold-water corals to shift poleward and deeper, causing significant biodiversity loss in shallow...

Mapping global shipless areas and conflict with biodiversity

The global maritime industry, the lifeblood of our modern economy, is rapidly expanding, but its growing footprint poses a...

Projected climate change threaten European Seahorses

Data science models show limited dispersal severely restricts seahorse adaptation to climate change, leading to major habi...

Urgent climate threat to European Marine Protected Areas

Up to 80% of threatened and commercial species across European marine protected areas face novel climates under a high-emi...

Climate change challenges Marine Protected Areas in Europe

Current marine governance may not be sufficient to ensure the effectiveness of MPAs in the face of climate change.

Network of marine reserves weak in protecting biodiversity

Biophysical modelling tuned with data on species dispersal ecology predicted low connectivity for a vast spectrum of biodi...

Biodiversity connectivity in Western Africa MPAs

Biophysical modelling revealed that connectivity differs sharply among ecological groups, from highly connected (e.g., fis...


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Centre of Marine Sciences
Faro, Portugal