IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-07-11 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02429-4

Noelle M C G Lasseur, Dirk Beukers, Kirsty Holstead, Dave Huitema

{"title":"Designing a transition towards circular economy of water: Examining practitioners' understandings in the Netherlands.","authors":"Noelle M C G Lasseur, Dirk Beukers, Kirsty Holstead, Dave Huitema","doi":"10.1007/s13280-026-02429-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-026-02429-4","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines how new policy concepts are taken up in practice, focusing on the Circular Economy of Water (CEW) in the Netherlands. Drawing on 20 semi-structured interviews with practitioners from different governance levels, regions, and sectors, we analyze how CEW is interpreted, reshaped, and mainstreamed into existing water-governance structures. We identify six lock-ins that constrain CEW's implementation and three mechanisms through which it is mainstreamed. Our findings show that lock-ins and mainstreaming mechanisms are closely interconnected: While CEW adapts to existing systems, it can also reinforce them, at times leading to rebound effects or supporting business-as-usual practices. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the dilemmas related to CEW governance, offering insights to enhance sustainable water management practices and transformative changes. We argue that design-oriented approaches can inform how CEW is imagined and implemented, helping to reconsider whether it addresses the causes of unsustainable practices or offers temporary fixes.","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148417501","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Risk and vulnerability assessment of coastal social-ecological systems in Bangladesh with strategic pathways for stewardship. 孟加拉国沿海社会生态系统的风险和脆弱性评估及其管理的战略途径。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-07-10 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02443-6

Ranjan Roy, Liton Chakraborty, Byomkesh Talukder, Mostofa Mujtahid Al Hussain, Surajit Haldar, Monishankar Sarkar

{"title":"Risk and vulnerability assessment of coastal social-ecological systems in Bangladesh with strategic pathways for stewardship.","authors":"Ranjan Roy, Liton Chakraborty, Byomkesh Talukder, Mostofa Mujtahid Al Hussain, Surajit Haldar, Monishankar Sarkar","doi":"10.1007/s13280-026-02443-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-026-02443-6","url":null,"abstract":"Bangladesh's coastal socio-ecological systems are increasingly threatened by climate hazards and human pressures, yet system-specific risk assessments remain limited. This study applies an adapted Global Delta Risk Index to evaluate risks across five systems, including irrigated agriculture, rain-fed agriculture, freshwater prawn farming, saltwater shrimp farming, and mangrove-dependent livelihoods. Using 48 quantitative and qualitative indicators, we employ a mixed-methods approach combining spatial datasets, socioeconomic statistics, interviews, and focus group discussions to construct composite indices of exposure, susceptibility, adaptive capacity, and ecosystem condition. Results show that mangrove-dependent systems exhibit the highest risk due to extreme hazard exposure, weak adaptive capacity, and ecosystem degradation, while shrimp-based systems show comparatively lower risk. All systems are affected by freshwater scarcity, salinity, and pollution. Findings highlight cross-system trade-offs and governance challenges. Co-developed stewardship strategies with stakeholders emphasize community empowerment, institutional strengthening, resilient agroecosystems, hybrid infrastructure, and integrated resource management.","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148417598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An ecosystem service value chain for sustainable environmental management. 可持续环境管理生态系统服务价值链。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-07-10 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02430-x

Anthea Coggan, Jeremy De Valck, Diane Jarvis, Victoria Graham, Petina L Pert, Cindy Huchery, Michelle Dyer

{"title":"An ecosystem service value chain for sustainable environmental management.","authors":"Anthea Coggan, Jeremy De Valck, Diane Jarvis, Victoria Graham, Petina L Pert, Cindy Huchery, Michelle Dyer","doi":"10.1007/s13280-026-02430-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-026-02430-x","url":null,"abstract":"Managing ecosystems effectively requires managing the ways in which people interact with them, as opposed to managing ecosystems in isolation. However, management decisions often rely predominantly on biophysical data, leaving socio-economic data on the periphery. The absence of centralised socio-economic data collected systematically and purposefully makes their inclusion in decision-making challenging and often impractical. Drawing on the aggregation of a variety of data from heterogeneous stakeholders, we present and test the Ecosystem Service Value Chain (ESVC), a decision-oriented data structuring framework for visualising, organising, and prioritising socio-economic data for ecosystem management decision-making. The ESVC represents the stages and processes involved in delivering ecosystem services, from ecosystems to beneficiaries (government, industries, households, and First Nations Peoples). It reframes ecosystems as traceable value flows, linking ecosystem condition to service use, realised benefits and, where possible, valuation across distinct beneficiary groups. We demonstrate that this data structuring framework enhances transparency around data quality and gaps, providing a practical pathway for prioritising socio-economic information in management.","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148417561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Who leads matters: A governance-informed typology for implementing and scaling nature-based solutions. 谁领导问题：用于实现和扩展基于自然的解决方案的治理信息类型。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-07-10 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02421-y

Kirk B Enu, Christian Albert, Beate Jessel

{"title":"Who leads matters: A governance-informed typology for implementing and scaling nature-based solutions.","authors":"Kirk B Enu, Christian Albert, Beate Jessel","doi":"10.1007/s13280-026-02421-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-026-02421-y","url":null,"abstract":"Existing nature-based solutions (NbS) typologies prioritize technical form, ecosystem function or spatial scale and treat governance as secondary, limiting their ability to explain variation in feasibility, coordination, persistence and scaling. We propose a governance-informed typology anchored in implementation leadership-defined as the actor or coalition in which constitutive levers (decision authority, resource control and stewardship responsibility) converge at institutional stabilization. Operationalized through four analytical levers and applied to 35 urban NbS cases, the framework identifies five recurring governance archetypes: state-led, market-led, co-led, community-led and citizen-led. Leadership type is best inferred from the alignment of constitutive levers rather than from initiation. The typology complements existing classifications by demonstrating that seemingly similar interventions diverge substantially in governance structure and enabling conditions, with direct implications for policy instrument fit and plausible scaling pathways. As an analytical lens, it supports comparative learning and anticipates institutional constraints when scaling NbS across heterogeneous urban contexts.","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148417590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Meadows, memories, and missing layers: Transdisciplinary seagrass mapping towards restorative marine spatial planning. 草地、记忆和缺失层：面向恢复性海洋空间规划的跨学科海草制图。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-07-04 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02424-9

Joseph S Boyle, Richard J Lilley, Esther Thomsen, Mari E Mulyani, Tundi Agardy, Lisa M Wedding

{"title":"Meadows, memories, and missing layers: Transdisciplinary seagrass mapping towards restorative marine spatial planning.","authors":"Joseph S Boyle, Richard J Lilley, Esther Thomsen, Mari E Mulyani, Tundi Agardy, Lisa M Wedding","doi":"10.1007/s13280-026-02424-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-026-02424-9","url":null,"abstract":"Seagrasses perform various critical functions within social-ecological systems, though populations have declined drastically. Restoring seagrass is crucial, requiring holistic consideration of ecological and human dimensions. To date, biophysical factors predominantly guide restoration and marine spatial planning (MSP). Sociocultural data underpin optimal and just restoration design, but remain a \"missing layer\" in MSP. To address this gap, we combined participatory mapping and ground-truthed remote sensing to map seagrass distribution, human activities, and place values in Sanday, UK. Local knowledge guided in situ surveys, co-producing Sanday's first scientific seagrass records. We \"found\" two meadows absent from current seagrass modelling, mostly within protected areas, and highlighted corresponding human activities (notably shellfisheries) and values (humanistic and scientific). We propose three restoration priority sites, given seagrass extent, habitat protection, and compatible activities and values. This study demonstrates potential for transdisciplinary mapping to improve restoration planning, addressing the missing sociocultural layer and key gaps within MSP processes.","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148387103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Brazil's science-policy effort to monitor native vegetation restoration. 巴西监测原生植被恢复的科学政策努力。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-07-01 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02431-w

André L Giles, Marina G Freitas, Ana L V Espada, Pedro Constantino, Bruno S Francisco, Silvia B Rodrigues, Alexandre B Sampaio, Isis F de Freitas, Gabriela C S Bueno, Raquel C A Lacerda, R Edson, Kirsten Silvius, Daniel L M Vieira

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Greening the military: A systematic review of sustainability implementation and strategic implications. 绿化军事：对可持续性实施和战略影响的系统回顾。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-06-28 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02447-2

Cudi Zerey, Andreas Glas

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Subjective energy poverty and attitudes on climate change mitigation measures: Empirical and ethical considerations 主观能源贫困和对减缓气候变化措施的态度：经验和伦理考虑。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-06-28 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02434-7

Jukka Sivonen, Helena Siipi, Vuokko Härmä, Sakari Karvonen

{"title":"Subjective energy poverty and attitudes on climate change mitigation measures: Empirical and ethical considerations","authors":"Jukka Sivonen, Helena Siipi, Vuokko Härmä, Sakari Karvonen","doi":"10.1007/s13280-026-02434-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-026-02434-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div>Objective energy poverty—commonly defined using indicators such as the relationship between energy costs, income, and energy required for adequate living—has been widely studied, yet less is known about how subjective energy poverty shapes attitudes toward climate change mitigation measures. This study examines theoretical and empirical links between subjective energy poverty and support for climate measures, including fossil fuel taxation and two climate nudges. We argue that “leaving behind” harm arises from subjective energy poverty independently of objective conditions, whereas economic harms from climate nudges are more likely among individuals experiencing only objective energy poverty. Empirically, we analyze nationally representative Finnish survey data from 2023 (n = 5909) using ordered probit regression. Results show that higher subjective energy poverty is associated with lower support for climate measures. The findings highlight the importance of addressing energy poverty in designing and communicating climate policy.</div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"55 9","pages":"2107 - 2118"},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-026-02434-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148337206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Stratigraphic evidence of organic carbon depletion in an intensely trawled muddy seabed. 强烈拖网拖网泥泞海床中有机碳耗竭的地层证据。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-06-28 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02439-2

Hannah C Muir, James A Strong, Jan G Hiddink, David G Reading, Phillip E Warwick, Rowan Henthorn, Jacqui Keenan, Richard K F Unsworth, Claire Evans

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Publisher Correction: Key underwater habitat types of the northern Baltic Sea: An assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem functions 出版商更正：波罗的海北部主要水下栖息地类型：生物多样性和生态系统功能的评估。

IF 5.7 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2026-06-25 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-026-02440-9

Laura Kaikkonen, Susanna Jernberg, Fiia Haavisto, Christoffer Boström, Camilla Gustafsson, Suvi Kiviluoto, Kirsi Kostamo, Sanna Kuningas, Harri Kuosa, Essi Lakso, Annica Långnabba, Henrik Nygård, Mats Westerbom

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