Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Kutlwano Makwatse, Leatile Modie, Morati Mpalo, Caitlin Blaser Mapitsa
Summary: Botswana's new national climate-adaptation plan framework acknowledges the challenges climate change poses to household resilience. However, there is limited empirical data on the current gender dynamics in relation to climate-adaptive priorities and practices. This study explores the gendered variations in understanding resilience to climate change and how it is reflected in policies and responses.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Pramod K. Singh, Harpalsinh Chudasama
Summary: This study examines the effectiveness of adaptation measures for rural communities in arid and semi-arid regions facing climate variability and change, finding that integrated adaptation measures are most likely to enhance resilience. Inclusive institutions, financial assistance, and climate information services are needed to facilitate such adaptation measures.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Danqiu Cao, Yahua Wang, Liangzhen Zang
Summary: This study empirically investigates the impact of land reallocation on collective action using the example of the agricultural irrigation system in rural China. The findings suggest that land reallocation has a negative effect on irrigation collective action, but the presence of informal organizations and effective leadership can help mitigate these negative effects. This research contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between land reallocation and irrigation collective action and provides valuable policy insights for countries or regions dealing with land reallocation issues.
Article
Agronomy
Gabriela Perez-Quesada, Nathan P. Hendricks
Summary: The study evaluates four groundwater management plans in Kansas to understand local governance and collective action. Results show challenges in following design principles, reducing water use, voluntary vs mandatory participation, explaining support, and perceived information levels. Successful water management collective action in the USA is likely to be small-scale, mandatory, and involve user participation.
AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
I. P. Holman, T. M. Hess, D. Rey, J. W. Knox
Summary: Droughts have significant impacts on agriculture, not only in arid regions but also in more temperate and humid areas. A transferable drought management framework is needed to transition from coping with drought to adapting to it effectively.
FRONTIERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Veeshan Rayamajhee, Alok K. Bohara
Summary: Research demonstrates the important role of social capital in understanding voluntary collective action, especially in post-disaster reconstruction. Bonding social capital can promote collective action by fostering mutual trust, and both bonding and bridging/linking social capital have direct effects on collective action following disasters.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pooja Prasad, Annelieke Duker, Charlotte de Fraiture, Pieter van der Zaag
Summary: There is a need to enhance irrigation access in sub-Saharan Africa to meet the challenges of growing population and climate risk. The conventional approach of big investments in large irrigation infrastructure is risky, and an alternate adaptive investment pathways (AdIP) approach is proposed. AdIP involves monitoring, learning, and making smaller investments to ensure flexibility and reduce the chances of failure.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ranjan Roy, Animesh K. Gain, Margot A. Hurlbert, Narimah Samat, Mou Leong Tan, Ngai Weng Chan
Summary: The study aimed to design adaptation pathways to enhance the livelihood resilience of flood-affected households in Bangladesh. Through resilience assessment, PCA analysis for determining adaptation options, and stakeholder engagement workshops, short-, medium-, and long-term adaptation options were identified to maintain persistence, lead to transition, and facilitate transformation in the face of flooding. Critical policy implications were outlined for governance strengthening, economy promotion, and technology management.
ENVIRONMENT DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
(2021)
Article
Development Studies
Yahua Wang, Sicheng Chen, Eduardo Araral
Summary: The study found that villages closer to market centers have a more commercially-oriented agriculture, which incentivizes farmers to participate in collective action for maintaining irrigation commons. Additionally, the proximity between villages and provincial economic centers increases irrigation collective action through the mediated effects of village topography, population, and collective income.
Article
Environmental Studies
Nicolena vonHedemann, Tamera Breidenbach, Clint P. Carney, Leisl Carr Childers, Dominique M. David-Chavez, Caroline A. Havrilla, Mindy Hill, Hussam Mahmoud, Nathaniel D. Mueller, Courtney A. Schultz, Camille S. Stevens-Rumann
Summary: National-level governments are funding and directing climate adaptation research, but there is a need for greater emphasis on certain research needs, justice and equity considerations, and interdisciplinary research. US federal agencies prioritize research that is relevant and accessible, but some could incorporate justice considerations more substantially. Collaboration and funding support for crosscutting programs are essential for effective climate adaptation strategies.
Article
Development Studies
Luke J. Matthews, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Michelle Scobie, Laura E. R. Peters, Unni Gopinathan, Anuszka Mosurska, Katy Davis, Sonja Myhre, Saskia Hirsch, Eija Merilainen, Ilan Kelman
Summary: Community groups are adapting to climate change through collective action, utilizing positive reinforcement methods and few punishments. These organizations differ from businesses and governments, but still address common pool resource issues. This article examines how community groups solve collective action problems and discusses implications for collective action theory and climate change policymaking.
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Icen Yoosefdoost, Milad Basirifard, Jose Alvarez-Garcia, Maria de la Cruz del Rio-Rama
Summary: Among the solutions to climate change's harmful effects, adapting strategies such as changing cultivation dates, deficit irrigation, improving irrigation performance, and optimizing crop patterns have been investigated. The results show that these strategies can increase water use efficiency, reduce water consumption, and improve farmers' profits. The most effective strategies are deficit irrigation, improving irrigation performance, changing cultivation dates, and optimizing crop patterns.
Article
Economics
Abbie Turiansky
Summary: The study found that exposure to a collective action dilemma in a framed public goods game can encourage farmers to actively participate in the management of shared resources, increase social connections, and change participants' expectations of others' contributions to the public good.
JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Emma Armstrong-Carter, Eva H. Telzer
Summary: This longitudinal study examined whether adolescents' biological sensitivity to socioeconomic status (SES) for social difficulties varied day to day, finding that the relationship between family SES and social difficulties is influenced by daily fluctuations in diurnal cortisol slope.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Economics
Sara Lorenzini, Nadia von Jacobi
Summary: This paper fills the gap in the literature on polycentric governance by focusing on the micro-processes of conflict that precede its establishment. Through a comparative analysis of four case studies, the authors find that conflict can lead to negotiations and the eventual establishment of common procedural rules, which can sustain polycentric governance.
FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS
(2024)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Peter Caley, Julian R. W. Reid, Matthew J. Colloff, Simon C. Barry
Summary: Monitoring waterbird populations in Australia is challenging due to logistical issues with counting and rapid shifts in population aggregation and dispersion in response to variations in resource availability. A state-space model-based Bayesian approach was developed to estimate superpopulation size and model population growth rates, showing a strong positive effect of antecedent rainfall on population growth rates for most species. The study illustrates species-specific responses to rainfall in terms of habitat use, influencing presence on surveyed wetlands.
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL STATISTICS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
J. R. A. Butler, R. M. Wise, S. Meharg, N. Peterson, E. L. Bohensky, G. Lipsett-Moore, T. D. Skewes, D. Hayes, M. Fischer, P. Dunstan
Summary: Adaptation pathways are decision-making processes that can guide climate-resilient development in developing economies. In Papua New Guinea's Bismarck Sea, an adaptation pathways approach was tested for natural resource development and proved effective despite complex political dynamics.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mark Stafford-Smith, David Rissik, Roger Street, Brenda Lin, Veronica Doerr, Robert Webb, Lesley Andrew, Russell M. Wise
Summary: As the world recognizes the need to adapt to climate change, various adaptation planning and risk assessment guides have been developed. However, the implementation of adaptation actions seems challenging and users often feel overwhelmed. This study reviews 39 guides and identifies six core steps in the adaptation cycle, suggesting that guidance should be provided on different modes of applying the adaptation cycle in practice. The authors define three archetypal modes of adaptation cycle - Scan, Portfolio, and Project - to simplify the journey to action for practitioners considering climate adaptation for the first time.
CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Water Resources
Isobel Bender, Matthew J. Colloff, Jamie Pittock, Carina Wyborn
Summary: The Murray-Darling Basin Plan, a major water reform initiative in Australia aimed at returning water to the environment, has been criticized for not aligning with international treaty obligations. The Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment Mechanism, intended to achieve environmental benefits with less water, may not be sufficient to cope with climate change. A major reframing of environmental water policy and management is necessary.
AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Bruno Locatelli, Martin Laurenceau, Yaneth Roxana Calla Chumpisuca, Emilia Pramova, Ameline Vallet, Yesica Quispe Conde, Ronal Cervantes Zavala, Houria Djoudi, Sandra Lavorel, Matthew J. Colloff
Summary: The outcomes of climate change adaptation decisions depend on stakeholder interactions and power distribution. This study examines water management projects in a Peruvian watershed and finds that stakeholders hold different perspectives and preferences, influenced by their power. The study highlights the importance of considering multiple perspectives and questioning the decision context to empower excluded stakeholders.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Zoology
Matthew j. Colloff
Summary: This article describes new species and a new genus of polypterozetoid oribatid mite found in wet habitats in forests in south-eastern Australia. The findings expand our knowledge of the Phylogenetic and biogeographical affinities within the Polypterozetoidea superfamily.
Article
Ecology
Carina A. Wyborn, Lorrae E. van Kerkhoff, Matthew J. Colloff, Jason Alexandra, Ruby Olsson
Summary: Adaptive water governance scholarship aims for flexible and responsive governance that promotes inclusivity and collaboration among stakeholders. However, a case study of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin reveals that the reality of both adaptive water governance and polycentricity may not align with theoretical ideals.
ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Edward Sparkes, Edmond Totin, Saskia E. Werners, Russell M. Wise, James R. A. Butler, Katharine Vincent
Summary: Adaptation pathways are a decision-focused approach to account for uncertainties and complexities in planning and implementing adaptation actions. The pathways approach incorporates flexibility into decision making to accommodate changing conditions over time and reduce undesirable consequences. However, there is a lack of specific guidance on implementing and sustaining adaptation pathways.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Kate Lyons, Jamie Pittock, Matthew J. Colloff, Yilan Yu, Eytan Rocheta, Celine Steinfeld
Summary: The critique of the evaluation method for the SDLAM in the Murray-Darling Basin raises concerns about its lack of scientific rigor, bias towards measuring infrastructure outputs, and exclusion of residual risks, Basin-wide impacts, and climate change. Improved evaluation processes, including empirical data on outputs, outcomes, and impacts, are necessary to ensure that conservation objectives for wetlands can be met under SDLAM projects.
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Water Resources
John Williams, Matthew J. Colloff, R. Quentin Grafton, Shahbaz Khan, Zahra Paydar, Paul Wyrwoll
Summary: Using a three-infrastructures framework, this study examined key risks to water availability and quality in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. The importance of metering, monitoring, and auditing water flows, as well as linking evidence and analysis effectively, and ensuring accountability of decision-makers was emphasized. Innovative risk assessments were also highlighted as crucial.
AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES
(2023)
Review
Water Resources
Jamie Pittock, Samantha Corbett, Matthew J. Colloff, Paul Wyrwoll, Jason Alexandra, Sara Beavis, Kate Chipperfield, Barry Croke, Patrick Lane, Andrew Ross, John Williams
Summary: This article reviews the risks to shared water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin, following the report by CSIRO in 2006. Six groups of researchers have analyzed the risks of climate change, forest growth, groundwater, water infrastructure, water quality, and governance. These reviews provide an updated understanding of risk assessment and management that can contribute to future revisions of water legislation and basin planning. The authors synthesize the knowledge of these risks and suggest policy and management options, while noting that most risks remain and new risks have emerged. Water managers must anticipate a significant decrease in water availability, and governments need to actively manage these risks amidst increasing uncertainty.
AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES
(2023)
Article
Fisheries
Milo Costanza-van den Belt, Rohit Rao, Matthew J. Colloff, Jamie Pittock, Bradley Moggridge
Summary: Water managers in the Murray-Darling Basin are starting to recognize the cultural and environmental benefits of Indigenous co-management of environmental water. However, there is a disparity between Western technical and scientific perceptions and traditional knowledge and values when prioritizing environmental water use. The distribution of environmental flows does not meet the cultural needs of Indigenous nations due to physical restrictions and policy limitations, but there are environmental and cultural co-benefits when Indigenous peoples partner with environmental water managers.
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Emilia Pramova, Bruno Locatelli, Merelyn Valdivia-Diaz, Ameline Vallet, Yesica Quispe Conde, Houria Djoudi, Matthew J. Colloff, Francois Bousquet, Jacques Tassin, Claudia Munera Roldan
Summary: The study explores the construction of cultural ecosystem services to accommodate diverse worldviews and knowledge systems, emphasizing the importance of sensory, affective, and cognitive dimensions in human-nature interactions. Through a case study in the Peruvian Andes, the use of sensory, affective, and cognitive perspectives in interpreting and exploring relationships between people and nature is demonstrated.
Article
Fisheries
Neil Saintilan, Emma Asbridge, Richard Lucas, Kerrylee Rogers, Li Wen, Megan Powell, Matthew J. Colloff, Jose F. Rodriguez, Patricia M. Saco, Steven Sandi, Tien Dat Pham, Leo Lymburner
Summary: Climatically driven perturbations can lead to ecosystem collapse, but recent research on Australian ecosystems suggests that dieback and defoliation may not always result in reduced vegetation cover, but could indicate increased tree colonization and range infilling as a response to climate change.
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Fisheries
Erin Kirsch, Matthew J. Colloff, Jamie Pittock
Summary: This study examines how the maintenance of ecological character has been addressed in Australia's Murray-Darling Basin Plan and highlights the marginalization of consideration for Ramsar wetlands in managing environmental water by governments. Despite statutory requirements, there is a lack of transparency and accountability about how Ramsar obligations are met within each jurisdiction.
MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH
(2022)