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2026
The underwater meadows sustaining millions in extreme poverty
Project:
Seagrass Ecosystem Services ProjectProject Seagrass (2026).
This article highlights new research revealing the critical role of seagrass meadows in supporting the livelihoods and food security of millions of people living in poverty across the Indo-Pacific. The study estimates that at least 18 million people living in poverty fish in seagrass meadows, including around 6.5 million who may depend entirely on these habitats for subsistence and fishing-related income. It also finds that households experiencing extreme poverty are more likely to depend exclusively on seagrass fisheries and that seagrass-dependent households earn around 23% less than other fishers. The findings highlight the importance of integrating seagrass conservation into poverty alleviation, food security, sustainable fisheries and development strategies, particularly in vulnerable coastal communities.
2022
Unintended consequences of sustainable development initiatives: risks and opportunities in seagrass social-ecological systems
Jones, B. et al. (2022), Ecology & Society, 2(10)
Published in Ecology & Society, this paper used tropical seagrass meadows in the Indo-Pacific as a model social-ecological system to investigate how sustainable development initiatives can result in unintended consequences with both positive and negative outcomes for the environment and society. The researchers analysed initiatives and their effects to show that sustainable development initiatives can produce unintended effects with major consequences that can undermine the initiative’s objectives. The paper emphasises the need for an a priori process that considers effects when planning interventions.
2022
Integrating blue: How do we make nationally determined contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities
Dencer-Brown, A.M. et. al, (2022) Ambio, 51:1978–1993
2021
Seagrass ecosystem contributions to people’s quality of life in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories
McKenzie, L. et al. (2021), Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167
PACIFIC ISLANDS
1994
Through a Green Lens: The Construction of Customary Environmental Law and Community in Indonesia’s Maluku Islands
Zerner, C. (1994), Law & Society Review, 28(5), 1079-1122
Indonesia