Governance across the land-sea interface is an emerging challenge. The propensity for, and
intensity of social-ecological interactions across this interface (eg, eutrophication …

Anthropogenic changes to the Earth now rival those caused by the forces of nature and have
shepherded us into a new planetary epoch–the Anthropocene. Such changes include …

A blind faith in the ability of MPAs to counteract loss of biodiversity is fraught with risk,
especially when MPAs are poorly planned and when the consequences of establishing …

Overfishing and habitat destruction due to local and global threats are undermining
fisheries, biodiversity, and the long-term sustainability of tropical marine ecosystems …

Protected areas are currently the primary strategy employed worldwide to maintain
ecosystem services and mitigate biodiversity loss. Despite the prevalence and planned …

Over 1.3 billion people live on tropical coasts, primarily in develo** countries. Many
depend on adjacent coastal seas for food, and livelihoods. We show how trends in …

Important changes are needed to disciplinary theories and methods to support
interdisciplinary and integrated ocean and coastal management policies and …

Regional systematic conservation planning is an effective approach to marine protected
area (MPA) network design, ensuring complementarity, and functional connectivity of areas …

This paper discusses some of the challenges and opportunities that can arise when
implementing ecosystem-based management (EBM) in tropical nations. EBM creates a new …

Leadership is often assumed, intuitively, to be an important driver of sustainable
development. To understand how leadership is conceptualized and analyzed in the …