Socio-ecological vulnerability to tipping points: A review of empirical approaches and their use for marine management

Lauerburg, R. A. M.; Diekmann, Rabea; Blanz, Benjamin; Gee, Kira; Held, Hermann; Kannen, Andreas; Möllmann, Christian; Probst, Wolfgang; Rambo, Henrike; Cormier, Roland; Stelzenmüller, Vanessa

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135838

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“…Despite several success stories (e.g., Pipitone et al, 2014;WWF, 2017), European policies for marine conservation fall short of being effective (Fraschetti et al, 2018). While the objective of an ecosystem-based approach underpins EU environmental legislation, coupled socio-ecological research to advise on integrated ecosystem approaches are lacking (Visbeck, 2018;Lauerburg et al, 2020). Furthermore, the current attitude to reductionism in marine science hinders the implementation of an ecosystem-based approach (Fraschetti et al, 2008).…”

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Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas

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Like most ocean regions today, the European and contiguous seas experience cumulative impacts from local human activities and global pressures. They are largely in poor environmental condition with deteriorating trends. Despite several success stories, European policies for marine conservation fall short of being effective. Acknowledging the challenges for marine conservation, a 4-year multinational network, MarCons, supported collaborative marine conservation efforts to bridge the gap between science, management and policy, aiming to contribute in reversing present negative trends. By consolidating a large network of more than 100 scientists from 26 countries, and conducting a series of workshops over 4 years (2016-2020), MarCons analyzed challenges, opportunities and obstacles for advancing marine conservation in the European and contiguous seas. Here, we synthesize the major issues that emerged from this analysis and make 12 key recommendations for policy makers, marine managers, and researchers. To increase the effectiveness of marine conservation planning, we recommend (1) designing coherent networks of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the framework of marine spatial planning (MSP) and applying systematic conservation planning principles, including re-evaluation of existing management zones, (2) designing MPA networks within a broader transboundary planning framework, and (3) implementing integrated land-freshwater-sea approaches. To address inadequate or poorly informed management, we recommend (4) developing and implementing

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“…Ecological vulnerability, one way to evaluate the status of an ecosystem, is highly dependent on climate change because climate data are a key factor in ecological vulnerability assessments. Recently, the ecological vulnerability concept has been studied and applied in several disciplines 4,5 . The main objective of ecological vulnerability research is to maintain the balance between protection and exploitation that is vital for the sustainability of an ecosystem by gradually identifying vulnerable areas; these areas may then become the subject of special attention 6 .…”

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Hybrid model for ecological vulnerability assessment in Benin

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Identifying ecologically fragile areas by assessing ecosystem vulnerability is an essential task in environmental conservation and management. Benin is considered a vulnerable area, and its coastal zone, which is subject to erosion and flooding effects, is particularly vulnerable. This study assessed terrestrial ecosystems in Benin by establishing a hybrid ecological vulnerability index (EVI) for 2016 that combined a composite model based on principal component analysis (PCA) with an additive model based on exposure, sensitivity and adaptation. Using inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation, point data were spatially distributed by their geographic significance. The results revealed that the composite system identified more stable and vulnerable areas than the additive system; the two systems identified 48,600 km2 and 36,450 km2 of stable areas, respectively, for a difference of 12,150 km2, and 3,729 km2 and 3,007 km2 of vulnerable areas, for a difference of 722 km2. Using Moran’s I and automatic linear modeling, we improved the accuracy of the established systems. In the composite system, increases of 11,669 km2 in the potentially vulnerable area and 1,083 km2 in the highly vulnerable area were noted in addition to a decrease of 4331 km2 in the potential area; while in the additive system, an increase of 3,970 km2 in the highly vulnerable area was observed. Finally, southern Benin was identified as vulnerable in the composite system, and both northern and southern Benin were identified as vulnerable in the additive system. However, regardless of the system, Littoral Province in southern Benin, was consistently identified as vulnerable, while Donga Province was stable.

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“…development trend of the system, the driving factors and the interaction degree and process of each factor are discussed in depth. In the context of the current transformation of marine economic development mode, dynamic analysis of the vulnerability of marine economic system should be the focus (Lauerburg et al, 2020).…”

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Vulnerability assessment of marine economic system based on comprehensive index and catastrophe progression model

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Sun

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Ecosyst Health Sustain

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The sustainable development of the marine economic system to accurately grasp the dynamic evolution characteristics and main driving factors of the vulnerability of the marine economic system so as to effectively identify the problems in the operation of the marine economy is extremely important. Based on the establishment of a three-level assessment index system for the vulnerability of the marine economic system, the vulnerability of the marine economic system of Jiangsu Province in 2008-2016 was evaluated by using the comprehensive index model and the catastrophe progression model, and the results were compared based on the unified evaluation criteria. The main influencing factors were analyzed by principal component analysis and Pearson correlation analysis. It's found that 2014, 2015 and 2012 are in a general state, 2009 and 2010 are in a poor state, and the vulnerability state from 2008 to 2011 is lower than that in 2012. The overall volatility is small indicating a stable system. Among them, the scale of marine industry and profit and loss of marine resources are the main components of marine economic system vulnerability having the highest correlation with the vulnerability of marine economic system. This study enriches the theoretical method and empirical research on the vulnerability of the marine economic system and has practical significance in allowing for timely targeted control measures to affect the vulnerability of the marine economic system.

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Socio-ecological vulnerability to tipping points: A review of empirical approaches and their use for marine management

Cited by 42 publications

References 56 publications

Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas

Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas

Hybrid model for ecological vulnerability assessment in Benin

Vulnerability assessment of marine economic system based on comprehensive index and catastrophe progression model

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