scholarly journals Baseline data for evaluating development trajectory and provision of ecosystem services of created fringing oyster reefs in Vermilion Bay, Louisiana

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan La Peyre ◽  
Lindsay Schwarting ◽  
Shea Miller
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
Oyster Reefs ◽  
Development Trajectory

scholarly journals Ecosystem services for meeting sustainable development goals: Challenges and pathways

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazmul Huq
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Current Resource ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractThe paper summarizes four presentations of the session “Environment and Wellbeing: The Role of Ecosystems for Sustainable Development” at the international conference “Sustainability in the Water- Energy-Food Nexus” held on 19-20th May 2014 in Bonn, Germany. The aim of the session was to present current stresses on ecosystem services imposed by global development trajectory, potential impacts on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and pathways to achieve SDGs. All four presentations agreed that global ecosystem services are under increasing pressure from degradation and may not be able to meet the growing Water-Energy- Food (WEF) demands especially for the developing world. Three examples from Tanzania, Cambodia and Niger made attempt to understand how governance policies attributed to natural resource depletion such as forestry and common grazing. The examples showed that governance policies favoring economic development are heavily contributing to clearing up natural resource bases. As a result, there were increasing conflicts among different resource user groups. Two other presentations introduce conceptual pathways to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under current resource stressed regime. The pathways suggested global technologies, decentralized solutions and consumption changes as the major means of achieving global sustainability and poverty eradication without any major trade-offs.

scholarly journals Marketing the Market: The Ideology of Market Mechanisms for Biodiversity Conservation

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerneja Penca
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Market Mechanisms ◽  
Legal Obligations ◽  
The World ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Conservation Governance

AbstractThe emergence of market mechanisms for the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services in recent years has been portrayed by most conservation institutions and epistemological frameworks as an unprecedented opportunity for the conservation of nature. This article shifts the focus from the improved effectiveness arguments concerning such mechanisms to examine their institutional and political context and origins. It outlines the field of transnational biodiversity markets and uncovers the normative biases it displays. The regulatory vocabulary of ‘market mechanisms’ is juxtaposed to the more explicit ideological approach professed by the critics of neoliberalism. The argument is that, rather than an inevitable component in contemporary conservation governance, market mechanisms imply a set of contested choices for certain values, a particular economic development trajectory, a particular understanding of the biodiversity problem, and a weak role for legal obligations. Transnational environmental law needs to establish its interest beyond that of the regulation literature if it is to account for the proliferating movements around the world in favour of a reasserted normative guidance for the markets and against the process of marketing the market.

scholarly journals Ecosystem services for meeting sustainable development goals: Challenges and pathways

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazmul Huq
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Current Resource ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractThe paper summarizes four presentations of the session “Environment and Wellbeing: The Role of Ecosystems for Sustainable Development” at the international conference “Sustainability in the Water- Energy-Food Nexus” held on 19-20th May 2014 in Bonn, Germany. The aim of the session was to present current stresses on ecosystem services imposed by global development trajectory, potential impacts on future Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and pathways to achieve SDGs. All four presentations agreed that global ecosystem services are under increasing pressure from degradation and may not be able to meet the growing Water-Energy-Food (WEF) demands especially for the developing world. Three examples from Tanzania, Cambodia and Niger made attempt to understand how government policies attributed to natural resource depletion such as forestry and common grazing. The examples showed that institutional policies favoring economic development contributing heavily to clearing up natural resource bases. As a result, there were increasing conflicts among different resource user groups. Two other presentations introduce conceptual pathways to achieve the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under current resource stressed regime. The pathways suggested global technologies, decentralized solutions and consumption changes as the major means of achieving global sustainability and poverty eradication without any major trade-offs.

Fish Habitat: Essential Fish Habitat and Rehabilitation

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Fish Habitat ◽  
Essential Fish Habitat ◽  
Oyster Reefs ◽  
Transient Species ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Feeding Habitat ◽  
Benthic Pelagic Coupling ◽  
Using Data

<em>Abstract</em> .—The importance of molluscan-dominated systems (e.g., oysters reefs, mussel beds, vermetid gastropods) to the maintenance of commercially and ecologically important species has not been as broadly recognized as has been the importance of other structurally complex estuarine habitats such as sea grass beds and salt marshes. As a consequence, these systems have often been unappreciated and understudied. Important ecosystem services of molluscan-dominated systems include: (1) filtering capacity; (2) benthic– pelagic coupling; (3) creation of refugia from predation; (4) creation of feeding habitat for juvenile and adult mobile species as well as sessile stages of species that attach directly to molluscan shells; and (5) provision of nesting habitat. Destructive harvesting and overfishing can reduce habitat extent and impair habitat functioning. Only recently have ecosystem services been incorporated into the management of these systems. The role of oyster reefs as “essential fish habitat” falls into two principal categories: (1) reefs as habitat for oysters and (2) reefs as habitat for resident and transient species. Although the former role has received some attention as part of efforts to restore oyster resources, the latter role remains largely unexplored. The role of oyster reefs as critical habitat for other species is suggested by the diverse fauna associated with them; however, the factors that control the development of these reef-associated assemblages are generally unknown, and enumeration of specific habitat services using replicated field experiments is just beginning. Using data summarized from studies in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas, we classify finfish assemblages associated with reefs based upon the degree of their association and include an extensive finfish and decapod species list. We conclude, within the context of the current state of knowledge, that (1) the construction of reef bases using materials that provide adequate vertical relief and interstitial space and (2) the establishment of broodstock sanctuaries protected from harvesting pressure are important for restoring oyster populations. Utilization of reef habitats by numerous commercially, recreationally, and ecologically important species across a wide geographic range likely portends the reef habitats’ importance as essential fish habitat, but many functional relationships remain to be evaluated. Future oyster habitat research needs include (1) defining the morphological and spatial reef characteristics that support enhanced oyster growth and survival; (2) improving understanding of how harvest methods affect reef integrity and function; (3) determining the critical services provided by reef habitats in the life cycles of important species; and (4) further clarifying the trophic links between the resident fauna on oyster reefs and transient species.

scholarly journals Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Oyster Reefs

BioScience ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (10) ◽  
pp. 900-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan H. Grabowski ◽  
Robert D. Brumbaugh ◽  
Robert F. Conrad ◽  
Andrew G. Keeler ◽  
James J. Opaluch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Economic Valuation ◽  
Oyster Reefs ◽  
Valuation Of Ecosystem Services
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