Shifting Shores and Shoring Shifts-How Can Beach Managers Lead Transformative Change? A Study on Challenges and Opportunities for Ecosystem-Based Management

Author(s)

Correa, Marina Ribeiro ^{[1, 2]} ; Xavier, Luciana Yokoyama ^{[3, 2]} ; Holzkamper, Eike ^[4] ; de Andrade, Mariana Martins ^[3] ; Turra, Alexander ^[3] ; Glaser, Marion ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Energy & Environm, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Leibniz Ctr Trop Marine Res, Dept Social Sci, Bremen - Germany

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Oceanog Inst, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Leibniz Ctr Trop Marine Res, Dept Social Sci, Soc Ecol Syst Anal Working Grp, Bremen - Germany

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: HUMAN ECOLOGY REVIEW; v. 26, n. 2, p. 59-84, 2020.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Beaches provide a range of ecosystem services (ES). They are increasingly impacted by climate change, among other stressors. Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is an approach to cope with a changing environment and ensure long-term ES provision. Local managers may facilitate beach EBM implementation by integrating it into existing governance systems. However, their role in EBM implementation needs clarifying. This paper assesses local government beach managers' perceptions and visions of improvement of the beach ES governance network to face a changing environment. We present a structural analysis of data from the northern coast of Sao Paulo state (Brazil) and discuss opportunities and challenges for a regional EBM implementation. Our results point to the local beach managers as potential leaders of transformations towards sustainability. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 17/21797-5 - Beach management trends in Brazil: targeting social-ecological resilience
• Grantee: Luciana Yokoyama Xavier
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 15/03804-9 - Environmental governance of macrometropolis paulista in face of climate variability
• Grantee: Pedro Roberto Jacobi
• Support Opportunities: Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 18/13238-9 - Does beach management considers ecosystem services and their vulnerability to climate changes?
• Grantee: Marina Ribeiro Corrêa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• FAPESP's process: 19/13851-5 - Scaling down the SEs framework for beaches
• Grantee: Luciana Yokoyama Xavier
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• FAPESP's process: 19/13898-1 - Will beach municipal managers enhance the management social network to ensure the ecosystem services sustainability in a climate change scenario?
• Grantee: Marina Ribeiro Corrêa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree