IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02181-1

Yosr Ammar, Riikka Puntila-Dodd, Maciej T. Tomczak, Magnus Nyström, Thorsten Blenckner

{"title":"Novelty, variability, and resilience: Exploring adaptive cycles in a marine ecosystem under pressure","authors":"Yosr Ammar, Riikka Puntila-Dodd, Maciej T. Tomczak, Magnus Nyström, Thorsten Blenckner","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02181-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02181-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Marine ecosystems are increasingly reshaped by climate change and human activities, resulting in novelty in species assemblages that have shifted beyond historical baselines. One unresolved question is how novelty influences resilience. Here, we examine how novelty arises in ecosystems when they transition through phases and affects resilience using the adaptive cycle framework. We use results from an ecosystem model of the Finnish Archipelago Sea (Baltic Sea) under contrasting climate, nutrient load and fishing scenarios. We quantify novelty in species composition and biomass and use ecological network analysis indices to identify adaptive cycle phases and resilience. Results suggest resilience decreases with higher novelty under warmer climate scenarios. Low nutrient load scenarios facilitate faster adaptive cycles and greater resilience than high nutrient load scenarios under the same climate conditions. Connecting network indices to the adaptive cycle helps to understand how the growing human-induced novelty influences resilience, supporting core resilience theory.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 11","pages":"1885 - 1901"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-025-02181-1.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143962780","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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A shifting baseline theory of debates over potential lynx and wolf reintroductions to Scotland 关于苏格兰可能重新引入猞猁和狼的争论的基线理论正在发生变化。

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02186-w

Toryn Whitehead, Darragh Hare

{"title":"A shifting baseline theory of debates over potential lynx and wolf reintroductions to Scotland","authors":"Toryn Whitehead, Darragh Hare","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02186-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02186-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In Scotland, efforts to reintroduce extirpated species have been marred by guerrilla rewilding and social conflicts. We ask whether these conflicts could at least in part be the product of shifting baseline syndrome. The multi-generational absence of many large charismatic species has resulted in an ‘extinction of experience’ about how to coexist with them embedded within the structures, institutions, and cultural products of Scottish landscapes. We draw on academic literature, popular media, and policy documents to consider debates over the potential reintroduction of the Eurasian lynx (<i>Lynx lynx</i>) and wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>) to Scotland from a shifting baseline perspective. The paucity of (scientific and historical) knowledge about the social and ecological impacts of locally extinct species and the loss of coexistence experience has created more fertile ground for myths and wishful thinking to proliferate uninhibited, resulting in the romantic and cynical cultural transformation of the lynx and wolf in Scottish society. We argue that empathetic, patient, and transparent dialogue can help to co-produce shared visions of rural landscapes, with or without large carnivores, which retain ecological ambition and support multiple land-use systems, while ensuring that any transitions are socially just and economically feasible.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 10","pages":"1598 - 1610"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-025-02186-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143957658","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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The impact of Ukraine’s war outbreak on green preferences in Europe 乌克兰战争爆发对欧洲绿色偏好的影响

IF 5.8 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02173-1

Enrico Angelo Raffaele D’Ecclesiis, Eugenio Levi, Fabrizio Patriarca

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A governance perspective on agri-environmental schemes: Actors, roles, and barriers 农业环境计划的治理视角：行动者、角色和障碍。

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02182-0

Diana Borniotto, Clémentine Antier, Philippe V. Baret

{"title":"A governance perspective on agri-environmental schemes: Actors, roles, and barriers","authors":"Diana Borniotto, Clémentine Antier, Philippe V. Baret","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02182-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02182-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Agri-environmental schemes (AES) carry significant environmental expectations. However, their environmental performance has often been questioned. Existing research has tackled the issue from ecological and economic perspectives. This study aims to provide a complementary governance perspective. It first develops a theoretical framework to analyze AES governance through a multilevel lens, identifying three distinct levels based on different actors’ roles: macro (setting policy boundaries), meso (implementation of the policy framework), and micro (farmer actions). Second, this study develops an analytical framework to investigate barriers hindering AES environmental performance and their linkage to AES governance. The combined frameworks have been tested in a regional case study in the Hauts-de-France region. A list of 40 barriers is identified, spanning organizational, power dynamics, and financial issues. Barriers are not confined to farm or policy scale, distributing unevenly across governance levels, with different agencies across roles and actors in unlocking the AES performance.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 11","pages":"1867 - 1884"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-025-02182-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143952305","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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Agonistic pluralism for enhancing the co-design of agri-environmental policy 促进农业环境政策协同设计的竞争多元主义。

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02158-0

Charlotte-Anne Chivers, Lucy Barkley, Chris Short

{"title":"Agonistic pluralism for enhancing the co-design of agri-environmental policy","authors":"Charlotte-Anne Chivers, Lucy Barkley, Chris Short","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02158-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02158-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines the role of agonistic pluralism in shaping policy co-design, including the development of agri-environment schemes. Embracing agonism may provide a democratic framework for deliberative co-design. By 'relinquishing all claims to finality, to happy endings', this involves embracing conflict rather than seeking consensus (McManus in Polity 40:509–525, 2008). By recognising and navigating power imbalances rather than eliminating them, it enhances co-design elements such as framing, facilitation, and ongoing negotiation. Although seemingly more time-consuming than less deliberative methods, this approach may prove efficient if it produces policies viewed as legitimate by diverse parties. In urgent contexts, adopting agonistic pluralism could foster rapid policy development by advancing 'good enough' ideas rather than pursuing unattainable consensus, particularly where complex challenges are being addressed. Furthermore, agonistic pluralism advocates for policies to remain flexible and continually evolve through meaningful negotiation, ensuring they are genuinely co-designed and adaptable to changing needs.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 8","pages":"1414 - 1430"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143959698","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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Living with the incoherent: Practical insights on implementing European restoration policies for biodiversity policy integration 与不连贯的生活：实施欧洲生物多样性政策一体化恢复政策的实践见解。

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02180-2

Fabian Pröbstl, Yves Zinngrebe, Michael Böcher, Sophia Schmid, Mathias Scholz, Barbara Stammel, Frank Hüesker

{"title":"Living with the incoherent: Practical insights on implementing European restoration policies for biodiversity policy integration","authors":"Fabian Pröbstl, Yves Zinngrebe, Michael Böcher, Sophia Schmid, Mathias Scholz, Barbara Stammel, Frank Hüesker","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02180-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02180-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Policy incoherence is an omnipresent challenge in public administration. Focusing on the joint implementation of the European Water Framework Directive and the Habitats Directive, we analyze how administrative fragmentation hampers river restoration projects at the sub-national level in Germany. By shifting the analytical focus to institutional and administrative factors, we reveal barriers at institutional, processual and individual levels. We find that the failure of river restoration projects stems not only from practical hurdles, such as lack of resources, information, or manpower, but also from more fundamental flaws in the administrative arrangements. Based on a multi-stakeholder consultation, we argue that both bottom-up and top-down approaches can support better coordination and a local mandate for joint implementation. In particular, state-level planning can help reduce local coordination costs in the short term. The analysis highlights the critical role of individual actors and leadership, reframing and cross-sectoral coordination for policy integration.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 10","pages":"1635 - 1647"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-025-02180-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143956611","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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Combining wood supply with reindeer foraging in the same forest: Evaluation of spacing and thinning strategies 在同一森林中结合木材供应和驯鹿觅食：间距和间伐策略的评价。

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-19 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02169-x

Emma Holmström, Urban Nilsson

{"title":"Combining wood supply with reindeer foraging in the same forest: Evaluation of spacing and thinning strategies","authors":"Emma Holmström, Urban Nilsson","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02169-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02169-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The forest land of northern Sweden is used for reindeer husbandry by the Indigenous Sámi while also being managed for wood supply. Modern forestry with dense pine <i>Pinus sylvestris</i> stands, maintained with high basal areas and high leaf areas, allow little light to reach the ground and the lichen cover. Finding sustainable forest management for low-productivity pine sites that combine lichen cover habitats with economically viable wood production is an urgent need. In this study, we compared pine regenerations resulting in 600, 1200 and 1800 trees per hectare when the stand reached a height of 10 m. In addition, we examined the effects of two thinning strategies: business as usual (BAU) follows thinning guidelines currently used in Swedish forests, whereas combined wood and lichen (CWL) features repeated heavy thinnings throughout the rotation. Results showed reduced production but a relatively small decline in economy in the CWL strategy compared to BAU, despite a large reduction in basal area. In addition, CWL resulted in larger but fewer trees per hectare which may also benefit biodiversity and the recreational use of the stands.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 10","pages":"1705 - 1713"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-025-02169-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143960765","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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Exploring biocultural diversity: A systematic analysis and refined classification to inform decisions on conservation and sustainability 探索生物文化多样性：系统分析和精细分类，为保护和可持续性决策提供信息。

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-16 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02168-y

Irene Otamendi-Urroz, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Jan Hanspach, Juan Miguel Requena-Mullor, Anna Sophie Lagies, Antonio J. Castro

{"title":"Exploring biocultural diversity: A systematic analysis and refined classification to inform decisions on conservation and sustainability","authors":"Irene Otamendi-Urroz, Cristina Quintas-Soriano, Jan Hanspach, Juan Miguel Requena-Mullor, Anna Sophie Lagies, Antonio J. Castro","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02168-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02168-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Biocultural diversity reflects the interplay among biological and cultural diversity within social-ecological systems, shaped by human societies’ unique interactions with nature. This concept encompasses diverse knowledge, beliefs, practices, and values linked to local biodiversity. Despite its growing relevance, research gaps persist, including the need for theoretical clarity and a broader empirical application. To examine biocultural diversity’s role in conservation and sustainability, we conducted a systematic mapping of scientific literature in English and Spanish from 1990 to 2021, using cluster analysis to identify research trends. Including Spanish literature broadened the analysis, offering unique perspectives often overlooked. Results reveal gaps on research, particularly regarding intangible biocultural components (e.g., traditional knowledge, values, or worldviews) and the need for research in underrepresented regions like Africa and Asia. To advance in this direction, we propose a novel classification for biocultural diversity to foster holistic understanding, encourage exploration of intangible components, and promote collaboration among stakeholders.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 10","pages":"1581 - 1597"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-025-02168-y.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143951990","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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How to square the circle? A conceptual framework synergising strategies for circular agriculture to tackle climate change and enhance overall on-farm sustainability 怎样才能解决问题？一个概念框架，协同循环农业战略，以应对气候变化和提高整体农场可持续性。

IF 5.1 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02154-4

Sinéad O‘Keeffe, Sophie Stein, Michael Curran, Lukas Baumgart, Sabine Zikeli, Marianna Siegmund-Schultze

{"title":"How to square the circle? A conceptual framework synergising strategies for circular agriculture to tackle climate change and enhance overall on-farm sustainability","authors":"Sinéad O‘Keeffe, Sophie Stein, Michael Curran, Lukas Baumgart, Sabine Zikeli, Marianna Siegmund-Schultze","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02154-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02154-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>There is an urgent need to change the current extractive and resource-intensive agricultural practices. Adopting circular practices within the agricultural system could provide multiple benefits of slowing global climate change, reducing extractive practices and helping farmers to adapt to a changing climate. However, there are still many barriers for farmers to adopt these desired circular agriculture (CA) practices, among others, a lack of information about on-farm circular practices. There is a need to support farmers in recognising which strategies can increase the circularity of their farm and what this means in terms of their farms’ climate neutrality and its long-term sustainability. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to develop a novel conceptual framework to facilitate a broader and integrated understanding of how on-farm CA strategies and practices contribute to the goals of climate change mitigation and on-farm sustainability, thus supporting farmers in transitioning their farms towards greater circularity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 8","pages":"1334 - 1352"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12214233/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143957725","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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Proposed highway in the Peruvian Amazon threatens vulnerable indigenous communities and natural protected areas 秘鲁亚马逊地区拟建的高速公路威胁到脆弱的土著社区和自然保护区

IF 5.8 2区环境科学与生态学

Ambio Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02175-z

Brian M. Griffiths, David Dimitrie, Elizabeth Schierbeek, Edith Chinchilla Perez, Ellen Nirenblatt, Natalia Arcos Cano, Michael P. Gilmore

{"title":"Proposed highway in the Peruvian Amazon threatens vulnerable indigenous communities and natural protected areas","authors":"Brian M. Griffiths, David Dimitrie, Elizabeth Schierbeek, Edith Chinchilla Perez, Ellen Nirenblatt, Natalia Arcos Cano, Michael P. Gilmore","doi":"10.1007/s13280-025-02175-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13280-025-02175-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The conservation of biocultural diversity in the Amazon rainforest has become an international priority in the face of global change. Megadevelopment projects threaten conservation efforts and the rights of Indigenous communities to manage their ancestral lands. We examine the potential impacts of one proposed highway development project in the Peruvian Amazon, the Bellavista-El Estrecho Highway, on local and Indigenous communities and natural protected areas in the region. We found that zones of influence of the proposed highway eclipse 99 Indigenous communities of at least 13 000 Indigenous people of eight distinct cultures, 43 503 km<sup>2</sup> of community land, and 26 210 km<sup>2</sup> of natural protected areas including the entirety of the Maijuna–Kichwa Regional Conservation Area and the unique high terrace ecosystems it holds. Under international and national law in Peru, Indigenous communities who will be affected by megadevelopment projects like this highway must be engaged in prior consultation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":461,"journal":{"name":"Ambio","volume":"54 6","pages":"1103 - 1108"},"PeriodicalIF":5.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13280-025-02175-z.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143908632","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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