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- Belgrano, Andrea, et al.
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Mapping and Evaluating Marine Protected Areas and Ecosystem Services: A Transdisciplinary Delphi Forecasting Process Framework
- 2021
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In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. - : Frontiers Media SA. - 2296-701X. ; 9
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for management and conservation and play an increasingly recognised role in societal and human well-being. However, the assessment of MPAs often lacks a simultaneous consideration of ecological and socio-economic outcomes, and this can lead to misconceptions on the effectiveness of MPAs. In this perspective, we present a transdisciplinary approach based on the Delphi method for mapping and evaluating Marine Protected Areas for their ability to protect biodiversity while providing Ecosystem Services (ES) and related human well-being benefits – i.e., the ecosystem outputs from which people benefit. We highlight the need to include the human dimensions of marine protection in such assessments, given that the effectiveness of MPAs over time is conditional on the social, cultural and institutional contexts in which MPAs evolve. Our approach supports Ecosystem-Based Management and highlights the importance of MPAs in achieving restoration, conservation, and sustainable development objectives in relation to EU Directives such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive (MSPD), and the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP).
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- Blenckner, Thorsten, et al.
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The Baltic Health Index (BHI): Assessing the social-ecological status of the Baltic Sea
- 2021
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In: People and Nature. - : Wiley. - 2575-8314. ; 3:2, s. 359-375
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Improving the health of coastal and open sea marine ecosystems represents a substantial challenge for sustainable marine resource management, since it requires balancing human benefits and impacts on the ocean. This challenge is often exacerbated by incomplete knowledge and lack of tools that measure ocean and coastal ecosystem health in a way that allows consistent monitoring of progress towards predefined management targets. The lack of such tools often limits capabilities to enact and enforce effective governance. We introduce the Baltic Health Index (BHI) as a transparent, collaborative and repeatable assessment tool. The Index complements existing, more ecological-oriented, approaches by including a human dimension on the status of the Baltic Sea, an ecosystem impacted by multiple anthropogenic pressures and governed by a multitude of comprehensive national and international policies. Using a large amount of social-ecological data available, we assessed the health of the Baltic Sea for nine goals that represent the status towards set targets, for example, clean waters, biodiversity, food provision, natural products extraction and tourism. Our results indicate that the overall health of the Baltic Sea is suboptimal (a score of 76 out of 100), and a substantial effort is required to reach the management objectives and associated targets. Subregionally, the lowest BHI scores were measured for carbon storage, contaminants and lasting special places (i.e. marine protected areas), albeit with large spatial variation. Overall, the likely future status of all goals in the BHI averaged for the entire Baltic Sea is better than the present status, indicating a positive trend towards a healthier Baltic Sea. However, in some Baltic Sea basins, the trend for specific goals was decreasing, highlighting locations and issues that should be the focus of management priorities. The BHI outcomes can be used to identify both pan-Baltic and subregional scale management priorities and to illustrate the interconnectedness between goals linked by cumulative pressures. Hence, the information provided by the BHI tool and its further development will contribute towards the fulfilment of the UN Agenda 2030 and its Sustainability Development Goals. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
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- Morf, Andrea, 1968, et al.
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Remissyttrande: Sveriges nationella havsplaner 2018
- 2018
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Havsmiljöinstitutet lämnar härmed synpunkter på dokumenten Förslag till Havsplan, Miljökonsekvensbeskrivning (MKB) samt Hållbarhetsbedömning (HB) för havsplanområdena Bottenviken, Östersjön och Västerhavet, utarbetade av Havs- och Vattenmyndigheten (HaV). Havsmiljöinstitutets (och ingående universitets) experter har tolkat sin uppgift bredare än att svara på remissfrågorna om planernas innehåll och kunskapsbas. Institutet kommenterar ur ett brett tvärvetenskapligt perspektiv följande: 1. rollen som akademin och institutet har spelat i havsplaneringen hittills, 2. kust- och havsplanerings¬systemet och processen, samt 3. dokumenten och kunskapsbasen. Här ingår förslag hur allt kunde utvecklas vidare, inklusive Institutets egen roll som länk mellan forskning och förvaltning, både på kortare och längre sikt.
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- Belgrano, Andrea
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Body-size distributions and size-spectra: universal indicators of ecological status?
- 2010
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In: Biology Letters. - : The Royal Society. - 1744-9561 .- 1744-957X. ; 6, s. 434-437
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The sizes of individual organisms, rather than their taxonomy, are used to inform management and conservation in some aquatic ecosystems. The European Science Foundation Research Network, SIZEMIC, facilitates integration of such approaches with the more taxonomic approaches used in terrestrial ecology. During its 4-year tenure, the Network is bringing together researchers from disciplines including theorists, empiricists, government employees, and practitioners, via a series of meetings, working groups and research visits. The research conducted suggests that organismal size, with a generous helping of taxonomy, provides the most probable route to universal indicators of ecological status.
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- Belgrano, Andrea
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Food Webs
- 2019
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In: Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences (Third Edition), Volume 1. - 9780128130827 ; , s. 702-708
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)
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