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0000-0003-4463-3558
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Universiy of Melbourne
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James Cook University
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CSIRO Land and Water
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Monash University
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Publisher: Emerald
Date: 11-11-2014
DOI: 10.1108/IJCCSM-01-2013-0002
Abstract: – This paper aims, using a case study-based research approach, to investigate the role of climate and non-climate drivers in shaping three commercial marine sectors: fishing, aquaculture and marine tourism. Essential elements of climate change research include taking a whole of systems approach, which entails a socio-ecological perspective, and considering climate challenges alongside other challenges faced by resource users. – The analysis is based on information gained using in-depth semi-structured interviews in a coastal community in southeast Australia. Even though climate drivers differ, the economic sectors of this community are representative of many similar coastal communities around Australia. – Results show that at a community level, people involved in, or associated with, marine sectors are aware of climate change impacts on the marine environment. Even though many may not see it as a pressing issue, the potential effect of climate change on business profitability was recognised. Both the profitability of commercial fishing and aquaculture (oysters) was affected through mostly a downward pressure on product price, while marine tourism profitability was mainly affected through changes in the number of visitors. – A case study approach is inherently case study-specific – although generalities from complex system representation, built on local survey respondent observation and knowledge of the combined and linked physical–biological-, social-, economic- and governance drivers. This study shows the importance of a holistic approach yet, researchers must also consider all community sectors and cross-regional investigations to avoid future resource conflicts. – A number of positive impacts from climate-driven change, mainly from windfall economic benefits of geographically relocated species, were reported for commercial- and charter fishing. However, no positive impacts were reported for the aquaculture- and e sector. In the aquaculture sector, climate drivers were of great significance in industry participation, while participation in commercial fishing was mainly driven by socio-economic factors. – To ensure the combined marine sectors retain a viable component of coastal communities’ economic focus, there is a need to understand what drives participation in the marine sector, and what the role of climate change is in this. To fully understand the ramifications of climate change in the marine environment, it is essential to understand its impacts across all marine sectors. – Combining the different domains with climate drivers allows for identification and assessment of targeted adaptation needs and opportunities and sets up a comprehensive approach to determine future adaptation pathways.
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1071/RJ15054
Abstract: This paper presents an overview of research that has recently been conducted on the northern Australian rangelands. The research has focussed on conceptualising and measuring the current capacity of cattle producers to adopt new strategies so as to better adapt to the impacts of climate change. The capacity to adapt is defined as comprising four essential elements: (i) managing risk and uncertainty, (ii) possessing strategic skill sets such as planning, experimenting, refining and learning, (iii) psychological and financial buffers, and (iv) an interest in change. However, there appears to be a lack of sufficient capacity currently existing within the industry to meet the challenges of the future: only 16% of producers are regarded to be sufficiently adaptive. Research also highlights that adaptive capacity can be enhanced, and here we highlight those factors that are known to influence adaptive capacity either positively or negatively. Producers with strong networks and trust in informal and formal connections, a strong locus of control, larger properties, a focus on profitability, and use technology, are more likely to persist within the industry through time. We propose that investing in the capacity of producers to better cope and adapt to change is a most logical approach to ensuring both the sustainability of the industry and of the rangelands. A range of strategies are proposed that may enhance adaptive capacity.
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 11-11-2012
DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE1666
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2007
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 30-12-2016
DOI: 10.1111/FOG.12139
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
Date: 2014
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 03-02-2016
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 09-03-2017
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 29-06-2015
DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2690
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-03-2013
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 13-03-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2019
Publisher: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Date: 05-09-2017
Abstract: Effective environmental policy requires public participation in management, typically achieved through engaging community defined by residential location or resource use. However, current social and environmental change, particularly increasing connectedness, demands new approaches to community. We draw on place attachment theory to redefine community in the context of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Using a large dataset on place attachment, our analysis of local, national, and international stakeholders identified four communities differing in their attachment to the reef and spanning location and use communities. Our results suggest that place attachment can bridge geographic and social boundaries, and communities of attachment could thus be leveraged to foster transnational stewardship, which is crucial to addressing modern sustainability challenges in our globalized world.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2015
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
Date: 2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2007
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-04-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 24-12-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 10-2011
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2019
Publisher: IOP Publishing
Date: 09-2012
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 11-09-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 10-2019
DOI: 10.1111/CONL.12677
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-08-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-09-2009
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 05-09-2014
DOI: 10.1111/GCB.12700
Abstract: Cumulative pressures from global climate and ocean change combined with multiple regional and local‐scale stressors pose fundamental challenges to coral reef managers worldwide. Understanding how cumulative stressors affect coral reef vulnerability is critical for successful reef conservation now and in the future. In this review, we present the case that strategically managing for increased ecological resilience (capacity for stress resistance and recovery) can reduce coral reef vulnerability (risk of net decline) up to a point. Specifically, we propose an operational framework for identifying effective management levers to enhance resilience and support management decisions that reduce reef vulnerability. Building on a system understanding of biological and ecological processes that drive resilience of coral reefs in different environmental and socio‐economic settings, we present an Adaptive Resilience‐Based management ( ARBM ) framework and suggest a set of guidelines for how and where resilience can be enhanced via management interventions. We argue that press‐type stressors (pollution, sedimentation, overfishing, ocean warming and acidification) are key threats to coral reef resilience by affecting processes underpinning resistance and recovery, while pulse‐type (acute) stressors (e.g. storms, bleaching events, crown‐of‐thorns starfish outbreaks) increase the demand for resilience. We apply the framework to a set of ex le problems for Caribbean and Indo‐Pacific reefs. A combined strategy of active risk reduction and resilience support is needed, informed by key management objectives, knowledge of reef ecosystem processes and consideration of environmental and social drivers. As climate change and ocean acidification erode the resilience and increase the vulnerability of coral reefs globally, successful adaptive management of coral reefs will become increasingly difficult. Given limited resources, on‐the‐ground solutions are likely to focus increasingly on actions that support resilience at finer spatial scales, and that are tightly linked to ecosystem goods and services.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2014
Publisher: IWA Publishing
Date: 19-03-2014
DOI: 10.2166/WCC.2014.116
Abstract: Australia represents a global proving ground for effective riparian climate change adaptation due to its scale and ersity, extreme variation in runoff and degrees of aridity. An array of autonomous riparian zone (RZ) management adaptations have emerged in Australia that have captivated the international community but have yet to be effectively delivered. This paper reviews government policies, governance structures, the application of market-based instruments and voluntary measures to ask why Australia has not achieved more. We find promise in: the resurgence of application of indigenous knowledge and engagement in management understanding of the catalytic roles of women, means of better engaging in iduals, strengthening of social networks and fostering leadership in rural communities transferring of urban resources to their rural hinterlands better engaging communities through c aigns, businesses and political leaders and strategic research programmes. These findings have application in other difficult hydrologies. We contend that government and market-based programmes are underpinned by voluntary and cultural institutions, and that these require strengthening through fostering of an ethic to conserve RZs as the core element of the biophysical and human landscape. It calls for stakeholders to adopt a common vision for conservation of RZs that can sustain implementation through institutional changes.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2013
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 25-02-2019
Publisher: Resilience Alliance, Inc.
Date: 2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 06-2010
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 08-2011
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Date: 20-02-2019
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Date: 2004
DOI: 10.1071/MF03018
Abstract: In Australia, secondary salinisation of land and water resources is a serious environmental problem. We conducted two field experiments to examine the effects on macroinvertebrates of increased salt concentration (approximately 1000 and 2000 mg L–1 total dissolved solids (TDS)) and mode of salt water release (continuous press release approximately 1500 mg L–1 and four, separate pulses of approximately 3400 mg L–1 TDS). The abundance of the gastropod Ferrissia tasmanica, the mayfly Baetis sp. 5 and scraper and predator functional feeding groups were significantly reduced at 1500 mg L–1, with the effect exacerbated in pulse release channels. Moreover, the pooled abundance of Oligochaeta, Copepoda and Acarina was significantly reduced at 2000 mg L–1 and the number of drifting animals in the pulse treatment channels significantly increased following commencement of salt water release during daylight hours. In contrast, the abundance of 49 other macroinvertebrate taxa, collector–gatherer functional group and species ersity were unaffected by salinity or release schedule. We conclude that much of the existing macroinvertebrate fauna appears to be halotolerant. However, the abundance of halosensitive species will be reduced at 1500 mg L–1. Delivering short pulses of high salt concentration is more detrimental than delivering the same salt load at a low concentration over a longer period of time.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2010
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-07-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-11-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2019
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 16-12-2011
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