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Drivers of Global Mangrove Loss and Gain in Social-Ecological systems
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Hagger, Valerie

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Lovelock, Catherine. E

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Worthington, Thomas. A

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et al

2022
Mangrove forests store high amounts of carbon, protect communities from storms and support fisheries. Mangroves exist in complex social-ecological systems hence identifying socioeconomic conditions associated with decreasing losses and increasing gains remains challenging albeit important.
Mangroves provide Blue Carbon Ecological value at a low Freshwater Cost
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Berger, Uta

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Chen, Luzhen

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Krauss, Ken W.

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Lovelock, Catherine. E

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et al

2022
Blue carbon wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, magroves utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% to 57% of evapotranspiration.
The State of the World's Mangroves 2022
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Leal, Marice

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Spalding, Mark D

2022
Building resilience to climate change. Healthy mangroves ecosystems are critical for global climate action - playing a key role in carbon storage and in building resilience to a rapidly warning world. Mangroves stabilize coastlines, reduce erosion, foster biodiversity growth and protect coastal communities by building their adaptive capacity and making then more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
The State of the World's Mangroves 2021
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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2021
Mangroves are vital components of the planet coastal ecosystems. Mangroves sequester carbon at up to four times the rate of terrestrial forests, making them tremendous allies in our struggle for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. They stabilize coastlines, protected coastal communities against storm surges, reduce erosion and serve as a vast nurseries and habitats for fish, crustaceans shellfish and wildlife.
A Community-Based Mangrove Planting Handbook for Papua New Guinea
Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB
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2019
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), many coastal communities depend on mangroves for their livelihood.
Vulnerability of mangroves, seagrass and intertidal flats in the tropical Pacific to Climate Change.
BRB
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Bell, J D

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Hobday, A J

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Johnson, J E

2011
In addition to the extensive coral reef habitats described in Chapter 5, the shallow subtidal and intertidal zones around the coasts of Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) often support large areas of mangroves and seagrasses.
Priority sites for conservation in the Cook Islands: key biodiversity areas and important bird areas.
BRB
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The Key Biodiversity Areas and Important Bird Areas (KBA's & IBA's) approach is a simple, effective means of implementing the protected areas elements of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD). KBAs and IBAs are places of international importance for the conservation of biological diversity through protected areas and other governance mechanisms.
Estimating burdens of neglected tropical zoonotic diseases on islands with introduced mammals
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Croll, Donald A.

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Holmes, Nick D.

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Kilpatrick, A. Marm.

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Newton, Kelly M.

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Spatz, Dena R.

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Tershy, Bernie.

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de Wit, Luz A.

2017
Many neglected tropical zoonotic pathogens are maintained by introduced mammals, and on islands the most common introduced species are rodents, cats, and dogs. Management of introduced mammals, including control or eradication of feral populations, which is frequently done for ecological restoration, could also reduce or eliminate the pathogens these animals carry. Understanding the burden of these zoonotic diseases is crucial for quantifying the potential public health benefits of introduced mammal management. However, epidemiological data are only available from a small subset of islands where these introduced mammals co-occur with people. We examined socioeconomic and climatic variables as predictors for disease burdens of angiostrongyliasis, leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis, toxocariasis, and rabies from 57 islands or island countries. We found strong correlates of disease burden for leptospirosis, Toxoplasma gondii infection, angiostrongyliasis, and toxocariasis with more than 50% of the variance explained, and an average of 57% (range = 32–95%) predictive accuracy on out-of-sample data. We used these relationships to provide estimates of leptospirosis incidence and T. gondii seroprevalence infection on islands where nonnative rodents and cats are present. These predicted estimates of disease burden could be used in an initial assessment of whether the costs of managing introduced mammal reservoirs might be less than the costs of perpetual treatment of these diseases on islands.
Comprehensive Desk-top Review of Biodiversity, Conservation and Invasive Species Information for the Kingdom of Tonga
Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB
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Pagad. Shyama

2013
Situated between Fiji to the west and Samoa to the northeast, the Kingdom of Tonga (referred to as Tonga) is comprised of 171 scattered islands of which less than 50 are inhabited. The islands are mainly composed of limestone formed from uplifted coral. Current critical environmental concerns have arisen due to deforestation; damage to coral reefs and the introduction and spread of invasive alien species. Anthropogenic pressure has resulted in extensive modification of all ecosystems on the limestone islands of this group. Only uninhabited and steep volcanic islands still support large tracts of forest.
The economic impact of invasive species to wildlife services' cooperators
BRB
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Bergman, David L.

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Chandler, Monte D.

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Locklear, Adrienne

On February 3, 1999, the president of the United States signed an Executive Order 13112 on invasive species. Each federal agency was directed to detect and respond rapidly to control populations of invasive species, monitor invasive species populations, provide for restoration of native species and habitat conditions, conduct research on invasive species and develop technologies to prevent their introduction, and promote public education on invasive species and the means to address them. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services Program fulfills a federal responsibility for helping solve problems which occur when human activity and wildlife, including invasive species, are in conflict with one another. This is accomplished through the recommendation and/or implementation of integrated pest management strategies (IPM). IPM strategies often involve both technical assistance and direct management. This paper provides a summary of 8 years of Wildlife Services involvement in the resolution of invasive species conflicts with agricultural resources, property, human health and safety, and natural resources.

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