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Salomon AK, Okamoto DK, Wilson ḴBJ, Tommy Happynook H, Mack WA, Allan Davidson SH, Guujaaw G, L Humchitt WWH, Happynook TM, Cox WC, Gillette HF, Christiansen NS, Dragon D, Kobluk HM, Lee LC, Tinker MT, Silver JJ, Armitage D, McKechnie I, MacNeil A, Hillis D, Muhl EK, Gregr EJ, Commander CJC, Augustine A. Disrupting and diversifying the values, voices and governance principles that shape biodiversity science and management. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2023; 378:20220196. [PMID: 37246378 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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With climate, biodiversity and inequity crises squarely upon us, never has there been a more pressing time to rethink how we conceptualize, understand and manage our relationship with Earth's biodiversity. Here, we describe governance principles of 17 Indigenous Nations from the Northwest Coast of North America used to understand and steward relationships among all components of nature, including humans. We then chart the colonial origins of biodiversity science and use the complex case of sea otter recovery to illuminate how ancestral governance principles can be mobilized to characterize, manage and restore biodiversity in more inclusive, integrative and equitable ways. To enhance environmental sustainability, resilience and social justice amid today's crises, we need to broaden who benefits from and participates in the sciences of biodiversity by expanding the values and methodologies that shape such initiatives. In practice, biodiversity conservation and natural resource management need to shift from centralized, siloed approaches to those that can accommodate plurality in values, objectives, governance systems, legal traditions and ways of knowing. In doing so, developing solutions to our planetary crises becomes a shared responsibility. This article is part of the theme issue 'Detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change: needs, gaps and solutions'.
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- Anne K Salomon
- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32303, USA
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2
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- Haida Nation, Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada V0T 1S1
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- Che:k:tles7et'h' Nation, Kyuquot, British Columbia, Canada VOP 1J0
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- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
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- Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve, National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, and Haida Heritage Site, 60 Second Beach Road, Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada V0T 1S1
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- Nhydra Ecological Consulting, 11 Parklea Drive, Head of St Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada B3Z 2G6
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- Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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- School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2
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- Ocean Frontier Institute, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, PO Box 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2
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- School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo, 200 University Ave W, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
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- Institute for Resources Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
- Scitech Environmental Consulting 2136 Napier St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5L 2N9
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32303, USA
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- Stz'uminus Nation, 1041-B Trunk Rd, Duncan, British Columbia, Canada V9L 2S4
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Mc Cartney AM, Head MA, Tsosie KS, Sterner B, Glass JR, Paez S, Geary J, Hudson M. Indigenous peoples and local communities as partners in the sequencing of global eukaryotic biodiversity. NPJ BIODIVERSITY 2023; 2:8. [PMID: 38693997 PMCID: PMC11062294 DOI: 10.1038/s44185-023-00013-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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The aim to sequence, catalog, and characterize the genomes of all of Earth's eukaryotic biodiversity is the shared mission of many ongoing large-scale biodiversity genomics initiatives. Reference genomes of global flora and fauna have the potential to inform a broad range of major issues facing both biodiversity and humanity, such as the impact of climate change, the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems, public health crises, and the preservation and enhancement of ecosystem services. Biodiversity is dramatically declining: 28% of species being assessed by the IUCN are threatened with extinction, and recent reports suggest that a transformative change is needed to conserve and protect what remains. To provide a collective and global genomic response to the biodiversity crisis, many biodiversity genomics initiatives have come together, creating a network of networks under the Earth BioGenome Project. This network seeks to expedite the creation of an openly available, "public good" encyclopedia of high-quality eukaryotic reference genomes, in the hope that by advancing our basic understanding of nature, it can lead to the transformational scientific developments needed to conserve and protect global biodiversity. Key to completing this ambitious encyclopedia of reference genomes, is the ability to responsibly, ethically, legally, and equitably access and use samples from all of the eukaryotic species across the planet, including those that are under the custodianship of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. Here, the biodiversity genomics community is subject to the provisions codified in international, national, and local legislations and customary community norms, principles, and protocols. We propose a framework to support biodiversity genomic researchers, projects, and initiatives in building trustworthy and sustainable partnerships with communities, providing minimum recommendations on how to access, utilize, preserve, handle, share, analyze, and communicate samples, genomics data, and associated Traditional Knowledge obtained from, and in partnership with, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities across the data-lifecycle.
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- Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Native BioData Consortium, Eagle Butte, SD USA
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
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- Department of Fisheries, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK USA
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- Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY USA
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- School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
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- Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Toone TA, Benjamin ED, Hillman JR, Handley S, Jeffs A. Multidisciplinary baselines quantify a drastic decline of mussel reefs and reveal an absence of natural recovery. Ecosphere 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.4390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023] Open
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- Trevyn A. Toone
- Institute of Marine Science University of Auckland Leigh New Zealand
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Nelson New Zealand
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- Institute of Marine Science University of Auckland Leigh New Zealand
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Nelson New Zealand
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- Institute of Marine Science University of Auckland Leigh New Zealand
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Nelson New Zealand
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- Institute of Marine Science University of Auckland Leigh New Zealand
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Lindkvist E, Pellowe KE, Alexander SM, Drury O'Neill E, Finkbeiner EM, Girón‐Nava A, González‐Mon B, Johnson AF, Pittman J, Schill C, Wijermans N, Bodin Ö, Gelcich S, Glaser M. Untangling social-ecological interactions: A methods portfolio approach to tackling contemporary sustainability challenges in fisheries. FISH AND FISHERIES (OXFORD, ENGLAND) 2022; 23:1202-1220. [PMID: 36247348 PMCID: PMC9546375 DOI: 10.1111/faf.12678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Meeting the objectives of sustainable fisheries management requires attention to the complex interactions between humans, institutions and ecosystems that give rise to fishery outcomes. Traditional approaches to studying fisheries often do not fully capture, nor focus on these complex interactions between people and ecosystems. Despite advances in the scope and scale of interactions encompassed by more holistic methods, for example ecosystem-based fisheries management approaches, no single method can adequately capture the complexity of human-nature interactions. Approaches that combine quantitative and qualitative analytical approaches are necessary to generate a deeper understanding of these interactions and illuminate pathways to address fisheries sustainability challenges. However, combining methods is inherently challenging and requires understanding multiple methods from different, often disciplinarily distinct origins, demanding reflexivity of the researchers involved. Social-ecological systems' research has a history of utilising combinations of methods across the social and ecological realms to account for spatial and temporal dynamics, uncertainty and feedbacks that are key components of fisheries. We describe several categories of analytical methods (statistical modelling, network analysis, dynamic modelling, qualitative analysis and controlled behavioural experiments) and highlight their applications in fisheries research, strengths and limitations, data needs and overall objectives. We then discuss important considerations of a methods portfolio development process, including reflexivity, epistemological and ontological concerns and illustrate these considerations via three case studies. We show that, by expanding their methods portfolios, researchers will be better equipped to study the complex interactions shaping fisheries and contribute to solutions for sustainable fisheries management.
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- Stockholm Resilience CentreStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
- School of Marine SciencesUniversity of MaineWalpoleMaineUSA
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- Faculty of EnvironmentUniversity of WaterlooWaterlooOntarioCanada
- Environment and Biodiversity Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans CanadaOttawaOntarioCanada
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- Center for Oceans, Conservation InternationalHonoluluHawaiiUSA
- Coastal Science and PolicyUniversity of California Santa CruzSanta CruzCaliforniaUSA
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- Stanford Center for Ocean SolutionsStanford UniversityPalo AltoCaliforniaUSA
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- MarFishEco Fisheries ConsultantsEdinburghUK
- School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society, The Lyell Centre, Institute of Life and Earth SciencesMarineSPACE Group, Heriot‐Watt UniversityEdinburghUK
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- School of PlanningUniversity of WaterlooWaterlooOntarioCanada
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- Stockholm Resilience CentreStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
- Beijer Institute of Ecological EconomicsRoyal Swedish Academy of SciencesStockholmSweden
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- Stockholm Resilience CentreStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
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- Stockholm Resilience CentreStockholm UniversityStockholmSweden
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- Center for Applied Ecology and Sustainability (CAPES)Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileSantiagoChile
- Instituto Milenio en Socio‐ecología costera (SECOS)SantiagoChile
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- Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)BremenGermany
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Reid M, Collins ML, Hall SRJ, Mason E, McGee G, Frid A. Protecting our coast for everyone's future: Indigenous and scientific knowledge support marine spatial protections proposed by Central Coast First Nations in Pacific Canada. PEOPLE AND NATURE 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- Mike Reid
- Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management Department Haíłzaqv Nation Wágḷísḷa British Columbia Canada
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- Kitasoo Xai'xais Fisheries Kitasoo Xai'xais Nation Klemtu British Columbia Canada
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- Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance Campbell River British Columbia Canada
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- Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance Campbell River British Columbia Canada
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Thierry H, Parrott L, Robinson B. Next steps for ecosystem service models: integrating complex interactions and beneficiaries. Facets (Ott) 2021. [DOI: 10.1139/facets-2020-0116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Accounting for ecosystem services (ES)—the ways in which society and people directly benefit from ecological processes and functions—is crucial for developing sustainable landscape management approaches that consider the interrelationship between people and nature. Previous research has produced models that estimate the provision of potential ES by landscapes to help inform policy and stakeholder decision-making. However, most modelling efforts do not consider the delivery of ES to specific human populations or communities, making it difficult to evaluate any possible human welfare implications from alternative land use planning scenarios. In this paper, we first explore the recent state of science of ES modelling from the perspective of ES provision and delivery to the people that benefit from them. Second, we propose the addition of some essential aspects of complexity using the classic social–ecological system framework, crucial for developing models to inform pragmatic decision-making. Our propositions are illustrated using simplified examples inspired by sea otter conservation in the seascapes of British Columbia. Integrating these concepts in future ES models should serve as a baseline for future management approaches that more adequately capture the important implications of landscape scenarios on human well-being.
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- Hugo Thierry
- Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0B9, Canada
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- The Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada
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- Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0B9, Canada
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Varghese J, Crawford SS. A cultural framework for Indigenous, Local, and Science knowledge systems in ecology and natural resource management. ECOL MONOGR 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Jeji Varghese
- Department of Sociology and Anthropology University of Guelph Guelph OntarioN1G 2W1Canada
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- Department of Integrative Biology University of Guelph Guelph OntarioN1G 2W1Canada
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Early-Capistrán MM, Solana-Arellano E, Abreu-Grobois FA, Narchi NE, Garibay-Melo G, Seminoff JA, Koch V, Saenz-Arroyo A. Quantifying local ecological knowledge to model historical abundance of long-lived, heavily-exploited fauna. PeerJ 2020; 8:e9494. [PMID: 32742788 PMCID: PMC7377249 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Deriving robust historical population trends for long-lived species subject to human exploitation is challenging in scenarios where long-term scientific data are scarce or unavailable, as often occurs for species affected by small-scale fisheries and subsistence hunting. The importance of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) in data-poor scenarios is increasingly recognized in conservation, both in terms of uncovering historical trends and for engaging community stewardship of historic information. Building on previous work in marine historical ecology and local ecological knowledge, we propose a mixed socio-ecological framework to reliably document and quantify LEK to reconstruct historical population trends. Our method can be adapted by interdisciplinary teams to study various long-lived taxa with a history of human use. We demonstrate the validity of our approach by reconstructing long-term abundance data for the heavily-exploited East Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas) in Baja California, Mexico, which was driven to near extinction by a largely unregulated fishery from the early 1950s to the 1980s. No scientific baseline abundance data were available for this time-frame because recent biological surveys started in 1995 after all green turtle fisheries in the area were closed. To fill this data gap, we documented LEK among local fishers using ethnographic methods and obtained verified, qualitative data to understand the socio-environmental complexity of the green turtle fishery. We then established an iterative framework to synthesize and quantify LEK using generalized linear models (GLMs) and nonlinear regression (NLR) to generate a standardized, LEK-derived catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) time-series. CPUE is an index of abundance that is compatible with contemporary scientific survey data. We confirmed the accuracy of LEK-derived CPUE estimates via comparisons with fisheries statistics available for 1962–1982. We then modeled LEK-derived abundance trends prior to 1995 using NLR. Our model established baseline abundance and described historical declines, revealing that the most critical (exponential) decline occurred between 1960 and 1980. This robust integration of LEK data with ecological science is of critical value for conservation and management, as it contributes to a holistic view of a species’ historic and contemporary conservation status.
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- Departamento de Ecología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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- Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología - Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
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- CoLaboratorio de Oceanografía Social/Centro de Estudios de Geografía Humana, El Colegio de Michoacán - Sede La Piedad, La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico
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- Posgrado en Manejo de Ecosistemas de Zonas Áridas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn, Germany, Bonn, Germany
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- Departamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
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Burt JM, Wilson ḴBJ, Malchoff T, Mack WA, Davidson SHA, Gitkinjuaas, Salomon AK. Enabling coexistence: Navigating predator‐induced regime shifts in human‐ocean systems. PEOPLE AND NATURE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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- Jenn M. Burt
- School of Resource & Environmental Management Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada
- Hakai Institute Heriot Bay BC Canada
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- School of Resource & Environmental Management Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC Canada
- Hakai Institute Heriot Bay BC Canada
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Mata L, Ramalho CE, Kennedy J, Parris KM, Valentine L, Miller M, Bekessy S, Hurley S, Cumpston Z. Bringing nature back into cities. PEOPLE AND NATURE 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pan3.10088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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- Luis Mata
- Centre for Urban Research School of Global, Urban and Social Studies RMIT University Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia Crawley WA Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences The University of Wollongong Wollongong NSW Australia
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- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences The University of Melbourne Parkville Vic. Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia Crawley WA Australia
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- Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning Heritage Victoria East Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Centre for Urban Research School of Global, Urban and Social Studies RMIT University Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Centre for Urban Research School of Global, Urban and Social Studies RMIT University Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences The University of Western Australia Crawley WA Australia
- School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences The University of Melbourne Parkville Vic. Australia
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