Table 1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria for the Scoping Review in correspondence with the "Participants, Concept and Context, PCC" mnemonic and evidence types and sources.

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
P articipants Potential other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs)	Potential OECMs governed under a range of governance types i.e., by governments (at various levels), private individuals, organizations or companies, indigenous peoples and local communities and shared governance (i.e., governance by various rights holders and stakeholders together). Potential OECMs established by all sectors (e.g., transport, offshore energy, fisheries, aquaculture, maritime, tourism, defence, archaeological heritages, etc.). Potential OECMs with primary, secondary or ancillary conservation objectives.	---
C oncept Assessing potential OECMs	All studies that assess potential OECMs. All types of methodologies and metrics applied to assess the effectiveness of potential OECMs to deliver biodiversity conservation outcomes and contribute to spatial conservation targets.	---
C ontext Global terrestrial, freshwater and marine realm	Studies in:   -  terrestrial, freshwater and marine realms,   -  globally	---
EVIDENCE TYPES & SOURCES	-  peer-review literature   -  grey literature   -  all years of publication   -  all publication stages, subject areas, and source types   -  experimental and observational studies   -  studies published in languages competent to the researchers’ team (e.g., English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish, etc.)	Evidence synthesis such as systematic, scoping, rapid, and narrative reviews