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Climate change, Coastal, Conservation, Ecosystems, Mangroves, Oceans and estuaries, Our people, research, seagrass, Uncategorized

How can we best assess the threats and status of connected coastal wetland habitats?

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How can we best assess the threats and status of connected coastal wetland habitats?

By Dr Michael Sievers Reading Time: 485 words about 3 minutes. Habitat degradation is a global crisis. Quantifying and evaluating habitat change and its impacts on ecosystem function is needed to inform management and conservation that ultimately safeguards biodiversity and human benefits. Many of these benefits in coastal ecosystems depend not only on habitat status, [...]

Coastal, Conservation, Ecosystems, fish, fisheries, Oceans and estuaries, Our people, research, Uncategorized, Urban environments

Global fragmentation of mangrove forests

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Global fragmentation of mangrove forests

By Dr Chris Brown Read Time: 354 words about 2 minutes. To inform conservation actions we need global indicators of wetland ecosystems that represent changes in ecosystem function. But current indicators are largely based on changes in the area of wetland ecosystems. In our new study we mapped fragmentation of mangrove habitats at a global scale. [...]