Author comment: Integrated watershed management solutions for healthy coastal ecosystems and people — R0/PR1 DOI Creative Commons
Ama Wakwella

Published: Sept. 26, 2022

Tropical coastal ecosystems are in decline worldwide due to an increasing suite of human activities, which threaten the biodiversity and wellbeing that these support. One major drivers is poor water quality from land-based activities. This review summarises evidence impacts ecosystems, particularly coral reefs, sediments, nutrients, chemicals pathogens entering zones through surface groundwater. We also assess how pollutants affect health populations through: (1) enhanced transmission infectious diseases; (2) reduced food availability nutritional deficit fisheries associated with degraded habitat; (3) poisoning consumption contaminated seafood. use this information identify opportunities for holistic approaches integrated watershed management (IWM) target overlapping ill-health downstream people. demonstrate appropriate requires taking a multi-sector, systems approach accounts socio-ecological feedbacks, collaboration required across environmental, agricultural, public health, water, sanitation hygiene sectors, as well land–sea interface. Finally, we provide recommendations key actions IWM can help achieve multiple sustainable development goals both nature people on coasts.

Language: Английский

Mounting Legal-Driven Solutions for Plastic Pollution Focusing on Environment and Coastal Management DOI
Bhupinder Singh, Sahil Lal, Manmeet Kaur Arora

et al.

Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 223 - 252

Published: Oct. 18, 2024

The growing danger of plastic pollution and its catastrophic effects on marine ecosystems highlight the pressing need for creative approaches to water governance as well a thorough legal framework. Marine comprises mixture chemicals debris, primarily originating from terrestrial sources finding way into ocean through runoff or wind dispersion. Also, typical forms debris encompass range items such shopping bags, beverage bottles, cigarette butts, bottle caps, food wrappers fishing gear. In line with objectives Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14) Life Below Water, this chapter explores methods that can be scaled up mitigate eventually eradicate by integrates policy assessments, framework tactics via an interdisciplinary approach suggest practical addressing worldwide issue.

Language: Английский

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Transforming place-based management within watersheds in Fiji: The watershed interventions for systems health project DOI Creative Commons
Stacy D. Jupiter, Aaron Jenkins, Joel Negin

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PLOS Water, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(7), P. e0000102 - e0000102

Published: July 1, 2024

Watersheds offer opportunities for place-based interventions to transform systems health via preventative versus reactive approaches management that achieve multiple co-benefits public and environmental health. The Watershed Interventions Systems Health in Fiji (WISH Fiji) project embraced participatory knowledge co-production action-oriented research identify risks ecosystem health, prioritize address risks, monitor responses of the system interventions. We used screening filters local collaboratively five watersheds action with high prior incidence water-related diseases (Fiji’s “three plagues” leptospirosis, typhoid dengue) risk downstream reviewed literature disease factors, evaluated overlaps impact, designed 13 instruments collect information about baseline risk. Following consultations obtain free, informed consent, we enrolled 311 households across 29 communities. synthesized data key at household, community, landscape level, which were communicated community water resource committees government leaders as part developing sanitation safety plans each community. Local identified 339 priority reduction actions nine main categories: animal management; drainage; surveillance; hygiene; integrated planning; land use systems; waste systems. As October 2022, 154 implemented different categories scales. While can track changes factors reduce improve direct evaluation impacts is limited due poor geolocation case records. WISH a model cross-sectoral coordination efficiently progresses Sustainable Development Goals, but scaling requires sustained investment realize full benefits, particularly nature-based solutions exhibit lagged responses.

Language: Английский

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Re-connecting ecosystems: Integrating coral reefs into monitoring of island restoration DOI Creative Commons
Cassandra E. Benkwitt, Kalia Bistolas, Jayna L. DeVore

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Ecological Indicators, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 170, P. 113042 - 113042

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Vulnerability of Labile Organic Matter to Eutrophication and Warming in Temperate Mangrove Ecosystems DOI Creative Commons
Timothy Thomson,

Conrad A. Pilditch,

Marco Fusi

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Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 31(2)

Published: Feb. 1, 2025

ABSTRACT The sediments in mangrove forests play an important role the global carbon cycle due to high inputs of organic matter (OM) and low decomposition rates, making them highly efficient at sequestering carbon. balance between OM sequestration these systems is influenced by a complex interplay environmental factors. However, there large amount uncertainty surrounding rates from forests, particularly regional scales. We used standardized assays labile recalcitrant substrate 30 estuaries, spanning gradient human land use intensity, identify dominant drivers temperate forests. Our results reveal that, while strongly driven eutrophication, primarily increases minimum sediment temperature. Furthermore, we demonstrate that nutrient enrichment use, combination with increased temperature, synergistically accelerates OM, thereby threatening potential ecosystems. This suggests coastal eutrophication can exacerbate effects warming on decomposition, leading heightened vulnerability storage feedbacks local stressors.

Language: Английский

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Out of the blue carbon box: toward investable blue natural capital DOI Creative Commons
Catherine E. Lovelock, Carlos M. Duarte

Biology Letters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 21(4)

Published: April 1, 2025

In 2019, we found that the concept of blue carbon had begun to solidify in preceding decade around activities could achieve mitigation through conservation and restoration on ecosystems with high levels data. Five years later, available data have increased, so too are included national markets market methodologies (e.g. seaweed supratidal forests). While implementation strategies continues advance both emerging biodiversity markets, scale investment is inadequate for action needed meet global targets Paris Agreement Kunming-Global Biodiversity Framework. The developing finance mechanisms natural capital offer additional potential at large scales, although governance systems challenged deliver just equitable outcomes. Blue research characterized by deep collaboration among diverse disciplines actors, which be crucial achieving goals.

Language: Английский

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A spatial framework for improved sanitation to support coral reef conservation DOI Creative Commons
Caitlin D. Kuempel, Jacqueline Thomas, Amelia Wenger

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Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 342, P. 123003 - 123003

Published: Nov. 29, 2023

Coral reefs are one of the most valuable yet threatened ecosystems in world. Improving human wastewater treatment could reduce land-based impacts on coral reefs. However, information quantity and spatial distribution pollution is lacking. Here, we develop a model linking residential (nitrogen phosphorus/year) conservation sectors [coral reefs] to better understand relative differences efficacy different sanitation services their potential implications for monitoring management. We apply our Fiji, where ongoing initiatives investments health be leveraged cost-effectively improve reef condition. estimate that plants account nearly 80% nutrients released into surface waters. Nutrient widespread, affecting 95% reefs, but concentrated across few watersheds. Our spatially explicit approach can used benefits trade-offs between service improvements health, helping bridge as well inform prioritize ground action.

Language: Английский

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Beneficiaries, Equity, and Trade-Offs in Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem Services DOI
Katie K. Arkema,

Samantha K. Cunningham,

Jade Delevaux

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Elsevier eBooks, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 208 - 237

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Gene expression plasticity governing symbiosis during natural coral bleaching DOI
Chenying Wang, Kakaskasen Andreas Roeroe,

Zhi Zhou

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 953, P. 176046 - 176046

Published: Sept. 4, 2024

Language: Английский

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Escalating Legal Framework for Water Governance and Eliminating Plastic Pollution in Alignment With SDG 14 (Life Below Water) DOI
Bhupinder Singh, Christian Kaunert, Ritu Gautam

et al.

Practice, progress, and proficiency in sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 249 - 270

Published: Nov. 22, 2024

There are two major problems that have an impact on marine ecosystems worldwide water management and plastic pollution. Seas, oceans, resources to be preserved used sustainably as the goal of SDG 14. This study examines legislative frameworks put in place manage lessen pollution, assessing how well they meet goals Sustainable Development Goal chapter looks at changing for eradication It national, international, regional legal intended safeguard environment, highlighting areas strength, weakness, room development. also addresses significance prevention important offers suggestions strengthening existing laws biodiversity.

Language: Английский

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Reviews and syntheses: Current perspectives on biosphere research – 2024 DOI Creative Commons
Friedrich J. Bohn, Ana Bastos,

Romina Martin

et al.

Published: Aug. 15, 2024

Abstract. This review of recent advances in biosphere research aims to provide information on selected issues related changes biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, social and economic interactions with ecosystems, the impacts climate change biosphere. We highlight nine themes that have been recently published peer-reviewed journals are gaining importance scientific community potential guide future actions as well inspire questions. Our focus is between climate, society, strategies sustain, restore or promote ecosystems their services. While mitigating expected reduce many risks associated costs, rapid emission reductions also crucial secure various co-benefits such coastal protection stabilization regional hydrological cycles. In this context, conservation measures implemented cooperation local actors key efficient resource allocation. At same time, holistic action frameworks at global level required support efforts.

Language: Английский

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