Interactions between Coastal and Marine Ecosystems and Human Population Systems: Perspectives on How Consumption Mediates this Interaction

Curran, Sara R.; Kumar, Anuradha; Lutz, Wolfgang; Williams, Meryl J.

doi:10.1579/0044-7447-31.4.264

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“…Over 60% of the world's population live in Asia 3 and, by its sheer mass and needs, the Asian population has a profound impact on global protein resources (Curran et al, 2002). The food needs of Asia puts extreme pressure on both agriculture and fisheries, exacerbated by the coastal location of most of Asia's mega cities (Hinrichsen, 1999;Tibbetts, 2002).…”

Section: Recent Use Of Marine Mammals In Asiamentioning

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Marine Mammals in Asian Societies; Trends in Consumption, Bait, and Traditional Use

Porter

Lai²

2017

Front. Mar. Sci.

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In Asia many marine mammal species are consumed as food or for other purposes. The prevalence of this exploitation appears to increase from west to east. An escalating use of marine mammals and the emergence of commercialization of a trade in marine mammals is supported by:• Regular documentation of both open and covert trade;• A shift in focus in some diminishing traditional hunts to other marine mammal species;• A possible revival in some targeted hunts, which had previously ceased;• The recent implication of some cultures, which have little history of marine mammal consumption previously, in targeted hunts; and• The growing importation of marine mammal parts from outside of Asia.The factors that may drive marine mammal use include population reductions in species that have been traditionally targeted; diminishing returns from traditional fisheries; and an increase in market demand for marine mammal products. Lessons from similar studies in terrestrial wildlife trade will better focus future studies of marine mammal use in Asia.

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Section: Recent Use Of Marine Mammals In Asiamentioning

confidence: 99%

Marine Mammals in Asian Societies; Trends in Consumption, Bait, and Traditional Use

Porter

Lai²

2017

Front. Mar. Sci.

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“…There is thus an increasing need to move beyond flawed, simplistic cause-consequence relationships between environmental conditions and social parameters, which are increasingly found to be inadequate to explain the complexity of SESs (Lambin et al 2001). Neo-Malthusian assumptions about the link between population growth or size and environmental decline, for example, can obfuscate the importance of understanding other direct and indirect drivers of resource use patterns and the institutions that organize human behavior and consumption (Aswani 2002, Curran et al 2002, Steneck 2009). …”

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Human Dimensions of Coral Reef Social-Ecological Systems

Kittinger¹,

Finkbeiner²,

Glazier³

et al. 2012

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Coral reefs are among the most diverse ecosystems on the planet but are declining because of human activities. Despite general recognition of the human role in the plight of coral reefs, the vast majority of research focuses on the ecological rather than the human dimensions of reef ecosystems, limiting our understanding of social relationships with these environments as well as potential solutions for reef recovery. General frameworks for social-ecological systems (SESs) have been advanced, but system-specific approaches are needed to develop a more nuanced view of human-environmental interactions for specific contexts and resource systems, and at specific scales. We synthesize existing concepts related to SESs and present a human dimensions framework that explores the linkages between social system structural traits, human activities, ecosystem services, and human well-being in coral reef SESs. Key features of the framework include social-ecological reciprocity, proximate and underlying dimensions, and the directionality of key relationships and feedback loops. Such frameworks are needed if human dimensions research is to be more fully integrated into studies of ecosystem change and the sustainability of linked SESs.

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“…This is particularly apparent in the coastal zone, defined as plus or minus 200 m elevation from current sea level, which constitutes twenty per cent of the earth's surface (Pernetta and Milliman 1995) and is home to much of the global human population; 37% being within just 100 km of the coastline (NRC 1990;Cohen et al 1997). This proportion is growing a large block of text as a result of population growth and migration to these regions (Curran et al 2002), with the result that seventy per cent of the world's megacities (>1.6 million) are now in the coastal zone (LOICZ 2002). These increasing anthropogenic pressures have led to a sustained global loss of coral reefs, mangrove forests, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows over the past five decades (Fig.…”

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The Charisma of Coastal Ecosystems: Addressing the Imbalance

Duarte

Dennison

Orth

et al. 2008

Estuaries and Coasts: J CERF

435

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Coastal ecosystems including coral reefs, mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and salt marshes are being lost at alarming rates, and increased scientific understanding of causes has failed to stem these losses. Coastal habitats receive contrasting research effort, with 60% of all of the published research carried out on coral reefs, compared to 11-14% of the records for each of salt marshes, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows. In addition, these highly connected and interdependent coastal ecosystems receive widely contrasting media attention that is disproportional to their scientific attention. Seagrass ecosystems receive the least attention in the media (1.3% of the media reports) with greater attention on salt marshes (6.5%), considerably more attention on mangroves (20%), and a dominant focus on coral reefs, which are the subject of three in every four media reports on coastal ecosystems (72.5%). There are approximately tenfold lower reports on seagrass meadows in the media for every scientific paper published (ten), than the 130-150 media reports per scientific paper for mangroves and coral reefs. The lack of public awareness of losses of less charismatic ecosystems results in the continuation of detrimental practices and therefore contributes to continued declines of coastal ecosystems. More effective communication of scientific knowledge about these uncharismatic but ecologically important coastal habitats is required. Effective use of formal (e.g., school curricula, media) and informal (e.g., web) education avenues and an effective partnership between scientists and media communicators are essential to raise public awareness of issues, concerns, and solutions within coastal ecosystems. Only increased public understanding can ultimately inform and motivate effective management of these ecologically important coastal ecosystems.

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Interactions between Coastal and Marine Ecosystems and Human Population Systems: Perspectives on How Consumption Mediates this Interaction

Cited by 51 publications

References 26 publications

Marine Mammals in Asian Societies; Trends in Consumption, Bait, and Traditional Use

Marine Mammals in Asian Societies; Trends in Consumption, Bait, and Traditional Use

Human Dimensions of Coral Reef Social-Ecological Systems

The Charisma of Coastal Ecosystems: Addressing the Imbalance

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