Article
Environmental Sciences
Ioannis Souliotis, Nikolaos Voulvoulis
Summary: In accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive, management responses should be developed to improve water quality, enhance ecosystem health, and ensure the effective provision of ecosystem services.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Jan R. Starke, Helena F. M. W. Van Rijswick
Summary: This study compares the transposition, application, and enforcement of the exemption of permanent deterioration under the environmental goal achievement obligation regime in Lower Saxony (Germany) and the Netherlands. Despite being based on the same EU directive and case law, the implementation of the deterioration ban and exemption of permanent deterioration differs significantly between the two regions.
Article
Development Studies
A. Iasmina Roman, Volker Mauerhofer
Summary: This article examines the challenges faced by Austria and Romania in implementing Regulation (EU) No. 1143/2014 against Invasive Alien Species (IAS) through qualitative content analysis. It highlights obstacles related to creating, updating, and maintaining the Union List, distribution of competences, financial resources, custom controls, national legislation, and awareness, providing insights for policymakers and stakeholders to improve implementation and enforcement of the IAS Regulation.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ioannis Souliotis, Nikolaos Voulvoulis
Summary: The Water Framework Directive in the EU provides a roadmap for achieving good water status and sustainable water usage. The natural capital paradigm can convey information on water resources usage, and managing authorities should consider current and emerging pressures when designing interventions.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Carsten Mann, Lasse Loft, Monica Hernandez-Morcillo, Eeva Primmer, Francesca Bussola, Enzo Falco, Davide Geneletti, Ewelina Dobrowolska, Carol M. Grossmann, Giorgia Bottaro, Christian Schleyer, Tatiana Kluvankova, Gino Garcia, Marko Lovric, Mario Torralba, Tobias Plieninger, Georg Winkel
Summary: This paper analyzes governance innovations for forest ecosystem service provision in the forestry sector in Europe and the factors influencing the development of these innovations. The results show that most innovation activities are focused on biomass production, while the provision of regulating and cultural services is not prominent. Reasons for this include a market-oriented economic rationale, lack of financial resources, and lack of support and security for forest owners and managers. A strategy is needed to align actors and sectors to support and co-finance forest management approaches and business models for sustainable ecosystem services provision.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Development Studies
Edward A. Morgan, Tim Cadman, Brendan Mackey
Summary: Forests play a crucial role in global ecosystems, but face threats from competing land uses. Integrated landscape approaches aim to create sustainable forest land use through holistic resource management. This paper addresses the limited theoretical basis of landscape approaches by integrating key components such as ecosystem integrity, governance systems, and planning processes in forest landscapes.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
Wenwu Zhao, Caichun Yin, Ting Hua, Michael E. Meadows, Yan Li, Yanxu Liu, Francesco Cherubini, Paulo Pereira, Bojie Fu
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic poses significant challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper highlights ongoing challenges facing the SDGs, identifies the effects of COVID-19 on SDG progress, and proposes a systematic framework for promoting SDG achievement. The pandemic has exacerbated existing issues and hindered progress, but also provided opportunities for technological developments and environmental improvements. Post-pandemic actions should focus on classification, coordination, and collaboration to strengthen global cooperation and foster sustainable development.
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Shuying Yu, Jian Peng, Pei Xia, Qi Wang, Robert C. Grabowski, Adani Azhoni, Brij Bala, Vijay Shankar, Jeroen Meersmans
Summary: This study examined the complex relationships among water-related ecosystem services (ES) and the impact of human activities on these networks. The results showed that soil retention had lower centrality in the networks and land use intensity had a significant influence on the networks.
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Susanne Wuijts, Jacqueline Claessens, Luke Farrow, Donnacha G. Doody, Susanne Klages, Chris Christophoridis, Rozalija Cvejic, Matjaz Glavan, Ingrid Nesheim, Froukje Platjouw, Isobel Wright, Jenny Rowbottom, Morten Graversgaard, Cors van den Brink, Ines Leitao, Antonio Ferreira, Sandra Boekhold
Summary: The study reveals that European legislation aimed at protecting drinking water resources from agricultural pollution exhibits complexities and inconsistencies at the local level, hindering efforts to achieve water quality objectives. The upcoming revision of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) should strengthen the connections between different directives and their application at the local level, while a more facilitated cross-sectoral approach should be adopted to improve stakeholder networks and achieve policy objectives locally.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jianguo Liu
Summary: This article highlights major advances in scientific discoveries for sustainability science from applying the integrated metacoupling framework, illustrates implications for global sustainable development, and offers future perspectives to further empower the framework.
NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Maria Garcia-Martin, Lynn Huntsinger, Maria Jose Ibarrola-Rivas, Marianne Penker, Ugo D'Ambrosio, Thymios Dimopoulos, Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez, Thanasis Kizos, Jose Munoz-Rojas, Osamu Saito, Karl S. Zimmerer, David J. Abson, Jianguo Liu, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Irene Holm Sorensen, Peter H. Verburg, Tobias Plieninger
Summary: This article explores the multiple functions of seven landscape products worldwide, emphasizing that landscape products can improve food systems by promoting place-sensitive sustainability strategies and standards, thus addressing conflicts related to food production, social justice, and the environment.
Article
Forestry
Anna Tengberg, Malin Gustafsson, Lotta Samuelson, Elin Weyler
Summary: Integrated landscape-wide approaches involving agriculture, forestry, energy, and water are crucial to address complex environmental issues without compromising. Multi-stakeholder dialogues facilitate knowledge production and inform governance and management of landscapes, emphasizing the importance of water stewardship in achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
Article
Development Studies
Larissa Oliveira-Duarte, Diane Aparecida Reis, Andre Leme Fleury, Rosana Aparecida Vasques, Homero Fonseca Filho, Mikko Koria, Julia Baruque-Ramos
Summary: Partnerships are crucial for implementing a more integrated approach to sustainable development issues, with a focus on the relationship between Innovation Ecosystems and the Sustainable Development Goals. The study offers a descriptive analysis of the IE-SDG relationship and calls for future research to include methods for measuring IE performance.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Review
Environmental Sciences
Dong Liu, Yaoyang Xu, Maede Faghihinia, Paul Kay, Faith Ka Shun Chan, Naicheng Wu
Summary: Gulf ecosystems provide valuable services and play a crucial role in achieving the SDGs, but their sustainability is threatened by climatic and anthropogenic pressures. The current research framework focuses mainly on the Gulf ecosystems themselves, with limited consideration of their connectivity with other ecosystems. Interdisciplinary collaborations are mostly within natural sciences, and international collaborations are mainly between developed and developing countries. The future research framework should consider the impacts of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems on Gulf ecosystems and promote interdisciplinary collaborations between natural and social and management sciences. Stronger collaborations with developing countries such as China, Mexico, Brazil, and India are needed.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Azadeh Lak, Ayyoob Sharifi, Mohsen Khazaei, Reihaneh Aghamolaei
Summary: This study investigates critical concepts of Sustainable Urban Regeneration (SUR) and develops a conceptual framework for implementing SUR by leveraging different types of ecosystem services (ESs). The findings can assist local authorities, urban planners, and designers in understanding the significance of ES capabilities in the implementation of SUR in urban areas.