Fig. 1: Examples of known animal migrations (dashed lines) connecting far-apart, highly- and less-developed countries and jurisdictions across the Global North and Global South. | npj Ocean Sustainability

Fig. 1: Examples of known animal migrations (dashed lines) connecting far-apart, highly- and less-developed countries and jurisdictions across the Global North and Global South.

From: Ecosystem services “on the move” as a nature-based solution for financing the Global Biodiversity Framework

Fig. 1

Dashed line with arrows represents known movement paths used by different highly migratory marine species. Countries and their respective exclusive economic zones (EEZs) were obtained through https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/spatialtoolsanddata and https://www.marineregions.org/downloads.php (accessed 06 Dec 23). Colour code reflects the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2021 (https://hdr.undp.org/data-center/human-development-index#/indicies/HDI; accessed 06 Dec 23). The solid black line represents the division between Global North and Global South. (1) Black marlin30; (2) Leatherback turtle (seaturtlestatus.org/swot-report-vol-18); (3) Blue whale31; (4) Loggerhead turtle32; (5) South polar skua33; (6) Mako shark34; (7) Humpback whale31,32; (8) White marlin30, (9) Arctic tern30, (10) Blue marlin30, (11) White Shark32, (12) Pacific bluefin tuna (ocean.si.edu).

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