The humanization of the Caribbean Sea—Past and Future

The Caribbean Sea provides an exemplary case study of the course of humanization of an insular seascape over thousands of years. I will argue over a series of blogs that just as we had the power to radically modify and damage the Caribbean Sea, we also have the power to reimagine its future and restore species abundance, rebuild its ecosystems, and create an ecologically productive, resilient, and much more beautiful tropical marine environment than the one we have at present. 

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The end of ocean wilderness

Human activities have changed the state of our oceans over hundreds, sometimes thousands, of years, and virtually no marine wilderness now remains anywhere on the planet. Given the grim condition of Anthropocene oceans, current conservation efforts alone will no longer provide meaningful improvement. We must now advocate for a much more ambitious plan of large-scale ocean restoration.

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