Towards a collaborative stakeholder engagement pathway to increase ocean sustainability related to marine spatial planning in developing coastal states

Environmental Challenges, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 15, С. 100954 - 100954

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2024

With the increased emphasis on charting ocean sustainability narratives, marine spatial planning (MSP) is envisioned as a key tenet. MSPs emphasize systematic and collaborative management of space (resources activities) for benefit all users. Regions that have implemented MSP based stakeholder engagement are progressively realizing better outcomes. Unfortunately, in developing coastal states, progress toward largely pedestrian has attracted less interest. This partly due to archaic coastal/marine resource models dominated by few powerful stakeholders. worsened increasing human-environmental shocks, which creating bleak futures. Our study systematically sourced 12,316 documents from Scopus were analyzed using bibliometrics (i) conduct performance analysis, (ii) scientific mapping analysis (iii) identify game-changing developments can drive sustainability. A revealed even though scholarship publications increased, scholarships among researchers Global South limited. Scientific emerging positive trends multi-country collaborations well recognition threats environment. Reversing this requires engagement. However, how achieve goal most states been studied. Building this, we developed novel Collaborative Stakeholder Engagement Pathway (CoSEP) involving eight interrelated steps help build engagements development notable takeaway CoSEP since research limited or its infancy, knowledge when engage stakeholders mechanisms sustainability, including justice. localize sustainable pillars avenues integrated management. Using participatory approaches bring forward microlevel perspectives could be future driver designing effective interventions cultures create meet targets.

Язык: Английский

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Multi-scenario analysis in the Apulia shoreline: A multi-tiers analytical framework for the combined evaluation and management of coastal erosion and water quality risks

Environmental Science & Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 153, С. 103665 - 103665

Опубликована: Янв. 12, 2024

Ongoing climate change is causing threats to coastal areas, according scenarios of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The areas are becoming highly exposed erosion as a direct consequence natural and anthropogenic processes that occur at different spatial-temporal scales. Against this interplay, managers calling for integrated tools supporting multi-scenario evaluation risks arising from stress. A multi-tier analytical framework, exploiting the openly available Earth Observation databases, was developed, allowing combination remote sensing, GIS Bayesian Network evaluate probability uncertainty connected water quality variation, against 'what-if' scenarios, representing management measures (i.e., Nature-Based Solution) impacts (e.g., higher incident waves due increased storminess). Based data Municipality Ugento (Italy), designed framework applied over 2009–2018 timeframe, capture local-scale shoreline dynamics driving forces. Results scenario analysis revealed, minor extent, nexus between oceanographic drivers, evolution, changes, with increasing high erosion/accretion turbidity under simulated rising maximum significant wave height. However, implementation Solutions circular approach beached Posidonia oceanica leaves) resulted in positive effects, stabilizing by reducing accretion rates. Despite constraints, outcomes performed assessment could represent valuable information drive adaptive policy pathways context along shoreline.

Язык: Английский

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A conceptual framework to help choose appropriate blue nature-based solutions

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 352, С. 119936 - 119936

Опубликована: Янв. 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.

Язык: Английский

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Progress in sustainable remediation: Utilizing biosurfactants for eco-friendly contaminant cleanup

Bioresource Technology Reports, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 27, С. 101901 - 101901

Опубликована: Июль 11, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Practitioner insights on challenges and options for advancing blue Nature-based Solutions

Marine Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 163, С. 106104 - 106104

Опубликована: Март 14, 2024

The dual environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss pose severe threats to human health well-being. Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are promoted as an important component the response simultaneously address both crises. However, their uptake in policy planning has been impeded by evidence gaps barriers implementation, particularly marine coastal systems. Here, we describe practitioner perspectives on perceived challenges implementing NbS ecosystems (blue NbS) make recommendations overcome most significant. These consensus were obtained through exploratory, qualitative workshop, attended practice stakeholders representing government non-profit organisations from across Northern Europe, that identified prioritised for in-depth discussion. Key priority were: (1) driver appropriate legislation support NbS; (2) funding mechanisms; (3) stakeholder awareness, values, engagement. Discussions highlighted successful implementation will require addressing these better collaboration, communication, longer-term projects, integration top-down bottom-up approaches management. strength, at same time difficulty, is they draw together diverse actors approaches, but improved standards needed application if realise potential. Ultimately, reducing uncertainty definition concept amongst accelerate deployment complex social-ecological

Язык: Английский

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Ocean economic and cultural benefit perceptions as stakeholders' constraints for supporting conservation policies: A multi-national investigation

Marine Policy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 163, С. 106134 - 106134

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Machine Learning Assessment of Dredging Impacts on the Phytoplankton Community on the Brazilian Equatorial Margin: A Multivariate Analysis

Environmental Pollution, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 125680 - 125680

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Sediment quality evaluation in a strategic port zone: application of Artemia franciscana and Emerita analoga in Callao Bay, Peru

Regional Studies in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 104039 - 104039

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

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Editorial: Coastal rewilding as a nature-based solution

Frontiers in Marine Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 11

Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Loss and damage in tropical fisheries: a systematic review of people, climate, and fisheries

Regional Environmental Change, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(1)

Опубликована: Фев. 19, 2025

Язык: Английский

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