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Dencer-Brown AM, Shilland R, Friess D, Herr D, Benson L, Berry NJ, Cifuentes-Jara M, Colas P, Damayanti E, García EL, Gavaldão M, Grimsditch G, Hejnowicz AP, Howard J, Islam ST, Kennedy H, Kivugo RR, Lang'at JKS, Lovelock C, Malleson R, Macreadie PI, Andrade-Medina R, Mohamed A, Pidgeon E, Ramos J, Rosette M, Salim MM, Schoof E, Talukder B, Thomas T, Vanderklift MA, Huxham M. Integrating blue: How do we make nationally determined contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities? Ambio 2022; 51:1978-1993. [PMID: 35503201 PMCID: PMC9063623 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-022-01723-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 12/14/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Blue Carbon Ecosystems (BCEs) help mitigate and adapt to climate change but their integration into policy, such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), remains underdeveloped. Most BCE conservation requires community engagement, hence community-scale projects must be nested within the implementation of NDCs without compromising livelihoods or social justice. Thirty-three experts, drawn from academia, project development and policy, each developed ten key questions for consideration on how to achieve this. These questions were distilled into ten themes, ranked in order of importance, giving three broad categories of people, policy & finance, and science & technology. Critical considerations for success include the need for genuine participation by communities, inclusive project governance, integration of local work into national policies and practices, sustaining livelihoods and income (for example through the voluntary carbon market and/or national Payment for Ecosystem Services and other types of financial compensation schemes) and simplification of carbon accounting and verification methodologies to lower barriers to entry.
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Affiliation(s)
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- School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, EH11 4BN, Scotland
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- Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- NUS Centre for Nature-Based Climate Solutions, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Global Marine and Polar Program, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland
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- The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, Suffolk, UK
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- CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Turrialba, 30501, Costa Rica
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- Conservation Finance Africa Field Division - Conservation International, Ndege Road, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Faculty of Forestry and Environment, IPB University, Bogor, 16680, Indonesia
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- CINVESTAV - Laboratorio de Producción Primaria, Recursos del Mar, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Unidad Mérida, Carretera Antigua a Progreso Km 6, CP 97310, Mérida, Yucatán, México
- Resiliencia Azul (NPO), Mogi das Cruzes, Mexico
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- Ubá Sustainability Institute - Blue Carbon Hub, Marseille, France
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- United Nations Environment Programme, UN Avenue, PO Box 67578, Nairobi, Kenya
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- School of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK
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- Blue Carbon Program, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA
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- Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, 1342, Bangladesh
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- School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Wales, LL59 5AB, UK
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- Mikoko Pamoja Community Base Organization, P.O. BOX 178-80404, Msambweni, Kenya
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- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, P. O. Box 81651-80100, Mombasa, Kenya
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- University College London, 14 Taviton Street, London, WC1H 0BW, UK
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood Campus, Burwood, VIC, 3125, Australia
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- CINVESTAV - Laboratorio de Producción Primaria, Recursos del Mar, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Unidad Mérida, Carretera Antigua a Progreso Km 6, CP 97310, Mérida, Yucatán, México
- Resiliencia Azul (NPO), Mogi das Cruzes, Mexico
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- United Nations Environment Programme, UN Avenue, PO Box 67578, Nairobi, Kenya
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- Center for Oceans, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA
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- Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 6087, South Bunbury, WA, 6230, Australia
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- CINVESTAV - Laboratorio de Producción Primaria, Recursos del Mar, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional - Unidad Mérida, Carretera Antigua a Progreso Km 6, CP 97310, Mérida, Yucatán, México
- Resiliencia Azul (NPO), Mogi das Cruzes, Mexico
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- Vanga Blue Forest Community Based Organization, P.O Box 115-80402, Lungalunga, Kwale County, Kenya
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- Plan Vivo Foundation, Thorn House, 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PR, UK
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- Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- International Ocean Policy, Global Policy and Government Relations, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 600, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA
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- CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, EH11 4BN, Scotland
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Urzedo D, Pedrini S, Vieira DLM, Sampaio AB, Souza BDF, Campos-Filho EM, Piña-Rodrigues FCM, Schmidt IB, Junqueira RGP, Dixon K. Indigenous and local communities can boost seed supply in the UN decade on ecosystem restoration. Ambio 2022; 51:557-568. [PMID: 34231132 PMCID: PMC8259771 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01593-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
The UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration is poised to trigger the recovery of ecosystem services and transform structural injustices across the world in a way unparalleled in human history. The inclusion of diverse Indigenous and local communities to co-create robust native seed supply systems is the backbone to achieve the goals for the Decade. Here we show how community-based organizations have co-developed native seed supply strategies for landscape restoration from the bottom-up. We draw on the interconnections over two decades of seed networks in Brazil and the emerging Indigenous participation in native seed production in Australia. From an environmental justice perspective, we provide a participatory seed supply approach for local engagement, noting local geographical, social and cultural contexts. Meeting large-scale restoration goals requires the connection between local seed production and collaborative platforms to negotiate roles, rights and responsibilities between stakeholders. An enduring native seed supply must include a diversity of voices and autonomy of community groups that builds equitable participation in social, economic, and environmental benefits.
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Affiliation(s)
- Danilo Urzedo
- ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102 Australia
- Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1SB UK
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- ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102 Australia
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, DF 70770-917 Brazil
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- ICMBio - Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, CBC - Centro de Avaliação da Biodiversidade, Pesquisa e Conservacão do Cerrado, Lago Sul, Brasília, DF Brazil
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- Environmental Science Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos campus de Sorocaba, Sorocaba, SP 18052-780 Brazil
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- Ecology Department, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF 70910-900 Brazil
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- ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102 Australia
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