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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Transforming management of tropical coastal seas to cope with challenges of the 21st century
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 85, No. 1, Year 2014
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Over 1.3 billion people live on tropical coasts, primarily in developing countries. Many depend on adjacent coastal seas for food, and livelihoods. We show how trends in demography and in several local and global anthropogenic stressors are progressively degrading capacity of coastal waters to sustain these people. Far more effective approaches to environmental management are needed if the loss in provision of ecosystem goods and services is to be stemmed. We propose expanded use of marine spatial planning as a framework for more effective, pragmatic management based on ocean zones to accommodate conflicting uses. This would force the holistic, regional-scale reconciliation of food security, livelihoods, and conservation that is needed. Transforming how countries manage coastal resources will require major change in policy and politics, implemented with sufficient flexibility to accommodate societal variations. Achieving this change is a major challenge - one that affects the lives of one fifth of humanity. © 2014 The Authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sale, Peter F.
Canada, Hamilton
United Nations University
Agardy, Tundi
United States, Bethesda
Sound Seas
Ainsworth, Cameron H.
United States, St Petersburg
University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Feist, Blake E.
United States, Seattle
Noaa Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Bell, Johann Diepernk
New Caledonia, Noumea
Secretariat of the Pacific Community Noumea
Australia, Wollongong
University of Wollongong
Christie, Patrick J.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove I.
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Mumby, Peter J.
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Feary, David A.
Australia, Sydney
University of Technology Sydney
Saunders, Megan I.
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Daw, Tim M.
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
United Kingdom, Norwich
University of East Anglia
Foale, Simon J.
Australia, Townsville
James Cook University
Levin, Phillip S.
United States, Seattle
Noaa Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Lindeman, Ken C.
United States, Melbourne
Florida Institute of Technology
Lorenzen, Kai
United States, Gainesville
University of Florida
Pomeroy, Robert S.
United States, Groton
University of Connecticut Avery Point Campus
Allison, Edward Hugh
United Kingdom, Norwich
University of East Anglia
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Bradbury, R. H.
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Corrin, Jennifer
Australia, Brisbane
The University of Queensland
Edwards, Alasdair James
United Kingdom, Newcastle
Newcastle University
Obura, David Obare
Kenya, Mombasa
Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean East Africa
Sadovy, Yvonne J.
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong, Swire Institute of Marine Science
Samoilys, Melita Anne
Kenya, Mombasa
Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean East Africa
Sheppard, Charles R.C.
United Kingdom, Coventry
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine
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Citations: 133
Authors: 24
Affiliations: 20
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.005
ISSN:
0025326X
e-ISSN:
18793363
Research Areas
Food Security
Health System And Policy