These sites are globally significant for their high marine biodiversity, but are at high risk of pressures from human activities.
Former Research Fellow – Social-Ecological Systems
This study is a powerful example of strong collaboration between researchers from the Global South and Global North. Its aim, and that of the entire programme, has been to provide much needed analysis and information to help coastal communities live within the environmental limits of the natural marine resources.
Professor Melanie Austen
Professor of Ocean and Society
Findings from this paper challenge the way we think about spatially managing multiple economic activities and their impacts on vital coastal ecosystems. By identifying interactions between these activities and the habitats where they take place, we are able to make better marine spatial management decisions to ensure sustainability and resilience of these socio-ecological systems and their functioning.
Associate Professor in the Institute of Biological Sciences
Universiti Malaya
This is an important study, especially in the context of data poor regions such as Indonesia. Research on understanding the impact chains linking activities and pressures to the marine environment can not only help identify the types of activities and habitats to be prioritised for management purposes, but also highlights areas for further research required for evidence-based policymaking.
Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency in Indonesia
- The full study – Culhane et al: Assessing impact risk to tropical marine ecosystems from human activities with a Southeast Asian example – is published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Applied Ecology, DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14812.
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