Assessing social–ecological coupling: Agriculture and hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

Hufnagl-Eichiner, Stefanie; Wolf, Steven A.; Drinkwater, Laurie E.

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2010.11.007

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“…Managers in regions dominated by recycled N sources should concentrate on manure management in livestock‐dominated regions and on sewage treatment technologies in densely populated areas. Improvements to N‐source data at all levels of spatial and temporal resolution would help to rationally target future research investments (Hufnagl‐Eichiner et al . 2011) and to benefit national N management efforts, including traditional regulatory approaches used by states and the Federal Government and emerging N management approaches such as markets for nutrient trading and ecosystem services (Compton et al .…”

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Reactive nitrogen inputs to US lands and waterways: how certain are we about sources and fluxes?

Sobota

Compton

Harrison

2013

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

103

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An overabundance of reactive nitrogen (N) as a result of anthropogenic activities has led to multiple human health and environmental concerns. Efforts to address these concerns require an accurate accounting of N inputs. Here, we present a novel synthesis of data describing N inputs to the US, including the range of estimates, spatial patterns, and uncertainties. This analysis shows that human‐mediated N inputs are ubiquitous across the country but are spatially heterogeneous, ranging from < 0.1 to 34.6 times the background N input for individual water‐resource units (8‐digit Hydrologic Unit Codes). The Midwest, Mid‐Atlantic, central California, and portions of the Columbia River valley currently receive the highest N loads. Major opportunities to advance our understanding of N sources can be achieved by: (1) enhancing the spatial and temporal resolution of agricultural N input data, (2) improving livestock and human waste monitoring, and (3) better quantifying biological N fixation in non‐cultivated ecosystems.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reactive nitrogen inputs to US lands and waterways: how certain are we about sources and fluxes?

Sobota

Compton

Harrison

2013

Frontiers in Ecol & Environ

103

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“…Some producers attempt to offset the decline in productivity on their plots by deforestation and by converting more land to agriculture. Local coffee and cocoa growers have attempted to improve their productivity through an excessively intensive application of chemical fertilizers, a strategy that can further deteriorate the soil quality and negatively impact water quality in the surrounding environment (Hufnagl-Eichiner et al 2011). Given these challenges and the priorities of the Forestry and Crop Estate Service Department in the Tanggamus district, the training explained the general importance of resource-conserving practices, such as partial substitution of chemical fertilizers with organic alternatives.…”

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An experiment in strengthening the networks of remote communities in the face of environmental change: leveraging spatially distributed environmental memory

Matouš

Todo

2018

Reg Environ Change

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Agrarian communities in different regions develop diverse coping strategies to address the environmental changes they face. In this work, we test how to stimulate farmers' social learning across diverse regions to promote informed responses to soil degradation. We invited 117 randomly selected members of 16 randomly selected Sumatran communities to three 3-day networking and training events in regions with diverse socio-environmental histories. One event was held in the respondents' remote rural district (Tanggamus), the second was held in a more densely populated region on Sumatra Island (Kalianda), and the third was held in a heavily populated region on Java Island (Garut and Ciamis). Eighteen months later, we surveyed the information-sharing networks and agricultural practices of 370 members of these communities. The participants had become popular sources of agricultural advice, but the strength of this impact depended on the region in which their networking intervention was conducted. The participants in the event on Java had become the most central members of their communities. Although all the participants received the same formal information, those who interacted with the farmers in a region with the longest history of population pressure and land degradation management were more likely to adopt the recommended practices. The participants in this intervention doubled their odds of adopting organic fertilizers compared with those who networked only with peers in their local environment. Environmental memory of coping with change can be shared between regions through social learning, which can be stimulated by simple interventions.

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“…In addition, systems analysis allows for clarification and reassignment of environmental responsibilities among actors, reduction of conflicts and design of conservation and development policies and practices that minimise trade-offs (Liu et al, 2015). Nevertheless, very few SES analytical frameworks and approaches specifically consider interactions between system components (Binder et al, 2013;Hufnagl-Eichiner et al, 2011). Binder et al's (2013 examination of how interactions were addressed within ten common SES frameworks found that only three addressed bi-directional interactions between social and ecological components; none consider bi-directional interactions between multiple subsystem components.…”

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A social–ecological systems analysis of impediments to delivery of the Aichi 2020 Targets and potentially more effective pathways to the conservation of biodiversity

Hill

Dyer

Lozada

et al. 2015

Global Environmental Change

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Assessing social–ecological coupling: Agriculture and hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

Cited by 24 publications

References 32 publications

Reactive nitrogen inputs to US lands and waterways: how certain are we about sources and fluxes?

Reactive nitrogen inputs to US lands and waterways: how certain are we about sources and fluxes?

An experiment in strengthening the networks of remote communities in the face of environmental change: leveraging spatially distributed environmental memory

A social–ecological systems analysis of impediments to delivery of the Aichi 2020 Targets and potentially more effective pathways to the conservation of biodiversity

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