Kate Longley-Wood
A5041804947- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Marine and fisheries research
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Agricultural and Environmental Management
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
- Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Ion channel regulation and function
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
The Nature Conservancy
2020-2024
Abstract Sustaining the organisms, ecosystems and processes that underpin human wellbeing is necessary to achieve sustainable development. Here we define critical natural assets as semi-natural provide 90% of total current magnitude 14 types nature’s contributions people (NCP), map global locations these at 2 km resolution. Critical for maintaining local-scale NCP (12 NCP) account 30% land area 24% national territorial waters, while 44% required also maintain two global-scale (carbon storage...
Mangrove forests are found on sheltered coastlines in tropical, subtropical, and some warm temperate regions. These support unique biodiversity provide a range of benefits to coastal communities, but as result large-scale conversion for aquaculture, agriculture, urbanization, mangroves considered increasingly threatened ecosystems. Scientific advances have led accurate comprehensive global datasets mangrove extent, structure, condition, these can evaluation ecosystem services stimulate...
Abstract Mangroves are a critical habitat that provide suite of ecosystem services and support livelihoods. Here we undertook global analysis to model the density abundance 37 commercially important juvenile fish resident invertebrates known extensively use mangroves, by fitting expert-identified drivers invertebrate data from published field studies. The numerical predicted high densities throughout parts Southeast South Asia, northern coast America, Red Sea, Caribbean Central America....
The ability to quantify nature's value for tourism has significant implications natural resource management and sustainable development policy. This is especially true in the Eastern Caribbean, where many countries are embracing concept of Blue Economy. utilization user-generated content (UGC) understand tourist activities preferences, including use artificial intelligence machine learning approaches, remains at early stages application. work describes a new effort which modelled mapped...
Mangroves are critical nursery habitats for fish and invertebrates, providing livelihoods many coastal communities. Despite their importance, there is currently no estimate of the number fishers engaged in mangrove associated fisheries, nor fishing intensity with mangroves at a global scale. We address these gaps by developing model fisher numbers intensity. To develop model, we undertook three-round Delphi process fisheries experts to identify key drivers then developed conceptual using...
Native forests on tropical islands have been displaced by non-native species, leading to calls for their transformation. Simultaneously, there is increasing recognition that can help sequester carbon would otherwise enter the atmosphere. However, it unclear if native more or less than human-altered landscapes. At Palmyra Atoll, efforts are underway transform rainforest composition from coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) dominated mixed-species. To better understand how this landscape-level change...
Abstract Sustaining the organisms, ecosystems, and processes that underpin human well-being is necessary to achieve sustainable development. Here we identify critical natural assets, semi-natural ecosystems provide 90% of total current magnitude 14 types nature’s contributions people (NCP). Critical assets for maintaining local-scale NCP (12 mapped) comprise 30% global land area 24% national territorial waters, while 44% required all (including those accrue at scale, carbon storage moisture...
ABSTRACT Sustaining the organisms, ecosystems, and processes that underpin human well-being is necessary to achieve sustainable development. Here we identify critical natural assets, semi-natural ecosystems provide 90% of total current magnitude 14 types nature’s contributions people (NCP). Critical assets for maintaining local-scale NCP (12 mapped) comprise 30% global land area 24% national territorial waters, while 44% required all (including those accrue at scale, carbon storage moisture...
(One Earth 2, 429–443; May 22, 2020) In the preparation of originally published perspective, text from an internal Nature Conservancy working document was unfortunately included without proper attribution to its authors, who are not co-authors this paper. online version article, section “Prioritization Conservation and Rehabilitation” has now been corrected cite framework developed by McGowan et al. (as reference 113) include minor edits. addition, Acknowledgments recognizes input document’s...
Abstract Mangroves are a critical coastal habitat that provides suite of ecosystem services and supports livelihoods. We undertake the first global analysis to estimate density abundance 37 commercially important fish invertebrates known extensively use mangroves. Geomorphic mangrove type, sea surface salinity temperature, length forest edge were in predicting commercial invertebrates, with deltaic systems supporting highest densities. The model predicted high densities throughout parts...
Abstract Sustaining the organisms, ecosystems, and processes that underpin human well-being is necessary to achieve sustainable development. Here we analyze 14 of nature’s contributions people (NCP) for food, water, climate security. Using spatial optimization, identify critical natural assets, most important ecosystems providing NCP, comprising 30% (for local benefits) 44% global total land area 24% national territorial waters. Many these NCP are left out international agreements focused on...
Abstract Sustaining the organisms, ecosystems, and processes that underpin human well-being is necessary to achieve sustainable development. Here we identify critical natural assets, semi-natural ecosystems provide 90% of total current magnitude 14 types nature’s contributions people (NCP). Critical assets for maintaining local-scale NCP (12 mapped) comprise 30% global land area 24% national territorial waters, while 44% required all (including those accrue at scale, carbon storage moisture...
Restoration is a key component of global and national efforts to combat ecosystem degradation, reduce biodiversity loss, adapt climate change, there currently an impetus scale-up restoration efforts. However, our ability track progress towards targets limited by the lack consistent standardized data on objectives, interventions, outcomes. To address this, collaboration conservation practitioners scientists from around world have developed The Mangrove Tracker Tool (MRTT), application record...