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Community Perceptions Towards Risks and Benefits of a Saltmarsh Restoration Project: Learning from a Case Study in the UK (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Yamashita, H., Mikami, N., McInnes, R., & Everard, M. (2019, October). Community Perceptions Towards Risks and Benefits of a Saltmarsh Restoration Project: Learning from a Case Study in the UK. Paper presented at 7th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (ISESEA), Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Various coastal wetland restoration projects have been conducted in recent years in an attempt to revitalize fish stocks, prepare for sea level rise or for mitigation purposes. Due to the need for long-term social support and investment in such schem... Read More about Community Perceptions Towards Risks and Benefits of a Saltmarsh Restoration Project: Learning from a Case Study in the UK.

Grow wild (2019)
Journal Article
Everard, M. (2019). Grow wild. Land Journal, October/November 2019, 6-7

Rewilding is an attractive but elusive concept: if what is wild is generally defined by the absence of human intervention, what does this mean in a densely populated world, where even our most extensive nature reserves – particularly across Africa an... Read More about Grow wild.

Avitourism opportunities as a contribution to conservation and rural livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya - a field perspective (2019)
Journal Article
Gupta, N., Everard, M., Koshhar, I., & Belwar, V. K. (2019). Avitourism opportunities as a contribution to conservation and rural livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya - a field perspective. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(10), 14328-14333. https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4911.11.10.14328-14333

The Hindu Kush Himalaya is a biodiversity hotspot subject to multiple anthropogenic stressors, including hydropower plants, pollution, deforestation and wildlife poaching, in addition to changing climate. Bird photography tourism, as a locally impor... Read More about Avitourism opportunities as a contribution to conservation and rural livelihoods in the Hindu Kush Himalaya - a field perspective.

Additive sustainability footprint: Rationale and pilot evaluation of a tool for assessing the sustainable use of PVC additives (2019)
Journal Article
Everard, M., & Blume, R. (2020). Additive sustainability footprint: Rationale and pilot evaluation of a tool for assessing the sustainable use of PVC additives. Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology, 26(2), 196-208. https://doi.org/10.1002/vnl.21733

© 2019 The Authors. Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Society of Plastics Engineers. PVC compounds contain additives necessary for processing and stability, and to modify the plastic's properti... Read More about Additive sustainability footprint: Rationale and pilot evaluation of a tool for assessing the sustainable use of PVC additives.

Ecosystem services of Kailadevi Wildlife Sanctuary (2019)
Report
Rasal, V., Khandal, D., & Everard, M. (2019). Ecosystem services of Kailadevi Wildlife Sanctuary. Sawai Madhopur: Ranthambhore Tiger Conservation Foundation (RTCF), Government of Rajasthan,

There is no Abstract or Executive Summary in the report, but the is document outlines a substantial fieldwork and literature-based survey of the ecosystems of Kailadevi Wildlife Sanctuary( (KWLS), deriving from them the breadth and, in many cases, va... Read More about Ecosystem services of Kailadevi Wildlife Sanctuary.

Ecosystem service assessment of selected wetlands of Kolkata and the Indian Gangetic Delta: multi-beneficial systems under differentiated management stress (2019)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Kangabam, R., Tiwari, M. K., McInnes, R., Kumar, R., Talukdar, G. H., …Das, L. (2019). Ecosystem service assessment of selected wetlands of Kolkata and the Indian Gangetic Delta: multi-beneficial systems under differentiated management stress. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 27(2-3), 405-426. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11273-019-09668-1

© 2019, The Author(s). A structured literature review using the search term ‘ecosystem services’ found few relevant studies relating to three contrasting wetlands in West Bengal: the unpopulated Sudhanyakhali Island in the Sundarbans National Park, t... Read More about Ecosystem service assessment of selected wetlands of Kolkata and the Indian Gangetic Delta: multi-beneficial systems under differentiated management stress.

Mahseer (Tor spp.) fishes of the world: Status, challenges and opportunities for conservation (2019)
Journal Article
Pinder, A. C., Britton, J. R., Harrison, A. J., Nautiyal, P., Bower, S. D., Cooke, S. J., …Raghavan, R. (2019). Mahseer (Tor spp.) fishes of the world: Status, challenges and opportunities for conservation. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 29(2), 417-452. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-019-09566-y

© 2019, The Author(s). The mahseer fishes (Tor spp.) represent an iconic genus of large-bodied species of the Cyprinidae family. Across the 16 recognised species in the genus, individual fish can attain weights over 50kg, resulting in some species be... Read More about Mahseer (Tor spp.) fishes of the world: Status, challenges and opportunities for conservation.

Meeting global drinking water needs (2019)
Journal Article
Everard, M. (2019). Meeting global drinking water needs. Nature Sustainability, 2(5), 360-361. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0292-4

© 2019, Springer Nature Limited. The Millennium Development Goal target 7c, to halve the proportion of the global population without access to safe drinking water by 2015, is the first international drinking water target ever met. Understanding how t... Read More about Meeting global drinking water needs.

Are well-intended Buddhist practices an under-appreciated threat to global aquatic biodiversity? (2019)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Pinder, A. C., Raghavan, R., & Kataria, G. (2019). Are well-intended Buddhist practices an under-appreciated threat to global aquatic biodiversity?. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(1), 136-141. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2997

The inherently pro-conservation and humane Buddhist practice of ‘live release’, entailing the release into the wild of creatures destined for slaughter, poses potentially significant conservation consequences if inappropriate, invasive species are pr... Read More about Are well-intended Buddhist practices an under-appreciated threat to global aquatic biodiversity?.

A socio-ecological framework supporting catchment-scale water resource stewardship (2018)
Journal Article
Everard, M. (2019). A socio-ecological framework supporting catchment-scale water resource stewardship. Environmental Science and Policy, 91, 50-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2018.10.017

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd The need to adapt human resource demands to the renewable capacities of ecosystems is widely acknowledged and has been transposed into multiple international and national commitments and strategies. This need is intensified by the... Read More about A socio-ecological framework supporting catchment-scale water resource stewardship.

Ramsar convention on Wetlands, resolution XIII.17: Rapidly assessing wetland ecosystem services (2018)
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Everard, M., & McInnes, R. J. (2018). Ramsar convention on Wetlands, resolution XIII.17: Rapidly assessing wetland ecosystem services. Gland, Switzerland

A Resolution agreed in October 20918 at CoP of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - Resolution XIII.17: Rapidly assessing wetland ecosystem services - on a method for the rapid assessment of wetland ecosystem services

Section 2: Status and trends. In: Gardner, R.C and Finlayson, C.M. (eds), Global Wetland Outlook: State of the World’s Wetlands and their Services to People. Gland, Switzerland: Ramsar Convention Secretariat (2018)
Report
Finlayson, C. M., Davidson, N., Fennessy, S., Coates, D., Gardner, R. C., Darwall, W., …Stroud, D. (2018). Section 2: Status and trends. In: Gardner, R.C and Finlayson, C.M. (eds), Global Wetland Outlook: State of the World’s Wetlands and their Services to People. Gland, Switzerland: Ramsar Convention Secretariat

Conservation and wise use of wetlands are vital for human livelihoods. The wide range of ecosystem services wetlands provide means that they lie at the heart of sustainable development. Yet policy and decision-makers often underestimate the value of... Read More about Section 2: Status and trends. In: Gardner, R.C and Finlayson, C.M. (eds), Global Wetland Outlook: State of the World’s Wetlands and their Services to People. Gland, Switzerland: Ramsar Convention Secretariat.

Mapping ammonia risk on sensitive habitats in Ireland (2018)
Journal Article
Kelleghan, D. B., Hayes, E. T., Everard, M., & Curran, T. P. (2019). Mapping ammonia risk on sensitive habitats in Ireland. Science of the Total Environment, 649, 1580-1589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.424

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The aim of this study was to provide a simple, cost-effective, risk-based map of terrestrial areas in Ireland where environmental quality may be at risk from atmospheric ammonia. This risk-based approach identifies Natura 2000 si... Read More about Mapping ammonia risk on sensitive habitats in Ireland.

The pros and cons of the hot summer on our rivers (2018)
Journal Article
Everard, M. (2018). The pros and cons of the hot summer on our rivers

West Country naturalist and scientist Dr Mark Everard looks at the effects on our rivers of the UK’s hot, dry summer

Video: How to value and account for ecosystems (2018)
Other
Everard, M. (2018). Video: How to value and account for ecosystems. YouTube

This video is the second in a series promoting two EU reports: (1) Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity; and (2) Natural Capital Accounting

Assessing livelihood-ecosystem interdependencies and natural resource governance in Indian villages in the Middle Himalayas (2018)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Gupta, N., Scott, C. A., Tiwari, P. C., Joshi, B., Kataria, G., & Kumar, S. (2019). Assessing livelihood-ecosystem interdependencies and natural resource governance in Indian villages in the Middle Himalayas. Regional Environmental Change, 19(1), 165-177. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-018-1391-x

© 2018, The Author(s). Mountains host high biological and cultural diversity, generating ecosystem services providing benefits over multiple scales but also suffering significant poverty and vulnerabilities. Case studies in two contrasting village co... Read More about Assessing livelihood-ecosystem interdependencies and natural resource governance in Indian villages in the Middle Himalayas.

Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (3): Reducing carbon sequestration uncertainties in south Indian tropical dry evergreen forest (2018)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Longhurst, J. W. S., Pontin, J., Stephenson, W., Brooks, J., & Byrne, M. (2018). Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (3): Reducing carbon sequestration uncertainties in south Indian tropical dry evergreen forest. Ecosystem Services, 32(B), 173-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.07.010

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Climate regulation services provided by tropical dry evergreen forest (TDEF), a threatened habitat of India's Coromandel Coast, appear significant due to high carbon assimilation rates. International markets for climate regulatio... Read More about Developed-developing world partnerships for sustainable development (3): Reducing carbon sequestration uncertainties in south Indian tropical dry evergreen forest.

Can control of invasive vegetation improve water and rural livelihood security in Nepal? (2018)
Journal Article
Everard, M., Gupta, N., Chapagain, P. S., Shrestha, B. B., Preston, G., & Tiwari, P. C. (2018). Can control of invasive vegetation improve water and rural livelihood security in Nepal?. Ecosystem Services, 32(A), 125-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.07.004

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Nepal's predominantly rural population depends on the ecosystem services of heterogeneous mountainous landscapes that are degrading under changing climate and development pressures. Invasive alien plants (IAPs) compound threats t... Read More about Can control of invasive vegetation improve water and rural livelihood security in Nepal?.

Analysing air pollution and its management through the lens of the UN sustainable development goals: A review and assessment (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Longhurst, J., Barnes, J., Chatterton, T., De Vito, L., Everard, M., Hayes, E., …Williams, B. (2018, June). Analysing air pollution and its management through the lens of the UN sustainable development goals: A review and assessment. Presented at 26th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, Naples, Italy

This paper provides a high-level assessment of the causes and impacts of air pollution and its management through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through a literature review and expert assessment process the impac... Read More about Analysing air pollution and its management through the lens of the UN sustainable development goals: A review and assessment.