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{"title":"Correction to: Urban River Policies: Multilevel Analysis and Community Engagement in Curitiba","authors":"Mario Prokopiuk, Altair Rosa, Paulo Nascimento Neto","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02127-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-025-02127-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":"75 4","pages":"1012 - 1012"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143673123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"Social-Hydrological Dynamics along the Yellow River Belt: A Temporal-Spatial Investigation of Regional Groundwater Use in a Source-to-Sink Manner.","authors":"Xintong Niu, Jingyu Liu, Yinmao Zhao, Xudong Wu, Man Guo","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02148-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02148-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As a key industrial production base in China, Yellow River Belt regions are faced with immense pressure on their groundwater resources. Revealing the socio-hydrological dynamics of groundwater resources in the context of regional economic integration is essential for formulating sustainable water use. As an important aspect to reflect the socio-hydrological dynamics of regions along the Yellow River Belt, this study adopted a source-to-sink manner to quantitatively track regional groundwater use and the virtual groundwater transfer via domestic supply chains. The results indicated that the Yellow River Belt regions accounted for nearly a quarter of the national total groundwater use embedded in intraregional trades within China. It was found that regions along the Yellow River Belt primarily exported groundwater use to the Yangtze River Delta and South coastal region, with significant contributions coming from sectors such as chemical & mineral manufacturing, food & tobacco and agriculture. Water-deficient regions such as Inner Mongolia and Henan were revealed to supply substantial amounts of virtual groundwater use to other regions along the Yellow River Belt, exacerbating groundwater pressure in these areas that were scarce of water resources. These findings underline the importance of establishing intraregional and interregional cooperation mechanisms in coordinating water resources and economic development within the regions along the Yellow River Belt.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143676719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"Correction to: Collaborative management of hydrological ecosystem services: a multilevel social network analysis of a Mexican watershed","authors":"Angel Merlo Galeazzi,&nbsp;Véronique Sophie Ávila Foucat,&nbsp;María Perevochtchikova","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02138-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00267-025-02138-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":"75 4","pages":"981 - 981"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143673121","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"Gender Perspectives in Environmental Initiatives across Developing Countries.","authors":"Ilyas Ahmad, Muhammad Usman, Shahbaz Imran, Wang Yue","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02144-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02144-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the essential role women play in shaping environmental initiatives. Therefore, this study investigates the nexus between female participation and environmental stewardship, shedding light on the unique perspectives, contributions, and challenges that women bring to the forefront of sustainable efforts. To support our narrative, we use empirical data collected from the 2023 World Bank Enterprise Survey conducted in seven (7) developing countries. We quantify environmental initiatives using four (4) proxies, i.e., energy consumption, CO₂ monitoring, CO₂ control, and ISO 14000 certification. Moreover, we measure female corporate representation using proxies for ownership and top managerial positions. We use regression estimation techniques with country-fixed effect models and robust standard errors. The findings from the cross-sectional dataset suggest that female representation in both ownership and top managerial positions minimizes corporate environmental initiatives. These results verify that women are underrepresented in the corporate sector and face financial challenges, lesser institutional support, and discrimination in developing economies. These hurdles further reduce their active engagement in environmental efforts. A reduction in gender inequality, better job and business opportunities, and financial support could all help to support environmental initiatives in developing countries.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143655631","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"Strengthening Link between National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Sector Policies and National Development Plans: Implications for Climate Change Governance.","authors":"Ntule Shimwela, Lucas Katera","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02141-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02141-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate change alignment across national climate change adaptation planning frameworks, sector policies and national development plans is a crucial component of climate change governance and supports synergy that contributes greater effectiveness and efficiency in addressing the impacts of climate change. However, studies that assess climate change coherence between national climate change adaptation planning frameworks and policy frameworks have been inadequate. This study intended to understand the extent of climate change coherence across national climate change adaptation planning frameworks, sector policies and national development plans in Tanzania. A mixed research design employing sequential methods was adopted. Both primary and secondary data was used. Primary data were collected through interviews with key policy experts from government ministries and climate change focal point authorities. Secondary data was collected through a content review of sector policies, national development plans and climate change adaptation planning documents. Purposive sampling was used to select key informants and policy documents. Qualitative content analysis was used to assess text data using a scoring matrix to generate descriptive information. The descriptive information was further standardised using percentages for each sector as well as the percentage score for the overall plans. The findings revealed a weak alignment between national development plans and national climate change response strategies that were attributed to weak alignment between sector policies. However, the study found a moderate extent of climate change consideration in national development plans. Consequently, the study recommended strategies to strengthen the alignment between national climate change response strategies, sector policies and national development plans.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143623072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"Illegal Hunting and Bushmeat Trade around Save Valley Conservancy.","authors":"Josephine Zisadza, Admire T Mrewa, Amanda Khosa, Simbai A Mutematemi, Justice Muvengwi","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02136-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02136-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Globally, illegal bushmeat hunting has contributed to the decline of over 300 species listed as threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List and accounts for an estimated 5 million tons of wildlife harvested annually, particularly in tropical regions, placing immense pressure on biodiversity. Despite its recognized conservation threat, limited information exists on the bushmeat trade dynamics in sub-Saharan African savannas. This study conducted interviews with 133 illegal hunters and 40 anti-poaching field rangers in Southeastern Zimbabwe, using semi-structured questionnaires. We explored the characteristics, motivations, methods, species targeted, and perceptions of wildlife law enforcement in Save Valley Conservancy (SVC). Overall, illegal bushmeat hunting in SVC is mainly done by less educated and unemployed young to middle aged men (15-40 years old). The motives behind illegal bushmeat hunting mainly included household consumption (96%), the desire to raise income (96%), unemployment (78%), retaliation for wildlife induced losses (62%), culture (29%) and poor benefit sharing (8%). The common hunting methods reported were hunting with dogs (87%), and snaring (65%). Targeted animal species included impala (96%), wildebeest (53%), eland (53%), African buffalo (51%) among other 12 animal species. Illegal bushmeat hunting was generally conducted all year round. The law enforcement penalties were considered less deterrent, and most of the hunters intended to continue with illegal hunting. Measures suggested to minimize illegal bushmeat hunting in the SVC included investing and strengthening wildlife law enforcement, provision of community conservation-based incentives and enhancing environmental education and awareness.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143596033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"A Review of Hawaii and Plastic Pollution: Potential Innovations within Circular Economy?","authors":"Prisca Ayassamy","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02134-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02134-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study presents a comprehensive literature review focused on the impacts of plastic pollution within the Hawaiian ocean ecosystem. The analysis is organized into three primary sections to facilitate a structured understanding of the issue. First, the research identifies and categorizes the various types of plastics that contribute to pollution in the marine environment. This includes an exploration of single-use plastics, microplastics, and abandoned fishing gear, among others, each presenting unique challenges to marine ecosystems. Second, the review investigates the multifaceted effects of these plastics on the ocean ecosystem. It examines how plastics, particularly fishing nets and microplastics, have become prevalent elements of marine debris. The literature highlights the intricate ways plastics interact with marine life, including ingestion by various species, entanglement of wildlife, and the introduction of hazardous chemicals that can leach into the ocean. These interactions can lead to significant adverse effects on biodiversity, disrupt food chains, and pose health risks to human populations reliant on marine resources. Third, the paper advocates for the adoption of a circular economy approach as a strategic framework to mitigate the widespread impacts of plastic pollution. It outlines innovative recycling methods, the reduction of plastic production, and the promotion of sustainable alternatives as potential solutions. The findings from the literature review indicate that marine debris, particularly fishing nets, are the most frequently reported items, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions in these areas. Moreover, the study reveals that marine debris often interacts with hazardous chemicals, exacerbating the detrimental effects on both marine biodiversity and human health. Interestingly, it notes that while the presence of plastics can create slicks that might have certain benefits, such as providing microhabitats for some species, these benefits are overshadowed by the overall negative impacts on ecosystems. Additionally, the study discusses the role of wind energy factors in dispersing debris patches identified throughout the Pacific Ocean, illustrating the complex dynamics at play in oceanic pollution. While the paper proposes various sustainable innovations aimed at addressing the plastic crisis, it emphasizes the necessity for further research to thoroughly evaluate the feasibility and resilience of these proposed solutions. This call for more in-depth studies aims to ensure that the strategies developed are both practical and effective in restoring and preserving the Hawaiian ocean ecosystem amidst ongoing challenges posed by plastic pollution.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143596026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"Structured Decision Making for the Real World: A Qualitative Analysis of How Governance Structures En(Dis)able SDM in Local Watershed Planning.","authors":"David J Trimbach, Kelly Biedenweg","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02142-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02142-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Structured decision making (SDM) is defined by having a variety of characteristics, including a focus on clarifying the context, defining all relevant objectives, developing alternatives, predicting consequences, evaluating tradeoffs, and monitoring and learning from decisions. Some of the most compelling aspects for public decision making are the inclusion of diverse values in the selection of objectives and the opportunity to create a shared understanding of the system, both the context and potential tradeoffs of different strategies. While the technological requirements of the most rigid SDM processes are out of reach of most public agencies and interested publics, governance structures may enable the use of different stages of SDM to improve decisions, without relying on complete datasets and extensive statistical knowledge. Building upon a 4-year participatory research project, we analyze the use of SDM with four different watershed groups to understand the governance factors that facilitated the use of SDM as a decision support tool. All groups aimed to add human wellbeing objectives to existing natural resource health objectives when making decisions. We found that who defines the objectives and required outputs of planning as well as how decisions were made influenced the extent to which groups completed SDM steps. We also demonstrate that decisions can be improved by engaging in each step of the SDM process, and the perfect decision may not depend on completing all steps.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143596040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"Integrative Approaches to Interconnected Environmental Challenges: How Institutional Factors Influence Cross-Sector Integration in Dutch Rural Areas.","authors":"Elena Bakhanova, Joanne Vinke-de Kruijf, Lara Wöhler, Beau Warbroek, Maarten Arentsen","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02140-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02140-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Environmental challenges are increasingly often interconnected. Yet, they are commonly addressed separately, which might result in inefficiencies and missed opportunities. While it is widely acknowledged that integrative solutions can bring co-benefits and synergetic outcomes for different sectors, empirical studies that systematically explore cross-sector integration at the operational level are rare. Drawing from two case studies with a high potential for reducing the environmental impacts of energy production and agriculture while restoring nature in the Dutch rural context, this exploratory study aims to provide an improved understanding of the institutional factors that influence the fulfillment of integrative potential in rural areas. To understand how institutional factors influence integrative outcomes, we use the operational level rules that guide actions and interactions among the actors of the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework. Our analysis shows that the potential of integrative solutions is not fully recognized and realized in Dutch rural areas. Key institutional factors that hamper integration are diverging perceptions of desired outcomes (scope rule), exclusion of important actors from decision-making (position rule), and imbalances in the sharing of costs and benefits (payoff rule). We conclude that agreement on the rules of actions and interactions between the actors is necessary for fulfillment of integrative potential.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143571832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}

{"title":"Characterizing governance models for upscaling wetland restoration.","authors":"Arnaud Terrisse, Michael Karner, Julia Kaufmann, Lisa Ernoul","doi":"10.1007/s00267-025-02132-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02132-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Governance is a key element for effective conservation, sustainable management and restoration of ecosystems. Improving governance is essential for upscaling restoration actions around the world. Governance systems were studied in eleven on-going European wetland restoration sites using a two-step process. First, an in-depth examination of seven sites from six countries was made using key informant interviews. This information provided the basis for developing four governance models (Monocentric, Polycentric, Community-based and Networking). Most of the sites presented a dominant governance model, but also incorporated some dimensions of the other models to a lesser degree. The models were tested and evaluated in an additional seven sites in five countries. The analysis revealed that the governance models were highly subject to the geographical features, land ownership structures and different histories of the sites. Strengths, weaknesses, and supporting and limiting factors were associated with each model. This research shows how governance models are adapted to site specific conditions and how these adaptations can be used to enhance governance processes in existing sites, upscale restoration efforts or set the groundwork in new restoration sites.</p>","PeriodicalId":543,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Management","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143539866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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}