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- Steps toward a shared governance response for achieving good environmental status in the Mediterranean SeaPublication . Cinnirella, Sergio; Sarda, Rafael; Luis Suarez de Vivero, Juan; Brennan, Ruth; Barausse, Alberto; Icely, John; Luisetti, Tiziana; March, David; Murciano, Carla; Newton, Alice; O'Higgins, Tim; Palmeri, Luca; Palmieri, Maria Giovanna; Raux, Pascal; Rees, Sian; Albaiges, Joan; Pirrone, Nicola; Turner, KerryThe Mediterranean region is of fundamental importance to Europe given its strategic position. The responsibility for its overall ecosystem integrity is shared by European Union Member States (EU-MS) and other Mediterranean countries. A juxtaposition of overlapping governance instruments occurred recently in the region, with the implementation of both the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) for EU-MS and the Ecosystem Approach Strategy (ECAP) for all Mediterranean countries, including EU-MS. Both MSFD and ECAP are structured around vision-driven processes to achieve Good Environmental Status and a Healthy Environment, respectively. These processes have clear ecosystem-based, integrated policy objectives to guarantee the preservation and integrity of Mediterranean marine ecosystem goods and services. However, adoption of these instruments, especially those related to the new EU-MS directives on marine policy, could result in a governance gap in addition to the well-known economic gap between the EU and the non-EU political blocs. We identify two complementary requirements for effective implementation of both MSFD and ECAP that could work together to reduce this gap, to ensure a better alignment between MSFD and ECAP and better planning for stakeholder engagement. These are key issues for the future success of these instruments in a Mediterranean region where discrepancies between societal and ecological objectives may pose a challenge to these processes.
- The future of Blue Carbon sciencePublication . Macreadie, Peter I.; Anton, Andrea; Raven, John A.; Beaumont, Nicola; Connolly, Rod M.; Friess, Daniel A.; Kelleway, Jeffrey J.; Kennedy, Hilary; Kuwae, Tomohiro; Lavery, Paul S.; Lovelock, Catherine E.; Smale, Dan A.; Apostolaki, Eugenia T.; Atwood, Trisha B.; Baldock, Jeff; Bianchi, Thomas S.; Chmura, Gail L.; Eyre, Bradley D.; Fourqurean, James W.; Hall-Spencer, Jason; Huxham, Mark; Hendriks, Iris; Krause-Jensen, Dorte; Laffoley, Dan; Luisetti, Tiziana; Marbà, Núria; Masque, Pere; McGlathery, Karen J.; Megonigal, J. Patrick; Murdiyarso, Daniel; Russell, Bayden D.; Santos, Rui; Serrano, Oscar; Silliman, Brian R.; Watanabe, Kenta; Duarte, Carlos M.The term Blue Carbon (BC) was first coined a decade ago to describe the disproportionately large contribution of coastal vegetated ecosystems to global carbon sequestration. The role of BC in climate change mitigation and adaptation has now reached international prominence. To help prioritise future research, we assembled leading experts in the field to agree upon the top-ten pending questions in BC science. Understanding how climate change affects carbon accumulation in mature BC ecosystems and during their restoration was a high priority. Controversial questions included the role of carbonate and macroalgae in BC cycling, and the degree to which greenhouse gases are released following disturbance of BC ecosystems. Scientists seek improved precision of the extent of BC ecosystems; techniques to determine BC provenance; understanding of the factors that influence sequestration in BC ecosystems, with the corresponding value of BC; and the management actions that are effective in enhancing this value. Overall this overview provides a comprehensive road map for the coming decades on future research in BC science.