Significant Marine Biodiversity
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Changes of climate together with other human activities will lead to the extinction or migration of species, loss of habitats, and fragmentation.
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Changes of marine biodiversity lead to changes of marine ecosystem services and thus have impacts on human wellbeing.
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The response options are to mitigate climate change and to adapt to it.
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It is important, however, to ensure that climate mitigation and adaptation strategies are developed and implemented with the issue of marine biodiversity in mind.
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Climate adaptation and mitigation strategies that ignore the issue of marine biodiversity run the risk of undermining social and natural resilience.
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Recovery can take decades and resilience is crucial in that process.
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Linking marine biodiversity and climate change strategies offers co-benefits.
