Article
Ecology
Diane E. Pataki, Marina Alberti, Mary L. Cadenasso, Alexander J. Felson, Mark J. McDonnell, Stephanie Pincetl, Richard V. Pouyat, Heikki Setala, Thomas H. Whitlow
Summary: Research shows that urban trees provide benefits such as local cooling, stormwater absorption, and health benefits for residents, but have limited potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Due to space constraints, urban trees are more promising for climate and pollution adaptation strategies rather than mitigation strategies.
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
Review
Ecology
Martin Zimmer, Gordon N. Ajonina, A. Aldrie Amir, Simon M. Cragg, Stephen Crooks, Farid Dahdouh-Guebas, Norman C. Duke, Sara Fratini, Daniel A. Friess, Veronique Helfer, Mark Huxham, Kandasamy Kathiresan, K. A. Sunanda Kodikara, Nico Koedam, Shing Yip Lee, Mwita M. Mangora, Jurgenne Primavera, Behara Satyanarayana, Jean Wan Hong Yong, Dominic Wodehouse
Summary: Protecting existing mangrove forests is crucial for global conservation, but there is a need for mangrove re-establishment due to historical loss rates. Successful re-establishment requires understanding of site conditions, ecological requirements, and previous barriers, as well as engagement with local communities and stakeholders.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Prodyut Anand, Prodyut Bhattacharya
Summary: Recent rapid economic and infrastructure growth in India has led to degraded environmental conditions, especially in congested urban areas. Urban green spaces (UGSs) are recognized as vital for improving environmental qualities. A study in Delhi, India assessed residents' perceptions of UGSs ecosystem services. The majority of respondents were aware of and valued the benefits of UGSs, with a focus on improving urban microclimates and environmental quality. The findings from this research provide insights for urban planners and developers to consider residents' expectations when designing UGSs.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND WORLD ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Edoardo Croci, Benedetta Lucchitta, Tommaso Penati
Summary: In 2005, Milan Municipality launched the "Adopt a green spot" initiative, using a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme to restore and maintain scattered and marginal green areas. The success of the initiative is attributed to flexible voluntary agreements, diverse green areas, public recognition, and low transaction costs. These characteristics allow the initiative to be replicated in other urban contexts.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Matthew G. Kirby, Alister J. Scott
Summary: This research explores the extent to which Green Belt policy in England promotes multifunctional benefits. The results show significant variation in the way these benefits are promoted in planning policy, and highlight the need for clearer implementation of secondary objectives. The study suggests that the potential of Green Belts to provide multifunctional benefits has not yet been fully realized or mainstreamed in English planning policy.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mthembeni Mngadi, John Odindi, Onisimo Mutanga
Summary: Urbanization leads to transformation of natural landscape into impervious surface, affecting urban ecological processes and ecosystem services. Urban reforestation serves as a long-term alternative for carbon sink and climate change mitigation. The study demonstrates the value of Sentinel-2 spectral data for predicting carbon stock in reforested urban landscapes, providing critical information for optimizing carbon sequestration capacity and climate change mitigation potential.
Review
Environmental Sciences
Alba Lazaro-Gonzalez, Enrique Andivia, Arndt Hampe, Shun Hasegawa, Raffaella Marzano, Ana M. C. Santos, Jorge Castro, Alexandro B. Leverkus
Summary: Roughly 2 billion hectares of degraded land worldwide require ecological restoration. The choice between direct seeding and planting nursery-grown seedlings in the revegetation process can affect plant survival, performance, and economic implications for restoration. The systematic map database identifies research gaps and enables managers to find relevant literature on the appropriateness of seeding versus planting.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Anastasio J. Villanueva, Lucia Vernaza-Quinonez, Ruben Granado-Diaz
Summary: Understanding mangrove managers' perceptions of ecosystem services is important for conservation policies. This study analyzed stakeholders' perceptions in a case study in Ecuador. The results identified three types of stakeholders based on their perceived importance of mangrove ecosystem services: skepticals, holistics, and utilitarians. These stakeholder types had different economic and subsistence dependence on the mangrove, as well as different attitudes and opinions. The findings suggest the need for tailored governance mechanisms and awareness campaigns.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2023)
Review
Plant Sciences
Aviva Wolf-Jacobs, John P. Wilson, Esther Margulies
Summary: The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate how urban forest expansion processes can be carried out equitably to improve environmental conditions in U.S. cities. The study examines the association between urban forest coverage and gentrification and residential displacement indicators, as well as the implementation of participatory planning in urban forest expansion projects.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2023)
Review
Ecology
Marissa Matsler, Sara Meerow, Ian C. Mell, Mitchell A. Pavao-Zuckerman
Summary: The concept of green infrastructure (GI) varies in different contexts, including differences in definitions and goals across different disciplinary fields, which can affect its application and outcomes in practice. There are many related concepts associated with GI, and scholars and practitioners need to explicitly define GI and its purpose to avoid confusion or subpar outcomes when implementing GI projects.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
David M. Summers, Courtney M. Regan, Claire Settre, Jeffery D. Connor, Patrick O'Connor, Hayley Abbott, Jacqueline Frizenschaf, Leon van der Linden, Andrew Lowe, Katja Hogendoorn, Scott Groom, Timothy R. Cavagnaro
Summary: Research shows that combining carbon payments with cost savings from water quality improvements is the most promising avenue, while combining pollination services and reduced lamb mortality with carbon payments could not bridge the economic gap except under the most optimistic assumptions. The economic case for significant land use change is likely to be geographically dispersed and only viable in relatively niche landscape positions in high-cost, high-opportunity areas.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Lauren E. O'Brien, Rachael E. Urbanek, James D. Gregory
Summary: The recent sprawl of urbanization in the Eastern U.S. has made landscapes vulnerable to degradation. Urban forests have been presented as a method to ameliorate human and environmental health in metropolitan environments. This study highlights the ecological functions and human benefits of urban forests and emphasizes the importance of incorporating trees into city design for mitigating environmental impacts.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Hector Tavarez, Levan Elbakidze, Oscar J. Abelleira-Martinez, Zayra Ramos-Bendana, Nilsa A. Bosque-Perez
Summary: This study estimated household willingness to pay for gray and green interventions to augment water supply in rural Costa Rica using contingent valuation and choice experiment methods. Results showed variation in willingness to pay for different projects, with households valuing reforestation higher than well construction. Additionally, nonwater-related benefits and differences in value elicitation methods also influenced households' preferences and willingness to pay.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Luizmar de Assis Barros, Michelle Venter, Che Elkin, Oscar Venter
Summary: This study found that attribute-based old-growth reserves have higher ecosystem services provisioning compared to age-based OGMAs. Additionally, tradeoffs with timber harvesting were reduced when old-growth attributes and water values were simultaneously prioritized.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Review
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Manoel Mariano Neto, Janaina Barbosa da Silva
Summary: This study aimed to understand the formation of carbon stocks in the mangrove ecosystem in Brazil and identify the factors that affect it, including biotic, abiotic and anthropic factors. A systematic review of 113 scientific articles, including 21 studies on Brazilian mangrove areas, was conducted. The global estimated carbon stock varies between 4.19 Pg C and 6.6 Pg C, with an average value of 5.34 Pg C. In Brazil, the recorded carbon stocks range from 358.79 Mg C/ha to 1,851 Mg C/ha, with an average of 709.36 Mg C/ha. Biotic factors such as vegetation composition, diversity, and management conditions, as well as abiotic factors like salinity, sediment composition, and soil properties, play significant roles. Land use and occupation also contribute to changes in carbon stocks.
GEOAMBIENTE ON-LINE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yvan Bettarel, Marine Combe, Antoinette Adingra, Awa Ndiaye, Thierry Bouvier, Jacques Panfili, Jean-Dominique Durand
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2018)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Marilia Hauser, Carolina R. C. Doria, Roberto V. Santos, Aurea Garcia-Vasquez, Marc Pouilly, Christophe Pecheyran, Emmanuel Ponzevera, Gislene Torrente-Vilara, Sylvain Berail, Jacques Panfili, Audrey Darnaude, Jean-Francois Renno, Carmen Garcia-Davila, Jesus Nunez, Franck Ferraton, Gladys Vargas, Fabrice Duponchelle
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2019)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Manh Hung Pham, Jean-Dominique Durand, Minh Phong Le, Bich Thao T. Vo, Duc Huy Hoang, Jacques Panfili
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
(2020)
Article
Environmental Sciences
E. Archer, L. E. Dziba, K. J. Mulongoy, M. A. Maoela, M. Walters, R. Biggs, M-C Cormier Salem, F. DeClerck, M. C. Diaw, A. E. Dunham, P. Failler, C. Gordon, K. A. Harhash, R. Kasisi, F. Kizito, W. D. Nyingi, N. Oguge, B. Osman-Elasha, L. C. Stringer, L. Tito de Morais, A. Assogbadjo, B. N. Egoh, M. W. Halmy, K. Heubach, A. Mensah, L. Pereira, N. Sitas
Summary: Biodiversity and nature's contributions to people are in danger worldwide, particularly in Africa where they are negatively impacted by drivers such as land use and climate change. Among five plausible futures for Africa, prioritizing environment and sustainability is shown as the most likely path to achieving long term development objectives without harming biodiversity and ecosystem services.
ENVIRONMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Ousseynou Samba, Khady Diouf, Massal Fall, Papa Ndiaye, Jacques Panfili
Summary: The study found that most of the life history traits of round sardinella Sardinella aurita remained stable over the past few decades, but the size at first sexual maturity and absolute fecundity showed significant increases. It is recommended to reduce fishing efforts to maintain stocks of this species along the Senegal coast.
REGIONAL STUDIES IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ngan Trong Tran, Maylis Labonne, Ming-Tsung Chung, Chia-Hui Wang, Kuo-Fang Huang, Jean-Dominique Durand, Chaiwut Grudpan, Bunyeth Chan, Huy Duc Hoang, Jacques Panfili
Summary: The study used strontium isotope ratios and trace element concentrations to study the migration pathways of a threatened fish species in the Mekong River. Differences in trace element concentrations could not distinguish between migration pathways, but strontium isotopes were effective in identifying them. Collaboration and management are essential for the conservation of migratory fish in the Mekong River.
Article
Fisheries
Jacques Panfili, Clarisse Boulenger, Camille Musseau, Alain J. Crivelli
Summary: The European eel is endangered due to its unique life cycle, fishing pressure, and difficulties in population management. A long-term experiment and stocking of glass eels were conducted to improve understanding of population dynamics and refine conservation policies. The study found that the growth rates of eels were highly variable and age estimates were not always accurate.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Manh Hung Pham, Duc Huy Hoang, Jacques Panfili, Dominique Ponton, Jean-Dominique Durand
Summary: Knowledge of marine fish diversity in the Con Dao Archipelago, Vietnam's oldest marine-protected area, is still incomplete. This study used DNA barcode-based identification to update the species checklist for Con Dao's marine coastal habitats. It found that a significant number of species were new records for both Con Dao and Vietnam, and that certain species could not be fully named due to taxonomical gaps or mislabelled DNA barcodes.
MARINE BIODIVERSITY
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Jean-Dominique Durand, Monique Simier, Ngan Trong Tran, Chaiwut Grudpan, Bunyeth Chan, Bao Ngoc Le Nguyen, Huy Duc Hoang, Jacques Panfili
Summary: The Mekong River is facing threats to its fish diversity and sustainability due to anthropogenic pressures, such as damming. An eDNA study conducted along the river confirmed the potential of this approach for monitoring fish diversity and highlighted the need for a comprehensive Mekong fish barcode library for accurate species identification.
Article
Fisheries
Mardja Tahri, Jacques Panfili
Summary: For the first time in North Africa, a 13-year biomonitoring survey was conducted on the European eel species Anguilla anguilla, addressing the lack of information on the species in the region. The study focused on four potential locations where the species is legally exploited and found significant differences in growth, silvering, and maturity compared to European waters, suggesting distinct life-history traits influenced by environmental conditions.
JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY
(2023)
Correction
Environmental Sciences
Julien Andrieu, Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem, Luc Descroix, Tidiane Sane, El Hadji Balla Dieye, Ngor Ndour
REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS-SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Zoology
Anne Tessier, David Beaune, Jean Guillard, Kaoboun Kue, Maud Cottet, Vincent Chanudet, Stephane Descloux, Jacques Panfili
Article
Fisheries
Ngan T. Tran, Maylis Labonne, Huy D. Hoang, Jacques Panfili
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2019)
Article
Zoology
Anne Tessier, Charlotte Blin, Maud Cottet, Kaoboun Kue, Jacques Panfili, Vincent Chanudet, Stephane Descloux, Jean Guillard
Article
Environmental Sciences
Julien Andrieu, Marie-Christine Cormier-Salem, Luc Descroix, Tidiane Sane, El Hadji Balla Dieye, Ngor Ndour
REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS-SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT
(2019)