Abstract
AbstractThe fundamental challenge of the inclusion of the human dimension of the oceans in the Integrated Ecosystem Assessments (IEAs) provides an opportunity for a transdisciplinary approach to create synergies between the current research by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) and the Intergovernmental Science‐Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). We have highlighted the importance of ocean inequality as a critical aspect to consider to unlock current barriers to integrate social sciences in marine integrated assessments. To create bridges between them, we develop an Ocean's Benefits to People (OBP) framework that embraces the blue economy, equity, the UN SDGs goals and support an Ecosystem‐Based Management (EBM) for the oceans.
Highlights
Human always has benefited from marine ecosystems, either obviously in the form of food resources, or more subtly in the form of cultural and recreational opportunities (Daily, 1997)
Oceans provide benefits that humans obtain from ecosystems that support, directly or indirectly, their survival and quality of life on the Planet, which contribute to the development of the global economy and societies (Peterson & Lubchenco, 1997; Rivero & Villasante, 2016; Steffen et al, 2015)
This resulted in the potential reduction of Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) as necessary benefits for sustaining life for future generations that are directly dependent on viable ocean resources (IPBES, 2019) and a Population Ecology. 2020;1–6
Summary
Human always has benefited from marine ecosystems, either obviously in the form of food resources, or more subtly in the form of cultural and recreational opportunities (Daily, 1997).
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