Governance conditions for successful ecological restoration of estuaries: lessons from the Dutch Haringvliet case

Buitenhuis, Yannick; Dieperink, Carel

doi:10.1080/09640568.2018.1529556

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“…However, the literature points to a complex array of factors shaping conflict. Conflicts often involve the reduction in the supply of provisioning services resulting from restoration actions, and thus they mostly concern impacts of restoration on commercial use of natural resources in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (Flávio et al 2017; Kärvemo et al 2017; Buitenhuis & Dieperink 2019). Conflicts also reflect disagreements between stakeholders' groups prioritizing a set of ecosystem services that are different from provisioning services (Trabucco et al 2008; Drenthen 2009), and social distress resulting from disservices brought by restoration actions (Lyytimäki et al 2008; Handel 2016; Arsénio et al 2020).…”

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Barriers to ecological restoration in Europe: expert perspectives

Cortina

García‐Sánchez

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Restoration Ecology

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Ecological restoration is key to counteracting anthropogenic degradation of biodiversity and to reducing disaster risk. However, there is limited knowledge of barriers hindering the wider implementation of restoration practices, despite high-level political priority to halt the loss of biodiversity. In Europe, progress on ecological restoration has been slow and insufficient to meet international agreements and comply with European Union Nature Directives. We assessed European restoration experts' perceptions on barriers to restoration in Europe, and their relative importance, through a multiple expert consultation using a Delphi process. We found that experts share a common multi-dimensional concept of ecological restoration. Experts identified a large number of barriers (33) to the advancement of ecological restoration in Europe. Major barriers pertained to the socio-economic, not the environmental, domain. The three most important being insufficient funding, conflicting interests among different stakeholders, and low political priority given to restoration. Our results emphasize the need to increase political commitment at all levels, comply with existing nature laws, and optimize the use of financial resources by increasing funds for ecological restoration and eradicate environmentally harmful subsidies. The experts also call for the integration of ecological restoration into land-use planning and facilitating stakeholders' collaboration. Our study identifies key barriers, discusses ways to overcome the main barriers to ER in Europe, and contributes knowledge to support the implementation of the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, and the EU 2030 Restoration Plan in particular.

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confidence: 99%

Barriers to ecological restoration in Europe: expert perspectives

Cortina

García‐Sánchez

Grace

et al. 2021

Restoration Ecology

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“…In fact, development and implementation of ecological restoration projects are processes involving the interaction of multiple actors. Such projects are successful when they lead to the recovery and increased resiliency of degraded ecosystems [17].…”

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“…Successful development and implementation of ecological restoration projects in estuaries depend on the application of workable governance conditions. Buitenhuis and Dieperink [17] state that successful restoration projects are those contributing to healthy and resilient ecosystems. They conclude that there is greater success of ecological restoration projects when three conditions are met: 1) when stakeholders provide sufficient project support; 2) when individuals in key positions provide support for the project; and 3) when undertaking research on the target area prior to the development and implementation process of the project.…”

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Management Strategies to Mitigate Anthropogenic Impacts in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Environments: A Review

Kennish¹

2022

OJE

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A wide range of anthropogenic activities impacts estuarine and coastal marine environments including interactive climate and non-climatic drivers of change that can significantly degrade biotic communities and habitats. Many of these environments are in decline due to changes in ecosystem structure and function resulting from multiple stressor effects. In addition, inadequate governance has supported a patchwork of single issues or sectoral approaches rather than integrated management of multiple human uses and activities to maintain healthy, productive, resilient, and sustainable ecosystems and the provision of goods and services. Ecosystem-based marine spatial planning is a viable framework for a more effective governance structure and management of these vital coastal environments. An important component of this approach is a holistic effort to assess the environmental, economic, and societal impacts of anthropogenic activities. Thus, a multidisciplinary integrated approach is preferred that links ecological, physical, and socio-economic systems, increasing the protection of resources and societal benefits. For degraded estuarine and coastal marine ecosystems, restoration and rehabilitation initiatives are important intervention strategies used to reverse the loss of habitats and biotic resources and to support management programs. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an integral element of marine management plans to conserve and sustain estuarine and coastal marine environments by protecting threatened ecosystems and their resources from anthropogenic activities. National and international regulatory frameworks and directives are also in place to protect and conserve these environments.

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