Journal of Applied Phycology,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
36(2), С. 951 - 964
Опубликована: Окт. 9, 2023
Abstract
Marine
kelp
forests
cover
1/3
of
our
world's
coastlines,
are
heralded
as
a
nature-based
solution
to
address
socio-environmental
issues,
connect
hundreds
millions
people
with
the
ocean,
and
support
rich
web
biodiversity
throughout
oceans.
But
they
increasingly
threatened
some
areas
reporting
over
90%
declines
in
forest
living
memory.
Despite
their
importance
threats
face,
entirely
absent
from
international
conservation
dialogue.
No
laws,
policies,
or
targets
focus
on
very
few
countries
consider
them
national
policy.
The
Kelp
Forest
Challenge
addresses
that
gap.
Together
252
experts,
professionals,
citizens
25
countries,
was
developed
grassroots
vision
what
world
can
achieve
for
conservation.
It
is
global
call
restore
1
million
protect
3
hectares
by
2040.
This
monumental
challenge,
will
require
coordination
across
multiple
levels
society
mobilization
immense
resources.
Pledges
may
therefore
include
area
protection
restoration,
enabling
pledges
which
assist
(funding,
equipment,
professional
expertise,
capacity
building),
awareness-based
increase
awareness
education
about
forests.
Correspondingly,
participants
be
government,
scientific
institutions,
private
sector,
NGOs,
community
groups,
individuals.
challenge
beginning
17-year
mission
save
anyone
any
organisation
invited
participate.
Global Change Biology,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
27(8), С. 1518 - 1546
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2021
Abstract
Nature‐based
solutions
(NbS)—solutions
to
societal
challenges
that
involve
working
with
nature—have
recently
gained
popularity
as
an
integrated
approach
can
address
climate
change
and
biodiversity
loss,
while
supporting
sustainable
development.
Although
well‐designed
NbS
deliver
multiple
benefits
for
people
nature,
much
of
the
recent
limelight
has
been
on
tree
planting
carbon
sequestration.
There
are
serious
concerns
this
is
distracting
from
need
rapidly
phase
out
use
fossil
fuels
protect
existing
intact
ecosystems.
also
expansion
forestry
framed
a
mitigation
solution
coming
at
cost
rich
biodiverse
native
ecosystems
local
resource
rights.
Here,
we
discuss
promise
pitfalls
framing
its
current
political
traction,
present
recommendations
how
get
message
right.
We
urge
policymakers,
practitioners
researchers
consider
synergies
trade‐offs
associated
follow
four
guiding
principles
enable
provide
society:
(1)
not
substitute
rapid
fuels;
(2)
wide
range
land
in
sea,
just
forests;
(3)
implemented
full
engagement
consent
Indigenous
Peoples
communities
way
respects
their
cultural
ecological
rights;
(4)
should
be
explicitly
designed
measurable
biodiversity.
Only
by
following
these
guidelines
will
design
robust
resilient
urgent
sustaining
nature
together,
now
into
future.
Land,
Год журнала:
2021,
Номер
10(2), С. 201 - 201
Опубликована: Фев. 17, 2021
Restoring
the
health
of
degraded
land
is
critical
for
overall
human
development
as
a
vital
life-supporting
system,
directly
or
indirectly
influencing
attainment
UN
Sustainable
Development
Goals
(UN-SDGs).
However,
more
than
33%
global
and
thereby
affecting
livelihood
billions
people
worldwide.
Realizing
this
fact,
73rd
session
Assembly
has
formally
adopted
resolution
to
celebrate
2021–2030
Decade
on
Ecosystem
Restoration
(UN-DER),
preventing,
halting,
reversing
degradation
ecosystems
While
move
historic
beneficial
both
planet,
restoration
at
different
scales
levels
requires
paradigm
shift
in
existing
approaches,
fueled
by
application
applied
science
citizen/community-based
science,
tapping
indigenous
local
knowledge
advanced
technological
breakthroughs.
In
addition,
there
need
strong
political
will
positive
behavioral
changes
strengthen
initiatives
grassroot
level
involvement
from
all
walks
life
(i.e.,
politicians
peasants
social
workers
scientists)
are
essential
achieving
targets
UN-DER.
Similarly,
financing
ground
collective
contribution
individuals
(crowd
funding)
institutions
(institutional
maintaining
momentum.
Private
companies
can
earmark
lion-share
their
corporate
responsibility
fund
(CSR
fund)
exclusively
restoration.
The
adoption
suitable
bioeconomy
models
crucial
perpetuity
exploring
co-benefits,
also
ensuring
stakeholder
involvements
during
after
This
review
underpins
various
challenges
plausible
solutions
avoid,
reduce,
reverse
envisioned
UN-DER,
while
fulfilling
objectives
other
ongoing
like
Bonn
Challenge
UN-SDGs.
Conservation Letters,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
15(3)
Опубликована: Март 21, 2022
Abstract
Small
habitat
patches
have
been
historically
neglected
in
conservation,
primarily
because
extinction
risk
is
higher
small
patches.
Nevertheless,
sets
of
usually
harbor
more
species
than
one
or
a
few
larger
equal
total
area.
Resolving
this
inconsistency
key
to
policy
and
practice
biodiversity
conservation.
Our
analysis
32
datasets
(603
2290
taxa)
provides
two
novel
lines
evidence
confirming
that
disproportionately
high
value
for
biodiversity.
First,
large
even
when
considering
only
conservation
concern.
Second,
the
are
very
compared
Therefore,
does
not
decrease
cumulative
We
contend
acknowledging
patches,
will
be
necessary
step
stemming
loss
Anthropocene.
Ecology Letters,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
26(2), С. 268 - 277
Опубликована: Дек. 5, 2022
Positive
effects
of
habitat
patch
size
on
biodiversity
are
often
extrapolated
to
infer
negative
fragmentation
at
landscape
scales.
However,
such
cross-scale
extrapolations
typically
fail.
A
recent,
landmark,
patch-scale
analysis
(Chase
et
al.,
2020,
Nature
584,
238-243)
demonstrates
positive
biodiversity,
that
is,
'ecosystem
decay'
in
small
patches.
Other
authors
have
already
this
result
effects,
higher
a
few
large
than
many
patches
the
same
cumulative
area.
We
test
whether
extrapolation
is
valid.
find
landscape-scale
patterns
opposite
their
analogous
patterns:
for
sets
with
equal
total
area,
species
richness
and
evenness
decrease
increasing
mean
comprising
even
when
considering
only
conservation
concern.
Preserving
will,
therefore,
be
key
sustain
amidst
ongoing
environmental
crises.
Nature Communications,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
14(1)
Опубликована: Сен. 28, 2023
Despite
the
looming
land
scarcity
for
agriculture,
cropland
abandonment
is
widespread
globally.
Abandoned
can
be
reused
to
support
food
security
and
climate
change
mitigation.
Here,
we
investigate
potentials
trade-offs
of
using
global
abandoned
recultivation
restoring
forests
by
natural
regrowth,
with
spatially-explicit
modelling
scenario
analysis.
We
identify
101
Mha
between
1992
2020,
a
capability
concurrently
delivering
29
363
Peta-calories
yr
Communications Earth & Environment,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
4(1)
Опубликована: Сен. 22, 2023
Abstract
Recent
concurrent
processes
of
vegetation
greening
and
reduced
resilience
(the
capacity
to
recover
from
disturbances)
worldwide
have
brought
many
uncertainties
into
sustainable
ecosystems
in
the
future.
However,
little
is
known
about
conditions
extent
which
affects
changes.
Here
we
assess
both
dynamics
China’s
Loess
Plateau
2000
2020
using
satellite-based
data
an
early
warning
indicator.
Our
results
reveal
overall
trend
vegetated
areas,
while
shifted
gains
losses
at
a
breakpoint
2010.
Vegetation
generally
contributed
gains,
whereas
increased
temperature
precipitation
variability
loss
observed
2011–2020.
These
findings
provide
empirical
evidence
that
does
not
necessarily
correspond
increase
resilience.
We
therefore
recommend
integrating
indicators
ecological
restoration
conservation
efforts
gain
more
comprehensive
understanding
states
support
effective
ecosystem
stewardship.
