Outputs (18)

The Ecology of Everyday Things (2020)
Book
Everard, M. (in press). The Ecology of Everyday Things. London: CRC/Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003120056

For many people, ecosystems may be a remote concept, yet we eat, drink, breathe and interface with them in every moment of our lives. In this engaging textbook, ecosystems scientist Dr Mark Everard considers a diversity of 'everyday things', includin... Read More about The Ecology of Everyday Things.

Using an ecosystem services lens to explore a broader funding base for laneways (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Lamond, J., Everard, M., & Everett, G. (2020). Using an ecosystem services lens to explore a broader funding base for laneways. In Urban Water Systems & Floods III (155-165). https://doi.org/10.2495/friar200141

Greening small urban street spaces such as alleys and laneways is increasingly popular with city authorities. Motivation for starting these projects varies and this may hold implications in terms of the responsible function and department overseeing... Read More about Using an ecosystem services lens to explore a broader funding base for laneways.

Rapid ‘fingerprinting’ of potential sources of plastics in river systems: An example from the River Wye, UK (2020)
Journal Article
Ogden, W., & Everard, M. (2022). Rapid ‘fingerprinting’ of potential sources of plastics in river systems: An example from the River Wye, UK. International Journal of River Basin Management, 20(3), 349-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2020.1830783

Literature review identified seven principal pathways of plastic debris entry into river systems: waste water treatment plants; combined sewer overflows; on-site wastewater treatment systems; road and rail transport systems; agriculture; industrial s... Read More about Rapid ‘fingerprinting’ of potential sources of plastics in river systems: An example from the River Wye, UK.

Reconnecting society with its ecological roots (2020)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Kass, G., Longhurst, J., zu Ermgassen, S., Girardet, H., Stewart-Evans, J., …Craig, A. (2021). Reconnecting society with its ecological roots. Environmental Science and Policy, 116, 8-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.11.002

Recent high-profile analyses of trajectories and prognoses of ecosystem decline around the world have called for a renewed focus on embedding the values of the natural world across all areas of public policy. This paper reports the results of a UK-b... Read More about Reconnecting society with its ecological roots.

Commercially and medicinally significant aquatic macrophytes: Potential for improving livelihood security of indigenous communities in northern Bihar, India (2020)
Journal Article
Raut, S., Gupta, N., Everard, M., & Singh, I. S. (2020). Commercially and medicinally significant aquatic macrophytes: Potential for improving livelihood security of indigenous communities in northern Bihar, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(13), 16819-16830. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5640.12.13.16819-16830

The dispersed wetlands in the Darbhanga District of northern Bihar, India, provide a diversity of niches supporting substantial floral and faunal richness. The aquatic macrophytes of a representative range of perennial water bodies were surveyed fort... Read More about Commercially and medicinally significant aquatic macrophytes: Potential for improving livelihood security of indigenous communities in northern Bihar, India.

Assessing livelihood-ecosystem interdependencies and natural resource governance in a tribally controlled region of India’s north-eastern middle Himalayas (2020)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Kataria, G., Kumar, S., & Gupta, N. (2021). Assessing livelihood-ecosystem interdependencies and natural resource governance in a tribally controlled region of India’s north-eastern middle Himalayas. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23, 7772–7790. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00945-1

Mountains host high biological and cultural diversity, generating ecosystem services beneficial over multiple geographical scales but suffering significant vulnerabilities. A case study in Lileng village (Arunachal Pradesh, Indian north-east Himalaya... Read More about Assessing livelihood-ecosystem interdependencies and natural resource governance in a tribally controlled region of India’s north-eastern middle Himalayas.

Declining native fish, diminishing livelihood security: The predicament of Indian Himalayan communities (2020)
Journal Article
Gupta, N., Everard, M., & Namchu, C. V. (2021). Declining native fish, diminishing livelihood security: The predicament of Indian Himalayan communities. International Journal of River Basin Management, 19(2), 255-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/15715124.2020.1790578

Native fish species provide significant ecosystem services, including as food (provisioning services), as organisms with specific cultural and spiritual importance (cultural services), and contributions to supporting and regulatory services across th... Read More about Declining native fish, diminishing livelihood security: The predicament of Indian Himalayan communities.

Rapid assessment of wetland ecosystem services (RAWES) - A practitioner's guide (2020)
Report
McInnes, R., & Everard, M. (2020). Rapid assessment of wetland ecosystem services (RAWES) - A practitioner's guide. South Korea: Ramsar Regional Center – East Asia (RRC-EA

This document outlines the background to and use of the rapid assessment of wetland ecosystem services (RAWES) approach

Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis (2020)
Journal Article
Staddon, C., Everard, M., Mytton, J., Octavianti, T., Powell, W., Quinn, N., …Mizniak, J. (2020). Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis. Water International, 45(5), 416-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2020.1769345

In recent weeks, people all over the world have been settling into a ‘new normal’ of restricted mobility, online working, social distancing and enhanced hand hygiene. As part of the global fight against the spread of COVID-19 (the illness caused by S... Read More about Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis.

The potential role of social media in support of otter conservation in the Indian Himalayan biodiversity hotspot (2020)
Journal Article
Gupta, N., Everard, M., Tiwari, V., Chadwick, M. A., Nawab, A., & Hussain, S. A. (2020). The potential role of social media in support of otter conservation in the Indian Himalayan biodiversity hotspot. OTTER: Journal of the International Otter Survival Fund, 6, 40-48

Anthropogenic stressors in the Indian Himalayan biodiversity hotspot over recent decades have taken a toll on otter populations. Low public awareness and a lack of routine monitoring data hamper conservation strategies. Social media has the potential... Read More about The potential role of social media in support of otter conservation in the Indian Himalayan biodiversity hotspot.