(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) How can we effectively protect, manage and sustainably develop ecosystems that run across national borders? This question is central to the management of Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs), a concept developed at the University of Rhode Island that manages ecosystems based on ecologically-distinct areas of vast ocean space (approximately 200,000 km or greater) that run along the coastal margins of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian ocean basins. The world's 64 LMEs produce over 85% of the world's annual fish catch and provide key ecosystem services - such as natural coastal protection and carbon sequestration and...
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