Accelerating environmental flow implementation to bend the curve of global freshwater biodiversity loss

AH Arthington, D Tickner, ME McClain… - Environmental …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Environmental flows (e-flows) aim to mitigate the threat of altered hydrological regimes in
river systems and connected waterbodies and are an important component of integrated …

Overcoming persistent challenges in putting environmental flow policy into practice: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis

GF Dourado, AM Rallings, JH Viers - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The implementation of environmental flows (e-flows) aims to reduce the negative impacts of
hydrological alteration on freshwater ecosystems. Despite the growing attention to the …

Adaptive management of environmental flows

JA Webb, RJ Watts, C Allan, JC Conallin - Environmental Management, 2018 - Springer
Adaptive management enables managers to work with complexity and uncertainty, and to
respond to changing biophysical and social conditions. Amid considerable uncertainty over …

Ecosystem services of temporary streams differ between wet and dry phases in regions with contrasting climates and economies

R Stubbington, M Acreman, V Acuña… - People and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Temporary streams are dynamic ecosystems in which mosaics of flowing, ponded and dry
habitats support high biodiversity of both aquatic and terrestrial species. Species interact …

Purposeful stakeholder engagement for improved environmental flow outcomes

ML Mussehl, AC Horne, JA Webb… - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rivers are dynamic social-ecological systems that support societies and ecosystems in a
multitude of ways, giving rise to a variety of user groups and competing interests …

[HTML][HTML] Adapting participatory processes in temporary rivers management

M Soria, N Bonada, A Ballester, I Verkaik… - … Science & Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) mandates to incorporate the
participation of stakeholders and the general public in the development and updating of the …

Conceptualization and pilot application of a model-based environmental flow assessment adapted for intermittent rivers

C Theodoropoulos, C Papadaki, L Vardakas… - Aquatic Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Environmental flow assessments (EFAs) are widely researched and applied worldwide.
However, model-based frameworks integrating the flow requirements of multiple ecosystem …

Comparing environmental flow implementation options with structured decision making: case study from the Willamette River, Oregon

JT DeWeber, JT Peterson - JAWRA Journal of the American …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Many frameworks have been used to identify environmental flows for sustaining river
ecosystems or specific taxa in the face of widespread flow alteration. However, these …

The split ladder of policy problems, participation, and politicization: constitutional water change in Ecuador and Chile

M Hurlbert, J Gupta - International Environmental Agreements: Politics …, 2024 - Springer
There is debate about whether complex problems should be addressed technocratically or
whether they should be politicized. While many tend to favour technocratic decision-making …

Using strategic adaptive management to facilitate implementation of environmental flow programs in complex social-ecological systems

J Conallin, J Campbell, L Baumgartner - Environmental management, 2018 - Springer
Freshwater resource management is becoming increasingly complex as human pressure
increases on available water resources, and as more participatory transparent decision …