The overwhelming majority of research conducted to date on plastic pollution (all size
fractions) has focused on marine ecosystems. In comparison, only a few studies provide …

Small-scale fisheries (SSF) have long been overshadowed by the concerns and perceived
importance of the industrial sector in fisheries science and policy. Yet in recent decades …

Increasingly, fisheries researchers and managers seek or are compelled to “bridge”
Indigenous knowledge systems with Western scientific approaches to understanding and …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and associated mitigation measures have disrupted
global systems that support the health, food and nutrition security, and livelihoods of billions …

Managing water resources is one of the most pressing challenges of our times-fundamental
to how we feed 2 billion more people in coming decades, eliminate poverty, and reverse …

Ecosystems are complex adaptive systems that require flexible governance with the ability to
respond to environmental feedback. We present, through examples from Sweden and …

Worldwide, most sea cucumber fisheries are ineffectively managed, leading to declining
stocks and potentially eroding the resilience of fisheries. We analyse trends in catches …

Emerging insights from adaptive and community-based resource management suggest that
building resilience into both human and ecological systems is an effective way to cope with …

Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental
decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required by law, agencies …

Due to the interdependency that exists between the ecosystem resources and its users,
successful implementation of ecosystem-based management depends on the identification …