Equity Through Co‐Management in Small‐Scale Fisheries—A Review DOI Creative Commons
Tom Gammage, Georgina G. Gurney, Amy Diedrich

et al.

Fish and Fisheries, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 9, 2025

ABSTRACT Small‐scale fisheries (SSF) are commonly governed through co‐management, a widely advocated approach for promoting equitable governance. However, evidence suggests that this governance can sometimes exacerbate power imbalances, facilitate elite capture and intensify conflicts. To foster co‐management successfully enhances equity in SSF governance, it is crucial to understand when why leads positive or negative outcomes. end, we undertook scoping review identify empirical research on the relationship between We identified 30 studies assessed outcomes initiatives. Our analysis revealed four key findings: (1) distributional procedural received approximately equal levels of attention, largely without an explicit lens; (2) had mixed impacts equity, with most prevalent outcome being improvement equity; (3) delegated cooperative types were more often associated improved outcomes, while consultative was reductions no change; (4) inclusive participation, strong social capital secure property rights weak capital, institutional design management oversight reduced supporting our findings limited, only seven robustly documenting role participation enhancing equity. offers valuable insights into complex interplay informing future practice policy interventions aimed at achieving goals approaches.

Language: Английский

Identifying ecological security patterns to prioritize conservation and restoration：A case study in Xishuangbanna tropical region, China DOI
Jie Wang,

Yang Bai,

Zhongde Huang

et al.

Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 444, P. 141222 - 141222

Published: Feb. 12, 2024

Language: Английский

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Ambitions in national plans do not yet match bold international protection and restoration commitments DOI
Justine Bell‐James, James E. M. Watson

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 17, 2025

Language: Английский

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Blockchain Technology to Enhance Integrated Blue Economy: A Case Study in Strengthening Sustainable Tourism on Smart Islands DOI Open Access
Diaz Pranita, Sri Sarjana,

Budiman Mahmud Musthofa

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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(6), P. 5342 - 5342

Published: March 17, 2023

Smart destinations require a management system that provides convenient real-time use of digital technology in creating, communicating, and delivering value to visitors. Research related smart island is still limited, let alone those utilize blockchain create the smartness destination. This research an empirical study captures perceptions stakeholders blue economy on islands order build islands, destination consists many lack connectedness, such as Seribu Islands Jakarta, Indonesia. Data were collected using qualitative quantitative approaches (mixed methods). Qualitative data from scientific journal publications followed up with VOS viewer analysis, questionnaire survey responses 150 industry players structural equation modeling showed good literacy have significant influence impact islands. indicates that, for challenges accessibility connectivity, presence needed integrate various resources each stakeholder so can be developed more effectively efficiently, while at same time ensuring achievement sustainability.

Language: Английский

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Targeting site conservation to increase the effectiveness of new global biodiversity targets DOI Creative Commons
Andrew J. Plumptre, Daniele Baisero, Thomas M. Brooks

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One Earth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(1), P. 11 - 17

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Perspectives and pitfalls in preserving subterranean biodiversity through protected areas DOI Creative Commons
Stefano Mammola, Florian Altermatt, Roman Alther

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npj Biodiversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: Jan. 16, 2024

Subterranean ecosystems (comprising terrestrial, semi-aquatic, and aquatic components) are increasingly threatened by human activities; however, the current network of surface-protected areas is inadequate to safeguard subterranean biodiversity. Establishing protected for challenging. First, there technical obstacles in mapping three-dimensional with uncertain boundaries. Second, rarity endemism organisms, combined a scarcity taxonomists, delays accumulation essential biodiversity knowledge. Third, establishing agreements preserve requires collaboration among multiple actors often competing interests. This perspective addresses challenges preserving through areas. Even face uncertainties, we suggest it both timely critical assess general criteria protection implement them based on precautionary principles. To this end, examine status European discuss solutions improve their coverage ecosystems.

Language: Английский

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Over 80% of the European Union’s marine protected area only marginally regulates human activities DOI Creative Commons
Juliette Aminian-Biquet, Sašo Gorjanc,

Jennifer Sletten

et al.

One Earth, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(9), P. 1614 - 1629

Published: Aug. 13, 2024

To address the ongoing deterioration of marine ecosystems and its consequences on livelihood, European Union (EU) now aims to achieve 30% coverage Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), with 10% under strict protection per region.Here, we provide first assessment levels EU MPAs, describing level legal restrictions activities using MPA Guide framework.While MPAs covered 11.4% national waters in 2022, 0.2% were fully or highly protected.As much as 86% showed low protection, would not be considered compatible conservation objectives they allow industrial activities.Most minimal across Member States, sea regions, types MPAs.The network likely provides limited ecological outcomes.Reaching EU's target will require radical changes regulations MPAs.

Language: Английский

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Ocean equity: from assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance DOI Creative Commons
Nathan Bennett, Veronica Relano, Katina Roumbedakis

et al.

Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Feb. 3, 2025

Inequity is ubiquitous in the ocean, and social equity receives insufficient attention ocean governance management efforts. Thus, we assert that proponents of sustainability must center future governance, to address past environmental injustices, align with international law conservation policy, realize objectives sustainability. This obligation applies across all marine policy realms, including conservation, fisheries management, climate adaptation economy, socio-political contexts at different geographical scales. Indeed, many governmental, non-governmental, philanthropic organizations are striving advance their focused agendas, policies, programs, initiatives, portfolios. To date, however, there has been limited how meaningfully assess status monitor progress on (aka “ocean equity”) realms. Here, contribute ongoing efforts through providing guidance five steps develop bespoke, fit purpose contextually appropriate assessment monitoring frameworks approaches measure track changes equity. These include: 1) Clearly articulating overarching aim; 2) Convening a participatory group process co-design framework; 3) Identifying important objectives, aspects attributes assess; 4) Selecting developing indicators, methods, measures; 5) Collecting, analyzing evaluating data. Then, discuss four subsequent take into account ensure assessments lead adaptations or transformations improve Communicating results reach key audiences, enable learning inform decision-making; Deliberating actions selecting interventions equity; Ensuring implemented; and, Committing continual cycles monitoring, evaluation, adapting regular intervals. Following these could change oceans governed. The diligent pursuit will help course towards sustainable more representative, inclusive just.

Language: Английский

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Marine Prosperity Areas: a framework for aligning ecological restoration and human well-being using area-based protections DOI Creative Commons
Octavio Aburto‐Oropeza,

Valentina Platzgummer,

Erica M. Ferrer

et al.

Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 11

Published: Feb. 6, 2025

Mechanisms for marine ecological protection and recovery, including area-based conservation tools like ‘Marine Protected Areas’ (MPAs) are necessary to reach the Aichi Target or forthcoming 30x30 target set by Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework. However, full ecosystem recovery takes years manifest idea that MPA alone will foster human well-being is frequently contradicted socio-economic evidence. Therefore, a new framework restoration reconciles discrepancies between growth timelines needed effectively meet global biodiversity targets. We introduce concept of Prosperity Areas,’ (MPpA) an tool prioritizes prosperity as opposed passively relying on catalyze social change economic growth. This leverages suite tried-and-true community-based intervention investment strategies strengthen expand access environmental science, goods services, financial perks blue economy. data-driven may be interest stakeholders who support traditional models, but also those have been historically MPAs excluded from past processes.

Language: Английский

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Historical redlining is associated with disparities in wildlife biodiversity in four California cities DOI Creative Commons
Cesar O. Estien, Mason Fidino, Christine E. Wilkinson

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 121(25)

Published: June 11, 2024

Legacy effects describe the persistent, long-term impacts on an ecosystem following removal of abiotic or biotic feature. Redlining, a policy that codified racial segregation and disinvestment in minoritized neighborhoods, has produced legacy with profound urban structure health. These legacies have detrimentally impacted public health outcomes, socioeconomic stability, environmental However, collateral redlining wildlife communities are uncertain. Here, we investigated whether faunal biodiversity was associated redlining. We used home-owner loan corporation (HOLC) maps [grades A (i.e., “best” “greenlined”), B, C, D “hazardous” “redlined”)] across four cities California contributory science data (iNaturalist) to estimate alpha beta diversity six clades (mammals, birds, insects, arachnids, reptiles, amphibians) as function HOLC grade. found greenlined unique species were detected less sampling effort, redlined neighborhoods needing over 8,000 observations detect same number species. Historically had lower native nonnative richness compared each city, disparities remaining at clade level. Further, community composition diversity) consistently differed among grades for all cities, including large differences assemblage observed between green neighborhoods. Our work spotlights lasting social injustices ecology emphasizing conservation management efforts must incorporate antiracist, justice-informed lens improve environments.

Language: Английский

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A conceptual framework to help choose appropriate blue nature-based solutions DOI Creative Commons
Géraldine Pérez, Bethan C. O’Leary, Elena Allegri

et al.

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 352, P. 119936 - 119936

Published: Jan. 12, 2024

Biodiversity loss and climate change have severely impacted ecosystems livelihoods worldwide, compromising access to food water, increasing disaster risk, affecting human health globally. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) gained interest in addressing these global societal challenges. Although much effort has been directed NbS urban terrestrial environments, the implementation of marine coastal environments (blue NbS) lags. The lack a framework guide decision-makers practitioners through initial planning stages appears be one main obstacles slow blue NbS. To address this, we propose an integrated conceptual framework, built from expert knowledge, inform selection most appropriate based on desired intervention objectives social-ecological context. Our follows four incremental steps structure: Step 1 aims identify challenge(s) address; 2 highlights ecosystem services underlying biodiversity ecological functions that could contribute confronting challenge(s); 3 specific environmental context needs set within (e.g. spatial scale will operate within, ecosystem's vulnerability stressors, its condition); 4 provides potential interventions would help targeted considering defined 3. Designed maintain, enhance, recover, rehabilitate, or create by supporting biodiversity, portfolio includes protection (i.e., fully, highly, lightly, minimally protected areas), restorative activities active, passive, partial restoration; rehabilitation function creation), other management measures enforcement regulation). Ultimately, our guides toward versatile cater each rather than imposing rigid, one-size-fits-all model. In future, this integrate socio-economic considerations more comprehensively kept up-to-date including latest scientific information.

Language: Английский

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