AmbioPub Date : 2024-05-20DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02028-1
Rutger Remmers, Niki Frantzeskaki
{"title":"Bees in the city: Findings from a scoping review and recommendations for urban planning","authors":"Rutger Remmers, Niki Frantzeskaki","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-02028-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-02028-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Over the last decades, bee biodiversity has dropped sharply due to land use change, including urbanization. To contrast this, recent research has pointed to cities as a hotspot for bees. Because of this ambiguity, a scoping review has been conducted to examine the urban characteristics that impact bees and how bees are impacted. A total of 276 articles were analyzed against landscape and local habitat characteristics. The key findings include first that natural areas are more valuable for bees since biodiversity levels are higher. Second, urban areas generally score better than agricultural and rural areas. Third, plant biodiversity positively influences bee biodiversity. Fourth, the urban environment strongly affects some bee traits and the proportion of native bees. For making cities bee friendly and bee inclusive, we recommend to maintain natural areas, connect natural areas to urban ecosystems, encourage floral abundance and diversity and increasing the size of urban green areas overall.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11300792/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141064821","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}
AmbioPub Date : 2024-05-16DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02032-5
Ruth Kansky, Tarek Maassarani, Joern Fischer
{"title":"Participatory co-learning for human–wildlife coexistence: Reflections on a novel program applying systems thinking, nonviolent communication, and learning-based approaches","authors":"Ruth Kansky, Tarek Maassarani, Joern Fischer","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-02032-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-02032-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As wildlife habitats become increasingly fragmented, sharing landscapes with wildlife is becoming difficult and complex. Because stakeholders with diverging interests struggle to collaborate to manage human–wildlife interactions, new approaches are needed. Here we reflect on a novel participatory learning program we implemented with farmers in communal conservancies in the Zambezi region of Namibia. The 9 week program aimed to understand why human–wildlife conflict remained a challenge. We combined three theoretical framings in the program design—systems thinking, nonviolent communication, and learning based approaches. We summarize key outcomes of each session and reflect on the overall program. We found a synergistic effect of the three framings and concluded that our integrated program had been a useful collaborative learning tool to understand the human–wildlife governance system, identify interventions, empower communities, and build capacity for collaboration to improve human wellbeing and human–wildlife interactions. Drawing on our experience, we make suggestions for how the program could be adapted for similar or other environmental problems elsewhere.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11383895/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140954842","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}
AmbioPub Date : 2024-05-11DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02025-4
Cathelijne R. Stoof, Edwin Kok, Adrián Cardil Forradellas, Margreet J. E. van Marle
{"title":"Publisher Correction to: In temperate Europe, fire is already here: The case of The Netherlands","authors":"Cathelijne R. Stoof, Edwin Kok, Adrián Cardil Forradellas, Margreet J. E. van Marle","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-02025-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-02025-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 7","pages":"1092 - 1092"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11101388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140908285","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}
AmbioPub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02031-6
Zheyi Xia, Jiasi Huang, Yuwen Huang, Kui Liu, Runmiao Zhu, Zhen Shen, Chengcheng Yuan, Liming Liu
{"title":"A social–ecological approach for identifying and mapping ecosystem service trade-offs and conservation priorities in peri-urban areas","authors":"Zheyi Xia, Jiasi Huang, Yuwen Huang, Kui Liu, Runmiao Zhu, Zhen Shen, Chengcheng Yuan, Liming Liu","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-02031-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-02031-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Considering both ecological and social dimensions in the assessment of ecosystem services (ESs) can facilitate acceptable and inclusive management strategies, especially in peri-urban areas characterized by intricate human–ecosystem interactions. A limited body of research, however, has mapped the plural values of ESs and their different types of trade-offs in such areas. This research aimed to execute an interdisciplinary analysis of the biophysical and social values of ESs in peri-urban Shanghai, China, through a social–ecological approach that integrates spatial biophysical assessment with participatory mapping. Trade-off analysis in both ES types and ES valuations were then conducted, and multicriteria decision-making was applied for conservation. Our results reveal that trade-off intensities were lower within the social values compared to the biophysical values. Within both value dimensions, relatively stronger trade-offs were found between food production and other ESs. Areas with both high biophysical and social values were infrequently observed across ESs. Based on the characteristics of diverse values, our study identified priority conservation areas and provided management implications. We argue that adopting the integrated social–ecological perspective in sustainable environmental management contributes to the realization of harmonious coexistence between people and nature in peri-urban areas.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140896499","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}
AmbioPub Date : 2024-05-10DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02018-3
Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, Tiffany H. Morrison, Richard A. Fuller
{"title":"Agreements for conserving migratory shorebirds in the Asia–Pacific are better fit for addressing habitat loss than hunting","authors":"Eduardo Gallo-Cajiao, Tiffany H. Morrison, Richard A. Fuller","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-02018-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-02018-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A full-life cycle approach is a tenet of migratory species conservation, yet the degree to which this is achieved remains largely unassessed. This knowledge gap can be addressed using the concept of social-ecological fit, understood as the match between governance and ecological dimensions. Here, we assess the social-ecological fit for conserving migratory shorebirds in the Asia–Pacific, focusing on habitat loss and hunting. We identify the governance architectures for addressing these two threats and then assess the coordinating capacity of each architecture, measure institutional coverage for each species across their range, and determine the degree of institutional connectivity along their migratory network. We find that social-ecological fit is higher for the governance of habitat designation than for hunting management, with implications for governance practice. Analyses of social-ecological fit thus provide critical insights on the potential effectiveness of governance and therefore are a useful first step for migratory species conservation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140896632","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}
AmbioPub Date : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02033-4
Frida Franzén, Åsa Strand, Johanna Stadmark, Ida Ingmansson, Jean-Baptiste E Thomas, Tore Söderqvist, Rajib Sinha, Fredrik Gröndahl, Linus Hasselström
{"title":"Governance hurdles for expansion of low trophic mariculture production in Sweden","authors":"Frida Franzén, Åsa Strand, Johanna Stadmark, Ida Ingmansson, Jean-Baptiste E Thomas, Tore Söderqvist, Rajib Sinha, Fredrik Gröndahl, Linus Hasselström","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-02033-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-02033-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The study examines the governance of low trophic species mariculture (LTM) using Sweden as a case study. LTM, involving species such as seaweeds and mollusks, offers ecosystem services and nutritious foods. Despite its potential to contribute to blue growth and Sustainable Development Goals, LTM development in the EU and OECD countries has stagnated. A framework for mapping governance elements (institutions, structures, and processes) and analyzing governance objective (effective, equitable, responsive, and robust) was combined with surveys addressed to the private entrepreneurs in the sector. Analysis reveals ineffective institutions due to lack of updated legislation and guidance, resulting in ambiguous interpretations. Governance structures include multiple decision-making bodies without a clear coordination agency. Licensing processes were lengthy and costly for the private entrepreneurs, and the outcomes were uncertain. To support Sweden’s blue bioeconomy, LTM governance requires policy integration, clearer direction, coordinated decision-making, and mechanisms for conflict resolution and learning.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11383906/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140849687","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}
AmbioPub Date : 2024-05-06DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-01999-5
Gail Hochachka
{"title":"When concern is not enough: Overcoming the climate awareness-action gap","authors":"Gail Hochachka","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-01999-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-01999-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Climate concern is on the rise in many countries and recent research finds that lifestyle- and behaviour-change could advance climate action; yet, individuals struggle to move their climate concern into action. This is known as the ‘awareness-action inconsistency,’ ‘psychological climate paradox,’ or ‘values-action gap.’ While this gap has been extensively studied, climate action implementation and policy-design seldom sufficiently apply that body of knowledge in practice. This Perspective presents a comprehensive heuristic to account for how individuals bring climate change into their awareness (climate action-logics), how they keep climate change out of their awareness (climate shadow), how social narratives contribute to shaping choices (climate discourses), and how systems and structures influence and constrain agency (climate-action systems). The heuristic is illustrated with an example of 15-Minute Cities in Canada. Understanding the multifaceted dilemma that weighs on people’s sense-making and behaviours may help policy-makers and practitioners to ameliorate the climate awareness-action gap.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 8","pages":"1182 - 1202"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140846461","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}
AmbioPub Date : 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02016-5
Gerald Jurasinski, Alexandra Barthelmes, Kenneth A. Byrne, Bogdan H. Chojnicki, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Kris Decleer, Christian Fritz, Anke Beate Günther, Vytas Huth, Hans Joosten, Radosław Juszczak, Sari Juutinen, Åsa Kasimir, Leif Klemedtsson, Franziska Koebsch, Wiktor Kotowski, Ain Kull, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Amelie Lindgren, Richard Lindsay, Rita Linkevičienė, Annalea Lohila, Ülo Mander, Michael Manton, Kari Minkkinen, Jan Peters, Florence Renou-Wilson, Jūratė Sendžikaitė, Rasa Šimanauskienė, Julius Taminskas, Franziska Tanneberger, Cosima Tegetmeyer, Rudy van Diggelen, Harri Vasander, David Wilson, Nerijus Zableckis, Dominik H. Zak, John Couwenberg
{"title":"Active afforestation of drained peatlands is not a viable option under the EU Nature Restoration Law","authors":"Gerald Jurasinski, Alexandra Barthelmes, Kenneth A. Byrne, Bogdan H. Chojnicki, Jesper Riis Christiansen, Kris Decleer, Christian Fritz, Anke Beate Günther, Vytas Huth, Hans Joosten, Radosław Juszczak, Sari Juutinen, Åsa Kasimir, Leif Klemedtsson, Franziska Koebsch, Wiktor Kotowski, Ain Kull, Mariusz Lamentowicz, Amelie Lindgren, Richard Lindsay, Rita Linkevičienė, Annalea Lohila, Ülo Mander, Michael Manton, Kari Minkkinen, Jan Peters, Florence Renou-Wilson, Jūratė Sendžikaitė, Rasa Šimanauskienė, Julius Taminskas, Franziska Tanneberger, Cosima Tegetmeyer, Rudy van Diggelen, Harri Vasander, David Wilson, Nerijus Zableckis, Dominik H. Zak, John Couwenberg","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-02016-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-02016-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The EU Nature Restoration Law (NRL) is critical for the restoration of degraded ecosystems and active afforestation of degraded peatlands has been suggested as a restoration measure under the NRL. Here, we discuss the current state of scientific evidence on the climate mitigation effects of peatlands under forestry. Afforestation of drained peatlands without restoring their hydrology does not fully restore ecosystem functions. Evidence on long-term climate benefits is lacking and it is unclear whether CO<sub>2</sub> sequestration of forest on drained peatland can offset the carbon loss from the peat over the long-term. While afforestation may offer short-term gains in certain cases, it compromises the sustainability of peatland carbon storage. Thus, active afforestation of drained peatlands is not a viable option for climate mitigation under the EU Nature Restoration Law and might even impede future rewetting/restoration efforts. Instead, restoring hydrological conditions through rewetting is crucial for effective peatland restoration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 7","pages":"970 - 983"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-024-02016-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140836182","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}
AmbioPub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-02029-0
Paula Rodríguez, Felipe Benra, Joern Fischer, Silvina Romano, Rosina Soler
{"title":"Navigating social–ecological changes: A mixed-method analysis of extensive livestock systems in southern Patagonian forests, Argentina","authors":"Paula Rodríguez, Felipe Benra, Joern Fischer, Silvina Romano, Rosina Soler","doi":"10.1007/s13280-024-02029-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-024-02029-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sustainable livestock management plays a crucial role in food production, climate change mitigation, and cultural preservation. Our study aimed to identify and analyse the diversity of social–ecological conditions that characterize extensive livestock systems in southern Patagonia. We integrated data collected from interviews and secondary sources and analysed data using hierarchical cluster analysis and non-metric multidimensional scaling to identify distinct ranching types. A qualitative analysis of key informant interviews identified key social–ecological changes for each type. The results emphasize the impact of administration, production, and biophysical factors on shaping different livestock ranching schemes. Further, we identified three significant social–ecological changes driving the dynamics of these systems, including shifts from (1) sheep to cattle ranching, (2) domestic to feral cattle ranching, and (3) landowners to tenant land managers. These findings have implications for policymakers seeking to develop strategies tailored to diverse realities, ensuring the sustainability of livestock systems in Tierra del Fuego.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"53 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140848236","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}