Climate change adaptation: Evaluating long-term resilience of the Scottish Marine Protected Area network

气候变化正在推动全球海洋环境的持续快速变化，导致物种分布的变化，因为它们追踪它们的“气候信封”（支撑长期持久性的气候条件范围）。这对长期的保护管理产生了影响。海洋保护区（MPAs）是现代海洋保护实践的重要组成部分，但它们对保护的贡献可能会随着气候变化而变化。在这些条件下，确保海洋保护管理的持续弹性是海洋管理人员面临的重大挑战，并将对海洋使用者产生影响。该项目旨在根据这些保护区最初指定的选定特征（物种/栖息地）的气候封套，批判性地评估当前苏格兰海洋保护区（MPA）网络面对2045年（苏格兰寻求实现净零二氧化碳排放状态）及以后的预计气候变化的恢复能力，并探索规划/政策后果。

Climate change is driving ongoing rapid change in marine environments worldwide, leading to shifts in species' distributions as they track their 'climate envelopes' (the range of climatic conditions underpinning long-term persistence). This has consequences for long-term conservation management. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important component of modern marine conservation practice, but their contribution to conservation may evolve under climate change. Ensuring continued resilience in marine conservation management under these conditions represents a significant challenge for marine managers and will have implications for marine users. The project aims to critically evaluate the resilience of the current Scottish Marine Protected Area (MPA) network in the face of projected climate change to 2045 (by when Scotland seeks to achieve Net Zero CO2 emission status) and beyond, based on climate envelopes of selected features (species/habitats) for which these protected areas were originally designated, and explore planning/policy ramifications.