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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola +30 more
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GIZC et élévation du niveau marin : vers une gestion innovante des littoraux vulnérables
VertigO, 2013 The phenomenon of the sea level rise obliges the public acttors of the littoral management, urban or natural, to face renewed stakes. The management of littoral risks has to articulate with the delicate balance between galloping urbanization and ...
Marie-Laure Lambert
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The Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries: Issues, Terminology, Principles, Institutional Foundations, Implementation and Outlook [PDF]
, 2003 Ecosystems are complex and dynamic natural units that produce goods and services beyond those of benefit to fisheries. Because fisheries have a direct impact on the ecosystem, which is also impacted by other human activities, they need to be managed in ...
A. Zerbi +4 more
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Innovative Regulatory Frameworks Promoting Green Economy for Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication in Europe [PDF]
, 2013 The political Rio 20 Declaration challenges lawyers and legal professionals around the world to think creatively about the legal preparedness for the green economy.
Gehring, Markus, Kent, Avidan
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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais +2 more
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Environmental ChallengesCoastal Special Economic Zones (CSEZs) are increasingly promoted as engines of blue growth and coastal development, yet their implementation often remains fragmented across agro-marine production systems, energy provision, and resource management ...
Erkata Yandri +2 more
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A Systems Approach Framework for Coastal Zones
Ecology and Society, 2011 This Special Feature Volume examines the potential value of the Systems Approach Framework (SAF) as a methodological framework for the transition to sustainable development in coastal zones.
Tom S. Hopkins +2 more
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Remote sensing for Mapping TSM concentration in Mahakam Delta: an analytical approach [PDF]
, 2004 The Indonesian coastal zones have always been under heavy pressures, including those from fisheries, oil industries and sea transportation. The presence of these activities carry a large portion of risk in damaging the environment as well as in ...
Budhiman, S. +2 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart +57 more
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한국해양공학회지Estuarine-coastal regions in Korea face escalating climate-related risks and fragmented governance between ministries, necessitating an integrated environmental information management system.
Choong-ki Kim, Yeonjoong Kim
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