Article
Biodiversity Conservation
John M. Anderies, Graeme S. Cumming, Hayley S. Clements, Steven J. Lade, Ralf Seppelt, Sivee Chawla, Birgit Mueller
Summary: As conservation biology has evolved, it has become apparent that conservation problems are closely tied to human interactions. However, there is a lack of models that accurately capture the complexities of human-nature interactions. To address this, the authors propose a simple yet versatile modeling framework that combines ideas from economics, social sciences, and ecology.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Linjing Ren, Xiaojun Yang
Summary: Water scarcity is a global issue caused by climate change and increasing water demand. Water pricing policy is a critical tool to encourage farmers' water-saving actions. This study examines the impact of the social-ecological system on farmers' choices of water-saving strategies and their shift in response strategies with increasing water prices. The results suggest that factors such as productivity, predictability of resource system, number of users, norms, social capital, and collective choice rules influence farmers' adoption of different water-saving strategies. Additionally, intensification of policy shock affects farmers' water-saving responses, with key factors including mobility of resource units, number of users, resource importance, and monitoring and sanctioning process. These findings have important implications for optimizing water pricing mechanisms and developing effective governance environments.
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Tessa Royal
Summary: The shift in Australian private land conservation policy from community-based to market-based approach has led to trade-offs such as weakened collaboration, insufficient time for partnerships, and crowding out of volunteer ethos. These findings suggest potential erosion of social-ecological resilience with a market-based approach and propose a policy framework to mitigate the trade-offs.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Magdalena de la Mora, Nathan J. Bennett, Stuart Fulton, Adrian Munguia-Vega, Cristina Lasch-Thaler, Mariana Walther-Mendoza, Jose Alberto Zepeda-Dominguez, Elena Marie Finkbeiner, Alison L. Green, Alvin Suarez, Amy Hudson Weaver, Ana Luisa R. Figueroa Carranza, Armando Vega Velazquez, Calina Zepeda, Celerino Montes, David Antonio Fuentes Montalvo, Fiorenza Micheli, Hector Reyes-Bonilla, Iliana Chollett, Ines Lopez-Ercilla, Juan Francisco Torres Origel, Leonardo Vazquez-Vera, Maria del Carmen Garcia-Rivas, Maria del Mar Mancha-Cisneros, Maria Jose Espinosa-Romero, Mirian Martin Ruiz, Nur Arafeh-Dalmau, Ollin T. Gonzalez-Cuellar, Oswaldo Huchim, Salvador Rodriguez Van Dyck
Summary: This paper discusses a participatory process to co-produce biophysical, socio-economic, and governance principles for marine reserves design and management in Mexico. The integrative approach aims to achieve more effective, equitable, inclusive, and robust marine policies and practices. The process includes convening a coordination team, reviewing science, holding multi-stakeholder workshops, developing principles, and promoting their uptake and application in policy and practice.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Richard M. Gunton, Adam P. Hejnowicz, Andrew Basden, Eline N. van Asperen, Ian Christie, David R. Hanson, Sue E. Hartley
Summary: The study presents a pluralistic evaluation framework (PEF) as a tool for considering diverse kinds of goodness perceived by stakeholders in policy and project design and evaluation. Drawing on the philosophical work of Herman Dooyeweerd and Dirk Vollenhoven, this framework offers a participatory approach to policymaking and demonstrates its potential application in a wide range of areas.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mengmeng Zhou, Jinsong Deng, Yi Lin, Linjing Zhang, Shan He, Wu Yang
Summary: This study evaluated the dynamics of sediment retention service in a large basin in China, finding that ecological conservation policies played a critical role in improving sediment retention, particularly the Green Project. The results suggest that the emerging Ecological Conservation Red Line policy could significantly reduce sediment export in the future, providing practical guidance for enhancing ecological benefits. Promoting targeted ecological protection policies and sustainable socio-economic plans are crucial for strengthening ecological security in the large basin.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Emanuela Cicinelli, Giulia Caneva, Valentina Savo
Summary: Coupled human-environment systems and traditional agricultural landscapes play a key role in conserving biodiversity, ecological functionality, and cultural heritage. Terraced landscapes, especially in the Mediterranean region, face threats due to abandonment of agricultural activities. Conservation strategies for terraced landscapes should involve factors such as soil erosion and vegetation dynamics, and actively engage local farmers in decision-making to ensure the continuity of farming and preserve cultural landscapes.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Ellen M. Ditria, Christina A. Buelow, Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero, Rod M. Connolly
Summary: Conservation of marine ecosystems is crucial for sustainable development, but there are challenges in obtaining adequate and timely information. Artificial intelligence and automation offer solutions by reducing monitoring bottlenecks and costs, providing greater access to information, and facilitating adaptive management. However, there are knowledge gaps that need to be addressed for successful implementation of AI in conservation management. Future monitoring and management in marine science could be greatly improved by the use of automation.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Tengfei Yang, Jibo Xie, Peilin Song, Guoqing Li, Naixia Mou, Xinyue Gao, Jing Zhao
Summary: The ecological environment is crucial for human survival and development, and effective monitoring methods are essential for human settlements. Traditional data and methods have limitations, while social media data can supplement them. This paper proposes a framework that integrates social media, remote sensing, and other data to monitor the ecological environment. The study extracts relevant information from social media data and constructs a social semantic network for comprehensive analysis.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Darin Christensen, Alexandra C. Hartman, Cyrus Samii
Summary: The study evaluates a program aimed at increasing citizen participation in forest resource governance in rural communities, finding that households are better informed and participate more in rule design and enforcement, but do not reduce forest use. Conservation may require compensating community members for foregoing forest use, and citizen monitoring could ensure popular support for such schemes.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Chadwick D. Rittenhouse, John M. Tirpak, Frank R. Thompson
Summary: Public-private partnerships are crucial for landscape conservation design (LCD), which aims to guide conservation efforts and foster collaboration among partners. However, variation in approach among LCD projects poses challenges to project coordination and integration, especially when few species or ecosystems are targeted by multiple projects.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Olivia M. Smith, Joseph M. Taylor, Alejandra Echeverri, Tobin Northfield, Kevin A. Cornell, Matthew S. Jones, Christopher E. Latimer, Jeb P. Owen, William E. Snyder, Christina M. Kennedy
Summary: Growers are more likely to adopt wildlife-friendly practices if they perceive beneficial species are present. The landscape and regional context of a farm may influence whether biodiversity, including wild birds, can provide ecosystem services.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Nathan J. Bennett, Anna Schuhbauer, Daniel Skerritt, Naazia Ebrahim
Summary: In the fisheries sector, there is a growing emphasis on incorporating social and economic development objectives into policies, management processes, and funding allocations. Monitoring and evaluating these aspects is crucial before, during, and after interventions, but a tailored approach is essential to fit the specific context and objectives of each initiative in order to inform decision-making effectively. Comprehensively designed socio-economic assessment plans are necessary to support various organizations in achieving improved outcomes in fisheries.
FISHERIES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Annika T. H. Keeley, Paul Beier, Jeff S. Jenness
Summary: The article discusses 35 metrics for quantifying connectivity of focal patches or networks, categorized into four types, and provides a decision tree on selecting appropriate metrics based on conservation goals and ecoscape context. With climate change, ecoscapes need to facilitate movement for all species.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Li Liu, Shining Zuo, Mingyan Ma, Jiahuan Li, Lizhu Guo, Ding Huang
Summary: Nitrogen addition can alter the reproductive strategy and growth patterns of Leymus chinensis, leading to higher investment in vegetative and clonal organs, and lower investment in sexual organs. The optimal N addition rates for sexual reproduction, vegetative growth, and clonal reproduction were found to be 16 g N m^(-2) and 32 g N m^(-2) respectively.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Ori Frid, Shahar Malamud, Antonio Di Franco, Paolo Guidetti, Ernesto Azzurro, Joachim Claudet, Fiorenza Micheli, Ruth Yahel, Enric Sala, Jonathan Belmaker
Summary: The positive effect of fully protected marine protected areas (MPAs) on marine biodiversity, and specifically on fishes, has been widely documented. The potential of MPAs to mitigate the impact of adverse climatic conditions has seldom been investigated. This study assessed the effectiveness of MPAs in increasing fish biomass across the Mediterranean Sea and found that while MPAs did increase fish biomass, higher seawater temperatures were associated with decreased fish biomass. Importantly, the rate of decrease in fish biomass with temperature was similar between protected and fished sites.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Ecology
Robert Blasiak, Jean-Baptiste Jouffray, Diva J. J. Amon, Joachim Claudet, Paul Dunshirn, Peter Sogaard Jorgensen, Agnes Pranindita, Colette C. C. Wabnitz, Erik Zhivkoplias, Henrik Oesterblom
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Alex Driedger, Jennifer Sletten, Claire Colegrove, Timothe Vincent, Virgil Zetterlind, Joachim Claudet, Barbara Horta e Costa
Summary: Strong human use regulations are crucial for the effectiveness of marine protected areas (MPAs). In this study, the authors explore the classification of MPAs based on their protection levels using the regulation-based classification system (RBCS). They found that using readily available information and contextual indicators can reliably identify fully and highly protected areas, even in the absence of complete regulatory information.
Article
Development Studies
Rachel E. Bitoun, Gilbert David, Rodolphe Devillers
Summary: This study analyzes the challenges and opportunities of sustainability in three European outermost regions and proposes strategies using ecosystem services assessments to address these challenges. The study uses SWOT and PESTEL analysis, and identifies seven implementation strategies through interviews and matrix analysis. The results indicate that these strategies contribute to achieving multiple sustainable development goals.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joachim Claudet, Cassandra M. Brooks, Robert Blasiak
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Natalie C. Ban, Emily S. Darling, Georgina G. Gurney, Whitney Friedman, Stacy D. Jupiter, W. Peni Lestari, Irfan Yulianto, Sinta Pardede, Sukma A. R. Tarigan, Puji Prihatiningsih, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Waisea Naisilisili, Sirilo Dulunaqio, Josheena Naggea, Ravaka Ranaivoson, Vera N. Agostini, Gabby Ahmadia, Jessica Blythe, Stuart J. Campbell, Joachim Claudet, Courtney Cox, Graham Epstein, Margaret Estradivari, Margaret Fox, David Gill, Amber Himes-Cornell, Harry Jonas, Elizabeth Mcleod, Nyawira A. Muthiga, Tim McClanahan
Summary: Understanding the effectiveness and enabling conditions of different area-based management tools is crucial for supporting biodiversity conservation efforts. Although different types of management can be effective, most managed areas do not meet effectiveness criteria. This highlights the importance of strong management and governance of managed areas and the need to measure ecological impact.
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Charlotte Seve, Mokrane Belharet, Paco Melia, Antonio Di Franco, Antonio Calo, Joachim Claudet
Summary: This study assesses the effects of different management policies on conservation and fisheries outcomes using a model. The results show that spatial management is more effective than nonspatial management, and conservation and fisheries outcomes increase with increasing levels of protection. Areas connected through larval dispersal between MPAs have higher fisheries outcomes, but catch increases are preceded by a short-term decrease.
CONSERVATION LETTERS
(2023)
Biographical-Item
Ecology
Vanessa M. Adams, Jorge G. Alvarez-Romero, Natalie C. Ban, Morena Mills, Piero Visconti
Summary: This sentence describes a person who is a leading conservation planner and advocate for biodiversity.
NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carole Sylvie Campagne, Laurie-Anne Roy, Joseph Langridge, Joachim Claudet, Remi Mongruel, Damien Beillouin, Eric Thiebaut
Summary: This study constructed a systematic map to summarize the existing literature on how changes in marine ecosystems influence the provision of marine ecosystem services (ES). The findings showed that the most studied ecosystems were pelagic ecosystems on continental shelves and intertidal ecosystems, and food provision was the major focus of ES articles across all types of marine ecosystems.
ENVIRONMENTAL EVIDENCE
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Mairi C. Meehan, Gerald G. Singh, Natalie C. Ban, Rodolphe Devillers, Joachim Claudet
Summary: This article explores the role of Marine Protected Area Networks (MPANs) in protecting biodiversity and contributing to sustainable development, emphasizing the importance of considering ecological, economic, governance, and social dimensions in MPAN design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. The study found that most MPANs have multiple co-occurring, potentially conflicting objectives. MPANs with both biodiversity and societal objectives consider attributes across all dimensions more frequently than those with only biodiversity objectives. However, ecological attributes are always perceived as important regardless of the MPAN objective. Overlooking dimensions in MPAN evaluations can hinder achieving synergies between the multiple dimensions. Identifying important attributes considered in MPANs can enhance the practice of MPAN design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation and improve MPAN success.
CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Environmental Studies
Julie M. Reimer, Rodolphe Devillers, Brice Trouillet, Natalie C. Ban, Tundi Agardy, Joachim Claudet
Summary: Marine spatial planning (MSP) often prioritizes blue growth objectives over biodiversity conservation, but this study suggests the concept of conservation ready MSP, where plans are designed to integrate conservation in MSP to support sustained ocean use. Qualitative document analysis identified five themes, reflecting conservation in MSP from weak to strong inclusion. The analysis suggests that while some plans appear more prepared to integrate conservation, overall the prioritization of managing impacts and conservation in MSP is less apparent.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
David A. Gill, Jessica Blythe, Nathan Bennett, Louisa Evans, Katrina Brown, Rachel A. Turner, Jacopo A. Baggio, Dana Baker, Natalie C. Ban, Victor Brun, Joachim Claudet, Emily Darling, Antonio Di Franco, Estradivari, Graham Epstein, Noella J. Gray, Georgina G. Gurney, Rebecca P. Horan, Stacy D. Jupiter, Jacqueline D. Lau, Natali Lazzari, Peni Lestari, Shauna L. Mahajan, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Josheena Naggea, Elizabeth R. Selig, Charlotte K. Whitney, Noelia Zafra-Calvo, Nyawira A. Muthiga
Summary: Coastal communities face a triple exposure scenario due to the accelerating global change drivers of climate change, blue growth, and expansion of area-based conservation. Efforts to maximize social benefits can be hindered by external processes that amplify vulnerabilities and inequalities. Prioritizing social justice and building resilience is crucial for achieving climate, economic, and conservation goals. Implementors should address root causes of vulnerability, use participatory systems approaches, and foster inclusive partnerships for collaborative design and implementation in order to support well-being, justice, and resilience in coastal communities.