Biodiversité

Human rights matter for marine conservation because people and nature are inextricably linked. A thriving planet cannot be one that contains widespread human suffering or stifles human potential; and a thriving humanity cannot exist on a dying planet. (...) We argue that adopting a human rights-based approach to marine conservation, that is integrating equity as a rights-based condition rather than a charitable principle, will not only help meet legal and ethical obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil human rights, but will also result in greater and more enduring conservation impact.

Leur étude démontre que, quelques années après l’agrandissement de la plus grande aire marine protégée du monde, les populations de thons se reconstituent au point de sortir de la réserve et de pouvoir être pêchées dans les eaux autorisées.