Mangroves in the Anthropocene: Climate Change and Conservation Challenges
Online Lecture Series
Location: Online Zoom Meeting
Date: March 27 to May 29, 2024 (every Wednesday*)
Time: 8:00am EDT (GMT -05:00)
*Be sure to check your local time zone to ensure you don’t miss the lecture
*Please note that week 7, the lecture will be on Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Schedule
This course has passed.
| Date | Week | Seminar Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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March 27 |
1 |
An Introduction to Mangrove Biogeography: Origins, Distribution, Extension, and Temporal and Spatial Trends |
Dr. Luiz Drude de Lacerda |
Professor at the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil) |
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April 3 |
2 |
Mangrove Ecology and Functioning: Biology, Morphological and Physiological Adaptations, Nutrient Cycling, and Functional Groups |
Professor Alexander Ferreira |
Professor at the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil) |
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April 10 |
3 |
Systematic Planning, Community & Ecosystems-based Management |
Dr. Rebecca Borges |
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, the Alfred Wegener Institute, and the University of Oldenburg (Germany) |
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April 17 |
4 |
Threats from Regional Anthropogenic Drivers: Pollutants Accumulation and Transfer, Eutrophication |
Dr. Luiz Drude de Lacerda |
Professor at the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil) |
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April 24 |
5 |
Services & Goods – Valuation of Ecosystems Services |
Dr. William Vásquez |
Professor at Fairfield University (USA) |
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May 1 |
6 |
Productivity, Biomass and Carbon Cycling: Geographical Patterns and Regional Trends |
Dr. Raymond Ward |
Professor at Queen Mary University of London (UK) |
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May 7* |
7 |
Dissolved and Particulate Carbon Dynamics: Carbon-trace Metals Interactions
*Please note that this lecture will be on Tuesday |
Dr. Stéphane Mounier |
Professor at the Université de Toulon, MIO Laboratory (France) |
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May 15 |
8 |
Carbon Accumulation and Sediment Accretion: Blue Carbon, GHG & Climate Change |
Dr. Raymond Ward |
Professor at Queen Mary University of London (UK) |
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May 22 |
9 |
Mangrove Rehabilitation: Restoration Methods & Strategies, GHG Balance, and Global Carbon Dynamics |
Professor Alexander Ferreira |
Professor at the Federal University of Ceará (Brazil) |
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May 29 |
10 |
Concluding Remarks |
Collective of Previous Lecturers |
Brazil, UK, France, Germany, and USA |
Guest Speakers
Dr. Luiz Drude de Lacerda | Federal University of Ceará (Brazil)
Dr. Raymond Ward | Queen Mary, University of London (UK)
Professor Alexander Ferreira | Federal University of Ceará (Brazil)
Dr. Rebecca Borges | Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, the Alfred Wegener Institute, and the University of Oldenburg (Germany)
Dr. William Vásquez | Fairfield University (USA)
Dr. Stéphane Mounier | Université de Toulon (France)
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Recorded Lectures
Additional Resources:
- Neotropical Mangroves: Conservation and Sustainable Use in a Scenario of Global Climate Change
- An Arctic Paradox: Response of Fluvial Hg Inputs and Bioavailability to Global Climate Change in an Extreme Coastal Environment
- 20-Years Cumulative Impact From Shrimp Farming on Mangroves of Northeast Brazil
Additional Resources:
- Optimizing the Spatial Distribution of Southeast Asia Mangrove Restoration based on Zonation, Species and Carbon Projection Schemes by Luri Nurlaila Syahid, Raymond Ward, et al.
Publications for all Guest Speakers
Dr. Luiz Drude de Lacerda | Google Scholar
Dr. Raymond Ward | Google Scholar
Dr. Alexander Ferreira | Research Gate
Dr. Rebecca Borges | Google Scholar
Dr. William Vásquez | Google Scholar
Dr. Stéphane Mounier | Google Scholar
Please Note: the listed Articles contain useful references, including seminal works about the topics discussed, so it is important to check the references herein, mainly about the topic Mangrove Rehabilitation/Restoration
Systematic Planning and Ecosystem-Based Management as Strategies to Reconcile Mangrove Conservation with Resource Use
Frontiers in Marine Science | Borges R, Ferreira AC, Lacerda LD (2017)
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Assessing the spatial management of mangroves and small-scale fisheries in protected areas on the Brazilian Amazon coast
PhD Thesis. Universität Bremen. | Borges R (2020)
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Local perceptions of spatial management indicate challenges and opportunities for effective zoning of sustainable-use protected areas in Brazil
Anthropocene Coasts | Borges, R, Breckwoldt A., Barboza RSL, Glaser M (2021)
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Neotropical mangroves: Conservation and sustainable use in a scenario of global climate change
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems | Lacerda LD, Borges R, Ferreira AC (2019)
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An Arctic Paradox: Response of fluvial Hg inputs and its bioavailability to global climate change in an extreme coastal environment
Frontiers in Earth Science | Lacerda LD, Marins RV, Dias FJS (2020)
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20-years cumulative impact from shrimp farming on mangroves of Northeast Brazil
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change | Lacerda LD, Ward RD, Godoy MDP, Meireles AJA, Borges R, Ferreira AC (2021)
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Editorial: Mangroves in the Anthropocene: From local change to global challenge
Frontiers for Global Change | Lacerda LD, Ferreira AC, Ward R, Borges R (2022a)
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Mangroves of Brazil
Mangroves: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation | Lacerda LD, Ferreira AC, Borges R, Ward, R (2022b)
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Mangrove Trace Metal Biogeochemistry Response to Global Climate Change
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change | Lacerda LD, Ward RD, Borges (2022c)
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Propagule predation in a Neotropical mangrove: the role of the Grapsid crab Goniopsis cruentata
Hydrobiologia | Ferreira AC, Ganade G, Freire FAM, Attayde JL (2013)
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Restoration versus natural regeneration in a neotropical mangrove: Effects on plant biomass and crab communities
Ocean & Coastal Management | Ferreira AC, Ganade G, Attayde JL (2015)
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Degradation and conservation of Brazilian mangroves, status and perspectives
Ocean & Coastal Management | Ferreira AC, Lacerda LD (2016)
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Aboveground carbon stock in a restored neotropical mangrove: influence of management and brachyuran crab assemblage
Wetlands Ecology and Management | Ferreira AC, Bezerra LEA, Mathews-Cascon H (2019a)
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Interrelationships among ecological factors of brachyuran crabs, trees and soil in mangrove community assemblage in Northeast Brazil
Community Ecology | Ferreira AC, Alencar CERD, Bezerra LEA (2019b)
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Mangrove Restoration in NE Brazil: a unified contribution to adapting to global climate change
Arquivos de Ciências do Mar | Ferreira AC, Lacerda LD (2022a)
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Can Sustainable Development Save Mangroves?
Sustainability | Ferreira AC, Borges R, de Lacerda LD (2022b)
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Mangrove Recovery in Semiarid Coast Shows Increase of Ecological Processes from Biotic and Abiotic Drivers in Response to Hydrological Restoration
Wetlands | Ferreira AC, Freire FAM, Rodrigues JVM, Bezerra LEA (2022b)
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New contributions to mangrove rehabilitation/restoration protocols and practices
Wetlands Ecology and Management | Ferreira AC, Lacerda LD, Rodrigues JVM, Bezerra LEA (2023)
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More about “Mangrove conservation: Systematic planning, community- & ecosystem-based management (Dr. Rebecca Borges):
Aheto, D.W., Kankam, S., Okyere, I., Mensah, E.A., Osman, A., Jonah, F.E., & Mensah, J.C. (2016). Community-based mangrove forest management: Implications for local livelihoods and coastal resource conservation along the Volta estuary catchment area of Ghana. Ocean & Coastal Management, 127, 43-54.
Alcorn, J., Kajuni, A., & Winterbottom, B. (2002). Assessment of CBNRM best practices in Tanzania. Available at: https://www.cbnrm.net/pdf/usaid_007_tanzania_assessment2002.pdf. Accessed on 28 March 2024.
Brasil (2000). Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservação da Natureza (SNUC). Lei No. 9.985, de 18 de Julho de 2000. Available at https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/LEIS/L9985.htm. Accessed on 28 March 2024.
Carson, Toby. n.d. Community-based natural resource management. In: Environment: Concepts and issues, p. 353-63. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Available at: https://cbnrm.net/pdf/carson_t_001_cbnrmchapter.pdf. Accessed on 28 March 2024.
Datta, D., Chattopadhyay, R. N., & Guha, P. (2012). Community based mangrove management: A review on status and sustainability. Journal of Environmental Management, 107, 84-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.04.013
Delacámara, G., O’Higgins, T. G., Lago, M., & Langhans, S. (2020). Ecosystem-based management: moving from concept to practice. In Ecosystem-based management, ecosystem services and aquatic biodiversity: Theory, tools and applications (pp. 39-60). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Ehler, C., & Douvere, F. (2009). Marine Spatial Planning: A step-by-step approach toward ecosystem-based management. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and Man and the Biosphere Programme. IOC Manual and Guides No. 53, ICAM Dossier No. 6. UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000186559
Frazão Santos, C., Agardy, T., Andrade, F., Calado, H., Crowder, L. B., Ehler, C. N., … & Orbach, M. K. (2020). Integrating climate change in ocean planning. Nature Sustainability, 3(7), 505-516. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-0513-x
Gerhardinger, L. C., Godoy, E. A. S., Jones, P. J. S., Sales, G., & Ferreira, B. P. (2011). Marine protected dramas: The flaws of the Brazilian National System of Marine Protected Areas. Environmental Management, 47(4), 630-642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-010-9554-7
Glaser, M., Krause, G., Oliveira, R. S., & Fontalvo-Herazo, M. (2010). Mangroves and People: A Social-Ecological System. Mangrove Dynamics and Management in North Brazil, 307–351. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13457-9_21
ICMBio (2018). Atlas dos Manguezais do Brasil. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Brasília: DF, 176 p.
Magris, R. A., & Barreto, R. (2010). Mapping and assessment of protection of mangrove habitats in Brazil. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 5(4), 546-556. https://www.panamjas.org/pdf_artigos/PANAMJAS_5(4)_546-556.pdf
Magris, R. A., Mills, M., Fuentes, M. M. P. B., & Pressey, R. L. (2013). Analysis of Progress Towards a Comprehensive System of Marine Protected Areas in Brazil. Natureza & Conservação, 11(1), 81–87. https://doi.org/10.4322/natcon.2013.013
Margules, C. R., & Pressey, R. L. (2000). Systematic conservation planning. Nature, 405(6783), 243-253. https://doi.org/10.1038/35012251
Partelow, S., Glaser, M., Solano Arce, S., Barboza, R., & Schlüter, A. (2018). Mangroves, fishers, and the struggle for adaptive co-management: applying the social-ecological systems framework to a marine extractive reserve (RESEX) in Brazil. Ecology and Society, 23(3). https://doi.org/10.5751/es-10269-230319
Zaldívar-Jiménez, A., Ladrón-de-Guevara-Porras, P., Pérez-Ceballos, R., Díaz-Mondragón, S., & Rosado-Solórzano, R. (2017). US-Mexico joint Gulf of Mexico large marine ecosystem-based assessment and management: Experience in community involvement and mangrove wetland restoration in Mexico. Environmental Development, 22, 206-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2017.02.007
