Topic
Ecosystem-based management
About: Ecosystem-based management is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1013 publications have been published within this topic receiving 38566 citations.
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State Street Corporation1, University of California, Santa Barbara2, University of Hawaii at Manoa3, Stanford University4, Wildlife Conservation Society5, Arizona State University6, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill7, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration8, Environmental Defense Fund9, Ocean Conservancy10, The Nature Conservancy11, University of Maine12, University of British Columbia13
TL;DR: This article developed an ecosystem-specific, multiscale spatial model to synthesize 17 global data sets of anthropogenic drivers of ecological change for 20 marine ecosystems and found that no area is unaffected by human influence and that a large fraction (41%) is strongly affected by multiple drivers.
Abstract: The management and conservation of the world's oceans require synthesis of spatial data on the distribution and intensity of human activities and the overlap of their impacts on marine ecosystems. We developed an ecosystem-specific, multiscale spatial model to synthesize 17 global data sets of anthropogenic drivers of ecological change for 20 marine ecosystems. Our analysis indicates that no area is unaffected by human influence and that a large fraction (41%) is strongly affected by multiple drivers. However, large areas of relatively little human impact remain, particularly near the poles. The analytical process and resulting maps provide flexible tools for regional and global efforts to allocate conservation resources; to implement ecosystem-based management; and to inform marine spatial planning, education, and basic research.
6,373 citations
University of Miami1, Wildlife Conservation Society2, Marine Sciences Research Center3, Scripps Institution of Oceanography4, University of Washington5, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science6, National Marine Fisheries Service7, University of California, Santa Cruz8, Royal School of Mines9, National Research Council10, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation11
TL;DR: Pikitch et al. as discussed by the authors describe the potential benefits of implementation of ecosystem-based fishery management that, in their view, far outweigh the difficulties of making the transition from a management system based on maximizing individual species.
Abstract: Ecosystem-based fishery management (EBFM) is a new direction for fishery management, essentially reversing the order of management priorities so that management starts with the ecosystem rather than a target species. EBFM aims to sustain healthy marine ecosystems and the fisheries they support.
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describe the potential benefits of implementation of EBFM that, in their view, far outweigh the difficulties of making the transition from a management system based on maximizing individual species.
2,316 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the effectiveness of the ecosystem services framework in decision-making is thwarted by conflation of services, values, and benefits, and that failure to appropriately treat diverse kinds of values.
1,527 citations
TL;DR: Marine spatial planning (MSP) has become a crucial step in making ecosystem-based, sea use management a reality as discussed by the authors, and it can be defined and what its core objectives are.
1,054 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a framework for ecosystem services research and practice, addressing three challenges: (1) non-material values are ill suited to characterization using monetary methods; (2) it is difficult to unequivocally link particular changes in socioecological systems to cultural benefits; and (3) cultural benefits are associated with many services, not just cultural ES.
Abstract: A focus on ecosystem services (ES) is seen as a means for improving decisionmaking. In the research to date, the valuation of the material contributions of ecosystems to human well-being has been emphasized, with less attention to important cultural ES and nonmaterial values. This gap persists because there is no commonly accepted framework for eliciting less tangible values, characterizing their changes, and including them alongside other services in decisionmaking. Here, we develop such a framework for ES research and practice, addressing three challenges: (1) Nonmaterial values are ill suited to characterization using monetary methods; (2) it is difficult to unequivocally link particular changes in socioecological systems to particular changes in cultural benefits; and (3) cultural benefits are associated with many services, not just cultural ES. There is no magic bullet, but our framework may facilitate fuller and more socially acceptable integrations of ES information into planning and management.
1,046 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2025 | 19 |
| 2024 | 30 |
| 2023 | 32 |
| 2022 | 37 |
| 2021 | 53 |
| 2020 | 70 |