Ecosystem‐based management (EBM) is promoted in scholarly literature and international
policy as a way to improve marine ecosystem outcomes, through the integration of marine …

Blue carbon is the carbon sequestered by coastal and marine habitats such as mangroves,
saltmarsh, and seagrasses. The carbon sequestration service provided by these habitats …

Effective regulation of land-use activities in steepland areas is crucial to protect downstream
ecologies and human life as intense rainfall disturbances become more frequent globally. In …

Many estuaries are squeezed between sea-level rise, coastal hardening and adverse
cumulative effects from unsustainable catchment activities. In Aotearoa New Zealand, there …

Identifying barriers to the effective use of science in coastal management of Aotearoa-New
Zealand is easy, due to the present lack of complicated governance and management …

Climate change is impacting marine biodiversity which is a major factor in combating the
effects of this global environmental change. Increase in rate of climate change will …

Marine plastic pollution (MPP) has emerged as a global sustainability challenge with
environmental, social, and economic consequences. This has inspired action at every scale …

Bivalves are ecosystem engineers, and their effective management relies on a full
understanding of the mechanisms that influence population dynamics. Juvenile tuaki (New …

Ecosystem based fishery management (EBFM) remains an aspiration in Aotearoa New
Zealand where single species fisheries assessments at large quota management area …

In response to growing social and ecological pressures, ecosystem-based management
(EBM) has been proffered as an alternative governance regime for marine and coastal …