Change in Cumulative Human Impact to Marine Ecosystems (2008-2013)

This layer shows calculated and mapped recent changes over 5 years in cumulative impacts to marine ecosystems globally from fishing, climate change, and ocean- and land-based stressors. Nearly 66% of the ocean and 77% of national jurisdictions show increased human impact, driven mostly by climate change pressures. Five percent of the ocean is heavily impacted with increasing pressures, requiring management attention. Ten percent has very low impact with decreasing pressures. This data provides large-scale guidance about where to prioritize management efforts and affirm the importance of addressing climate change to maintain and improve the condition of marine ecosystems.

See: Halpern, B. S. et al. 2015. Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean. Nat. Commun. 6:7615> [https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8615].

Data can be accessed via KNB [https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/#data].

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Source https://app.mapx.org/static.html?views=MX-PE68M-SS3N6-B63EE&zoomToViews=true#JAAc6
Author UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Maintainer UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Last Updated December 7, 2022, 08:13 (UTC)
Created December 7, 2022, 08:13 (UTC)
GUID MX-PE68M-SS3N6-B63EE
Issued 2018-05-16 15:49:28
Language EN
Modified 2021-12-01 18:47:02
Publisher email info@mapx.org
Publisher name UNEP/GRID-Geneva
Theme Web Map
data_type geospatial
keywords_m49 WLD
projects_description UNEP Colombia
projects_id MX-SXE-0C1-TTW-KC8-VP4
projects_title UNEP Colombia
range_end_at_year 2021
range_start_at_year 2008
source_abstract This layer shows calculated and mapped recent changes over 5 years in cumulative impacts to marine ecosystems globally from fishing, climate change, and ocean- and land-based stressors. Nearly 66% of the ocean and 77% of national jurisdictions show increased human impact, driven mostly by climate change pressures. Five percent of the ocean is heavily impacted with increasing pressures, requiring management attention. Ten percent has very low impact with decreasing pressures. This data provides large-scale guidance about where to prioritize management efforts and affirm the importance of addressing climate change to maintain and improve the condition of marine ecosystems. See: Halpern, B. S. et al. 2015. Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean. Nat. Commun. 6:7615> [https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8615]. Data can be accessed via KNB [https://knb.ecoinformatics.org/#data].
source_title Change in Cumulative Human Impact to Marine Ecosystems (2008-2013)
spatial WLD