TY - JOUR
T1 - Harnessing Big Data to Support the Conservation and Rehabilitation of Mangrove Forests Globally
AU - Worthington, Thomas A.
AU - Andradi-Brown, Dominic A.
AU - Bhargava, Radhika
AU - Buelow, Christina
AU - Bunting, Pete
AU - Duncan, Clare
AU - Fatoyinbo, Lola
AU - Friess, Daniel A.
AU - Goldberg, Liza
AU - Hilarides, Lammert
AU - Lagomasino, David
AU - Landis, Emily
AU - Longley-Wood, Kate
AU - Lovelock, Catherine E.
AU - Murray, Nicholas J.
AU - Narayan, Siddharth
AU - Rosenqvist, Ake
AU - Sievers, Michael
AU - Simard, Marc
AU - Thomas, Nathan
AU - van Eijk, Pieter
AU - Zganjar, Chris
AU - Spalding, Mark
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge funding by the NASA Carbon Monitoring System Program Project “ Estimating Total Ecosystem Carbon in Blue Carbon and Tropical Peatland Ecosystems ” ( 16-CMS16-0073 ), the NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program , the NASA New Investigator Program ( NNX16AK79G ), and the NASA Applied Sciences Program on using Earth Observation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as support from the Global Wetlands Project . C.D. was supported by the AXA Research Fund. The mangrove typology, mangrove fishery enhancement, and restoration potential datasets were created as part of a project supported by the International Climate Initiative , funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag. T.W. was also supported by an anonymous gift to the Nature Conservancy . Wetlands International and P.v.E. would like to thank Stichting DOB Ecology and the Dutch Postcode Lottery for their contribution to the development of global baselines maps and the establishment of the Global Mangrove Watch platform. We acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Jennifer McGowan and Prof. Hugh Possingham for synthesizing their return-on-investment prioritization framework for inclusion in the section Prioritization of Conservation and Rehabilitation .
Funding Information:
We acknowledge funding by the NASA Carbon Monitoring System Program Project ?Estimating Total Ecosystem Carbon in Blue Carbon and Tropical Peatland Ecosystems? (16-CMS16-0073), the NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program, the NASA New Investigator Program (NNX16AK79G), and the NASA Applied Sciences Program on using Earth Observation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals, as well as support from the Global Wetlands Project. C.D. was supported by the AXA Research Fund. The mangrove typology, mangrove fishery enhancement, and restoration potential datasets were created as part of a project supported by the International Climate Initiative, funded by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU) on the basis of a decision adopted by the German Bundestag. T.W. was also supported by an anonymous gift to the Nature Conservancy. Wetlands International and P.v.E. would like to thank Stichting DOB Ecology and the Dutch Postcode Lottery for their contribution to the development of global baselines maps and the establishment of the Global Mangrove Watch platform. We acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Jennifer McGowan and Prof. Hugh Possingham for synthesizing their return-on-investment prioritization framework for inclusion in the section Prioritization of Conservation and Rehabilitation. Conceptualization, T.W. M.S. E.L. P.v.E. L.H. K.L.W. P.B. N.T. and N.M.; Writing ? Original Draft, T.W. and M.S. with significant input from all authors; Writing ? Review & Editing, T.W. with significant input from all authors.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors
PY - 2020/5/22
Y1 - 2020/5/22
N2 - Mangrove forests are found on sheltered coastlines in tropical, subtropical, and some warm temperate regions. These forests support unique biodiversity and provide a range of benefits to coastal communities, but as a result of large-scale conversion for aquaculture, agriculture, and urbanization, mangroves are considered increasingly threatened ecosystems. Scientific advances have led to accurate and comprehensive global datasets on mangrove extent, structure, and condition, and these can support evaluation of ecosystem services and stimulate greater conservation and rehabilitation efforts. To increase the utility and uptake of these products, in this Perspective we provide an overview of these recent and forthcoming global datasets and explore the challenges of translating these new analyses into policy action and on-the-ground conservation. We describe a new platform for visualizing and disseminating these datasets to the global science community, non-governmental organizations, government officials, and rehabilitation practitioners and highlight future directions and collaborations to increase the uptake and impact of large-scale mangrove research. This Perspective reviews the role of global-scale research in stimulating policy action and on-the-ground conservation for mangrove ecosystems. We outline the current state of knowledge in terms of global analyses and examine the challenge of translating this research in action.
AB - Mangrove forests are found on sheltered coastlines in tropical, subtropical, and some warm temperate regions. These forests support unique biodiversity and provide a range of benefits to coastal communities, but as a result of large-scale conversion for aquaculture, agriculture, and urbanization, mangroves are considered increasingly threatened ecosystems. Scientific advances have led to accurate and comprehensive global datasets on mangrove extent, structure, and condition, and these can support evaluation of ecosystem services and stimulate greater conservation and rehabilitation efforts. To increase the utility and uptake of these products, in this Perspective we provide an overview of these recent and forthcoming global datasets and explore the challenges of translating these new analyses into policy action and on-the-ground conservation. We describe a new platform for visualizing and disseminating these datasets to the global science community, non-governmental organizations, government officials, and rehabilitation practitioners and highlight future directions and collaborations to increase the uptake and impact of large-scale mangrove research. This Perspective reviews the role of global-scale research in stimulating policy action and on-the-ground conservation for mangrove ecosystems. We outline the current state of knowledge in terms of global analyses and examine the challenge of translating this research in action.
KW - conservation
KW - ecosystem services
KW - mangrove
KW - policy action
KW - rehabilitation
KW - remote sensing
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.04.018
DO - 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.04.018
M3 - Review Article
SN - 2590-3322
VL - 2
SP - 429
EP - 443
JO - One Earth
JF - One Earth
IS - 5
ER -