aves of Change: Towards Ecosystem-Based Management to Climate Change Adaptatio

Author(s)

Xavier, Luciana Yokoyama ^[1] ; Guilhon, Maila ^[1] ; Goncalves, Leandra Regina ^{[1, 2]} ; Correa, Marina Ribeiro ^[3] ; Turra, Alexander ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Oceanog, BR-05508120 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Sao Paulo, Inst Mar, BR-11070100 Santos, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Energia & Ambiente, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: USTAINABILIT; v. 14, n. 3 FEB 2022.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

Coastal climate change impacts challenge policy and decision makers to adopt more effective adaptation measures. The ecosystem-based management approach can shift adaptation towards a more holistic, integrated and sustainable path. However, as countries work on strategies to adapt to climate change, the questions of if and how such agendas consider and operationalise ecosystem-based management remains. As one of the world's largest coastal countries, Brazil can have a prominent role in advancing the implementation of ecosystem-based management to coastal zones. By analysing two national Brazilian climate change adaptation institutions, this article evaluates and discusses the country's advances in promoting climate change adaptations based on ecosystem-based management principles. Our findings show that, although Brazil has incorporated many ecosystem-based management principles to climate change adaptation at the national level, greater attention should be given to operationalizing principles related to acknowledging uncertainties, sustainability, democracy and knowledge production and application. The challenges to implement these principles mirror historical challenges of Brazilian coastal management policies, such as balancing development and conservation, promoting social participation and implementing effective social-ecological assessments and monitoring programs. Policy makers, scientists and communities should be aware of the need to strengthen ecosystem-based management principles in the current adaptation agenda in order to enhance its capacity to foster adaptation and just coastal sustainability. (AU)

• 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: 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: 19/14537-2 - Supporting the ecosystem approach in deep-sea mining processes: a framework proposal for regional environmental management plans
• Grantee: Maila Paisano Guilhon e Sá
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 16/24677-8 - Opportunities and challenges for the incorporation of the ecosystem based approach in seabed conservation: a case study on mineral exploration in the Rio Grande Rise
• Grantee: Maila Paisano Guilhon e Sá
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 18/00462-8 - Opportunities and weakeness of integrated coastal management on the São Paulo coast in the context of macro-metropolis governance
• Grantee: Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 19/04481-0 - How to govern the coastal zone in the macro-metropolitan region: challenges for integrated coastal management on the São Paulo coast
• Grantee: Leandra Regina Gonçalves Torres
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• 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