A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 6(9), С. 1262 - 1270

Опубликована: Июль 7, 2022

Язык: Английский

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The evolution of ocean literacy: A new framework for the United Nations Ocean Decade and beyond

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 186, С. 114467 - 114467

Опубликована: Дек. 11, 2022

First introduced in the early 2000s, concept of ocean literacy has evolved recent years, not least since its inclusion as a mechanism for change within United Nations Ocean Decade's goals. Building on definitions literacy, there been increasing recognition range additional dimensions which contribute to an individual or collective sense 'ocean literacy'. Drawing existing research, and parallel supporting concepts, e.g., marine citizenship, connectedness, public perceptions this paper proposes ten literacy: knowledge, communication, behaviour, awareness, attitudes, activism, emotional connection, access experience, adaptive capacity trust transparency, recommends expanding previously recognised dimensions, bid ensure that encompasses diverse knowledges, values experiences. The provides useful framework ongoing highlights aspects have received limited focus date.

Язык: Английский

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Public evaluations of four approaches to ocean-based carbon dioxide removal

Climate Policy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 23(3), С. 379 - 394

Опубликована: Фев. 24, 2023

In the face of mounting global climatic pressures, negative emission technologies (NETs) for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) are increasingly proposed as necessary meeting climate targets. While initial work has identified potential terrestrial NETs, a diverse set marine/ocean-based NETs gaining new and particular attention. Emerging studies on feasibility marine urgently needed, especially to explore logics that public groups use judge different approaches, ensure design governance these align with values priorities. This study explores factors interest in understanding views four both perceptions severity urgency, beliefs about environments. It uses quantitative survey how representative sample people British Columbia, Canada Washington state, United States evaluate NETs: coastal restoration; ocean alkalinity enhancement; fertilization; offshore direct air capture storage. We find perceived urgency change predicts greater comfort all studied, environments adaptable, fragile manageable vary predicting lesser comfort. Drawing upon insights, paper offers reflections conditional thinking linked emerging concluding methodological suggestions future research concerns deployment ocean-based CDR near long term. Incorporating insights into policy will be important ensuring responsible technologies.Key accompanying policies.Public Columbia expressed high levels restoration, some storage, discomfort enhancement fertilization.Perceived predicted approaches; this evidence aligns small but growing body scholarship indicating openness environmental intervention amongst concerned impacts.Beliefs environments, namely whether they 'adaptable', 'manageable' or 'fragile', also comfort, suggesting contexts requires further examination regarding perceptions.

Язык: Английский

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Ocean Decade Challenge 10 underscores social dynamics in marine sciences as critical to transforming human–ocean relationships

ICES Journal of Marine Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 82(3)

Опубликована: Март 1, 2025

Abstract The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) seeks to deliver “transformative ocean science solutions sustainable development, connecting people and the ocean.” Yet, traditional scientific methods data collection alone are insufficient catalyze societal change needed sustainability equity. This article focuses on vital role significance literacy as central operationalizing one foundational challenge areas within framework—Restoring society's relationship with (Challenge 10). It draws attention key insights in recently published Challenge 10 White Paper broader Vision 2030 ambition-setting process. First, it highlights need shift beyond management include managing human behaviors that impact health. Second, reframes a “societal outcome,” offering unifying lens capture contextualized human–ocean relationships, science-policy-society connections, bridge knowledge-action gap. authors present novel figure integrating four drivers operational activities tangible pathways strengthen restore ocean-society relations.

Язык: Английский

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Development and expansion in the marine social sciences: Insights from the global community

iScience, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 25(8), С. 104735 - 104735

Опубликована: Июль 11, 2022

The importance of understanding the complexities societal relationships with our global ocean, and how these influence sustainable management effective, equitable governance, is crucial to addressing ocean challenges. Using established horizon scanning method, this paper explores current trends in marine social sciences through a survey science research practitioner community (n = 106). We find that broad, covering themes relating governance decision-making, stakeholder participation engagement, socio-cultural dimensions systems, literacy, community-based area-specific management, blue economy, identify future priorities highlighted by community. Our results, however, suggest several barriers persist, including relationship between other disciplines, visibility recognition both internal external academia. Finally, generates prospective thinking highlights recommendations for practice.

Язык: Английский

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Building bridges between natural and social science disciplines: a standardized methodology to combine data on ecosystem quality trends

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 377(1854)

Опубликована: Май 16, 2022

Despite a growing interest in interdisciplinary research, systematic ways of how to integrate data from different disciplines are still scarce. We argue that successful resource management relies on two key sources: natural science data, which represents ecosystem structure and processes, social describes people's perceptions understanding. Both vital, mutually complementing information sources can underpin the development feasible effective policies interventions. To harvest added value combined knowledge, uniform scaling system is needed. In this paper, we propose standardized methodology connect explore types quantitative sciences reflecting temporal trends quality. demonstrate with such as fisheries stocks mangrove cover one hand community's other. The example collected three United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere reserves marine park Southeast Asia. easily identify patterns convergence or divergence among datasets, heat maps using colour codes icons for language- education-independent understandability. Finally, discuss limitations well potential implications accompanying communication strategies. This article part theme issue 'Nurturing resilient ecosystems'.

Язык: Английский

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In search of value: the intricate impacts of benefit perception, knowledge, and emotion about climate change on marine protection support

Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Март 12, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Stakeholder perspectives on socio-economic challenges and recommendations for better management of the Aliwal Shoal Marine Protected Area in South Africa

Marine Policy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 148, С. 105470 - 105470

Опубликована: Янв. 9, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Estimation of the Coastal Vulnerability Index Using Multi-Criteria Decision Making: The Coastal Social–Ecological System of Rachgoun, Western Algeria

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 15(17), С. 12838 - 12838

Опубликована: Авг. 24, 2023

This research deals with spatial vulnerability in the coastal area of Rachgoun (Algeria), on southern shore Mediterranean Sea. Over past two decades, has been suffering from a large amount pressure due to accelerated socioeconomic development, urbanization, tourism, fishing, and agriculture. The main objective this study is visualize using multi-criteria decision making (MCDM). A multidisciplinary approach that integrates geological, physical, was adopted. selected parameters for include lithology, elevation, slope, shoreline change, significant wave height, population density, tourist land use/land cover (LULC), road network proximity coast, distance river, people’s awareness, designated conservation areas cultural heritage. Data AlSat-2 Satellite imagery, aerial photography, topographic maps, field surveys were processed. Spatial modeling conducted through MCDM geographic information systems (GIS) develop sub-indices: natural index (CVIN) (CVIS). combination sub-indices allowed us deduce integrated (ICVI). outcomes present map resolution 10 m identified problematic area. can guide decision-makers implementing an effective zone management (ICZM) strategy.

Язык: Английский

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New directions for Indigenous and local knowledge research and application in fisheries science: Lessons from a systematic review

Fish and Fisheries, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 25(4), С. 647 - 671

Опубликована: Апрель 22, 2024

Abstract Social‐ecological systems like fisheries provide food, livelihoods and recreation. However, lack of data its integration into governance hinders their conservation management. Stakeholders possess site‐specific knowledge crucial for confronting these challenges. There is increasing recognition that Indigenous local (ILK) valuable, but structural differences between ILK quantitative archetypes have stalled the assimilation management, despite acknowledged bias uncertainty in scientific methods. Conducting a systematic review fisheries‐associated research ( n = 397 articles), we examined how accessed, applied, distributed across space species, has evolved. We show generated qualitative, semi‐quantitative information diverse taxa 98 countries. Fisheries‐associated mostly targets small‐scale artisanal fishers (70% studies) typically uses semi‐structured interviews (60%). revealed large variability sample size 4–7638), predicted by approach employed (i.e. qualitative studies target smaller groups). Using thematic categorisation, scientists are still exploring techniques, or ‘validating’ through comparisons with (20%), recording what understand (40%). A few researchers applying social science methods to derive trends abundance, catch effort. Such approaches facilitate insight management fall short accepting as valid complementary way knowing about systems. This synthesis reveals development increased opportunities needed bridge data.

Язык: Английский

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