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Marine Environments and Conservation: A collection of CEE Evidence Syntheses

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This collection in Environmental Evidence features evidence syntheses, conducted to CEE standards, covering human impacts or effectiveness of interventions relating to interactions between marine environments and biodiversity conservation.

All manuscripts published in this collection met the journal’s standard editorial criteria for assessment, relevance, and peer review, and underwent the journal’s standard peer review process. They were handled by the journal Editors and Editor-in-Chief. 


  1. The current biodiversity crisis underscores the urgent need for sustainable management of the human uses of nature. In the context of sustainability management, adopting the ecosystem service (ES) concept, i.e...

    Authors: Carole Sylvie Campagne, Laurie-Anne Roy, Joseph Langridge, Joachim Claudet, Rémi Mongruel, Damien Beillouin and Éric Thiébaut
    Citation: Environmental Evidence 2023 12:13
    Content type: Systematic Map Published on:

    The Systematic Map Protocol to this article has been published in Environmental Evidence 2021 10:36

  2. Voluntary Sustainability Standards and ecolabels are market-based mechanisms used to encourage producers and consumers toward environmental sustainability. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) aims to improve ...

    Authors: Ashleigh Arton, Anthony Leiman, Gillian Petrokofsky, Hilde Toonen and Catherine S. Longo
    Citation: Environmental Evidence 2020 9:6
    Content type: Systematic Map Published on:

    The Systematic Map Protocol to this article has been published in Environmental Evidence 2018 7:29

  3. Shallow nearshore marine ecosystems are changing at an increasing rate due to a range of human activities such as urbanisation and commercial development. As a result, an increasing number of structural modifi...

    Authors: Biljana Macura, Pär Byström, Laura Airoldi, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Lars Rudstam and Josianne G. Støttrup
    Citation: Environmental Evidence 2019 8:14
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

    The Systematic Review Protocol to this article has been published in Environmental Evidence 2016 5:10

  4. Globally, shallow-water coral reef biodiversity is at risk from a variety of threats, some of which may attenuate with depth. Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs), occurring from 30 to 40 m and deeper in tropica...

    Authors: Jack H. Laverick, Shanice Piango, Dominic A. Andradi-Brown, Dan A. Exton, Pim Bongaerts, Tom C. L. Bridge, Michael P. Lesser, Richard L. Pyle, Marc Slattery, Daniel Wagner and Alex D. Rogers
    Citation: Environmental Evidence 2018 7:15
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

    The Systematic Review Protocol to this article has been published in Environmental Evidence 2016 5:16

  5. Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere and its impact on the climate are a pressing concern for governments around the world. Reducing GHG emissions by changing the energy produc...

    Authors: Eleni Papathanasopoulou, Ana M. Queirós, Nicola Beaumont, Tara Hooper and Joana Nunes
    Citation: Environmental Evidence 2016 5:25
    Content type: Systematic Map Published on:

    The Systematic Review Protocol to this article has been published in Environmental Evidence 2014 3:26

  6. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) encompass a range of protection levels, from fully protected no-take areas to restriction of only particular activities, gear types, user groups, target species or extraction peri...

    Authors: Marija Sciberras, Stuart R Jenkins, Michel J Kaiser, Stephen J Hawkins and Andrew S Pullin
    Citation: Environmental Evidence 2013 2:4
    Content type: Systematic review Published on: