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Department of Physical Geography and Bolin Centre for Climate Research, Stockholm University, 104 65 Stockholm, Sweden

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Published: 04 March 2021
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Current understanding is fragmented of the environmental, economic, and social processes involved in water quality issues. The fragmentation is particularly evident for coastal water quality, impacted both by local land catchment and larger-scale marine pressures and impacts. Research and policy so far has primarily addressed coastal water quality issues from either a land-based or a sea-based perspective, which does not support integrated management of the coupled land-coast-sea systems affecting coastal waters. For example, mitigation measures for improving the severe Baltic Sea eutrophication have mostly focused on land-based drivers, and not yet managed to sufficiently improve coastal or marine water quality. The strong human dimension involved in these water quality issues also highlights a need for participatory approaches to facilitate knowledge integration and drive synergistic strategic planning for sustainable management of coastal water quality. Considering the Swedish water management district of Northern Baltic Proper, including its main Norrström drainage basin and surrounding coastal catchment areas and waters, this study has used a participatory approach to evaluate various land-sea water quality interactions and associated management measures. A causal loop diagram has been co-created with different stakeholder groups, following a problem-oriented system thinking approach. This has been further used in fuzzy-cognitive scenario analysis to assess integrated land-coast-sea system behavior under changing human pressures and hydro-climatic conditions. Results show that synergy of several catchment measures is needed to improve coastal water quality locally, while cross-system/sector cooperation is also needed among all contributing national catchments to mitigate coastal eutrophication at the scale of the whole Baltic Sea. Furthermore, large-scale hydro-climatic changes and long-lived nutrient legacy sources also need to be accounted for in water quality management strategies and measures. System dynamics modelling, based on co-created causal loop diagrams and fuzzy-cognitive scenario analysis like those developed in this study, can support further quantification and analysis of the impacts of various mitigation strategies and measures on regional water quality problems and their possible sustainable solutions.

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Zahra Kalantari; Georgia Destouni. Use of co-created causal loop diagrams and fuzzy-cognitive scenario analysis for water quality management. 2021, 1 .

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Zahra Kalantari, Georgia Destouni. Use of co-created causal loop diagrams and fuzzy-cognitive scenario analysis for water quality management. . 2021; ():1.

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Zahra Kalantari; Georgia Destouni. 2021. "Use of co-created causal loop diagrams and fuzzy-cognitive scenario analysis for water quality management." , no. : 1.

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Soil supports life on Earth and provides several goods and services of essence for human wellbeing. Over the last century, however, intensified human activities and unsustainable management practices, along with ongoing climate change, have been degrading soils’ natural capital, pushing it towards possible critical limits for its ability to provide essential ecosystem services. Soil degradation is characterized by negative changes in soil health status that may lead to partial or total loss of productivity and overall capacity to support human societies, e.g., against increasing climate risks. Such degradation leads to environmental, social and economic losses, which may in turn trigger land abandonment and desertification. In particular, the Mediterranean region has been identified as one of the most vulnerable and severely affected European regions by soil degradation, where the actual extent and context of the problem is not yet well understood. This study provides an overview of current knowledge about the status of soil degradation and its main drivers and processes in the European Mediterranean region, based on comprehensive literature review. In the Mediterranean region, 34% of the land area is subject to ‘very high sensitivity’ or ‘high sensitivity’ to desertification, and risk of desertification applies to over more than 65% of the territory of some countries, such as Spain and Cyprus (IPCC, 2019). The major degradation processes are: (i) soil erosion, due to very high erosion rates (>2 t/ha); (ii) loss of soil organic matter, due to high mineralization rates while the region is already characterized by low or very low soil organic matter (<2%); and (iii) soil and water salinisation, due to groundwater abstraction and sea water intrusion. However, additional physical, chemical and biological degradation processes, such as soil sealing and compaction, contamination, and loss of biodiversity, are also of great concern. Some of the degradation processes, such as soil erosion, have been extensively investigated and their spatial extent is relatively well described. Other processes, however, such as soil biodiversity, are poorly investigated and have limited data availability. In general, a lack of systematic inventories of soil degradation status limits the overall knowledge base and impairs understanding of the spatial and temporal dimensions of the problem. In terms of drivers, Mediterranean soil degradation has mainly been driven by increasing population, particularly in coastal areas, and its concentration in urban areas (and consequent abandonment of rural areas), as well as by land-use changes and intensification of socio-economic activities (e.g. agriculture and tourism). Additionally, climate change, with increasing extent and severity of extreme events (droughts, floods, wildfires), may also be a key degradation driver in this region. Improved information on soil degradation status (including spatio-temporal extent and severity) and enhanced knowledge of degradation drivers, processes and socio-economic, ecological, and biodiversity impacts are needed to better support regional soil management, policy, and decision making. Science and evidence based improvements of soil resource governance and management can enhance soil resilience to regional and global changes, and support the region to achieve related Sustainable Development Goals and the Land Degradation Neutrality targets.

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Carla S. S. Ferreira; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Georgia Destouni; Marijana Solomun; Navid Ghajarnia; António Ferreira; Zahra Kalantari. Status, processes, and drivers of soil degradation in the Mediterranean region. 2021, 1 .

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Carla S. S. Ferreira, Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Georgia Destouni, Marijana Solomun, Navid Ghajarnia, António Ferreira, Zahra Kalantari. Status, processes, and drivers of soil degradation in the Mediterranean region. . 2021; ():1.

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Carla S. S. Ferreira; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Georgia Destouni; Marijana Solomun; Navid Ghajarnia; António Ferreira; Zahra Kalantari. 2021. "Status, processes, and drivers of soil degradation in the Mediterranean region." , no. : 1.

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Published: 04 June 2020 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Urban expansion results in socioeconomic transformations with relevant impacts for peri-urban soils, leading to environmental concerns about land degradation and increased desertification risk in ecologically fragile districts. Spatial planning can help achieve sustainable land-use patterns and identify alternative locations for settlements and infrastructure. However, it is sometimes unable to comprehend and manage complex processes in metropolitan developments, fueling unregulated and mainly dispersed urban expansion on land with less stringent building constraints. Using the Mediterranean cities of Barcelona and Rome as examples of intense urbanization and ecological fragility, the present study investigated whether land use planning in these cities is (directly or indirectly) oriented towards conservation of soil quality and mitigation of desertification risk. Empirical results obtained using composite, geo-referenced indices of soil quality (SQI) and sensitivity to land desertification (SDI), integrated with high-resolution land zoning maps, indicated that land devoted to natural and semi-natural uses has lower soil quality in both contexts. The highest values of SDI, indicating high sensitivity to desertification, were observed in fringe areas with medium-high population density and settlement expansion. These findings reveal processes of land take involving buildable soils, sometimes of high quality, and surrounding landscapes in both cities. Overall, the results in this study can help inform land use planers and policymakers for conservation of high-quality soils, especially under weak (or partial) regulatory constraints.

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Gianluca Egidi; Ilaria Zambon; Ilaria Tombolin; Luca Salvati; Sirio Cividino; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Zahra Kalantari. Unraveling Latent Aspects of Urban Expansion: Desertification Risk Reveals More. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 4001 .

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Gianluca Egidi, Ilaria Zambon, Ilaria Tombolin, Luca Salvati, Sirio Cividino, Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Zahra Kalantari. Unraveling Latent Aspects of Urban Expansion: Desertification Risk Reveals More. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (11):4001.

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Gianluca Egidi; Ilaria Zambon; Ilaria Tombolin; Luca Salvati; Sirio Cividino; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Zahra Kalantari. 2020. "Unraveling Latent Aspects of Urban Expansion: Desertification Risk Reveals More." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11: 4001.

Data description paper
Published: 13 May 2020 in Earth System Science Data
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Geography and associated hydrological, hydroclimate and land-use conditions and their changes determine the states and dynamics of wetlands and their ecosystem services. The influences of these controls are not limited to just the local scale of each individual wetland but extend over larger landscape areas that integrate multiple wetlands and their total hydrological catchment – the wetlandscape. However, the data and knowledge of conditions and changes over entire wetlandscapes are still scarce, limiting the capacity to accurately understand and manage critical wetland ecosystems and their services under global change. We present a new Wetlandscape Change Information Database (WetCID), consisting of geographic, hydrological, hydroclimate and land-use information and data for 27 wetlandscapes around the world. This combines survey-based local information with geographic shapefiles and gridded datasets of large-scale hydroclimate and land-use conditions and their changes over whole wetlandscapes. Temporally, WetCID contains 30-year time series of data for mean monthly precipitation and temperature and annual land-use conditions. The survey-based site information includes local knowledge on the wetlands, hydrology, hydroclimate and land uses within each wetlandscape and on the availability and accessibility of associated local data. This novel database (available through PANGAEA https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.907398; Ghajarnia et al., 2019) can support site assessments; cross-regional comparisons; and scenario analyses of the roles and impacts of land use, hydroclimatic and wetland conditions, and changes in whole-wetlandscape functions and ecosystem services.

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Navid Ghajarnia; Georgia Destouni; Josefin Thorslund; Zahra Kalantari; Imenne Åhlén; Jesús A. Anaya-Acevedo; Juan F. Blanco-Libreros; Sonia Borja; Sergey Chalov; Aleksandra Chalova; Kwok P. Chun; Nicola Clerici; Amanda Desormeaux; Bethany B. Garfield; Pierre Girard; Olga Gorelits; Amy Hansen; Fernando Jaramillo; Jerker Jarsjö; Adnane Labbaci; John Livsey; Giorgos Maneas; Kathryn McCurley Pisarello; Sebastián Palomino-Ángel; Jan Pietroń; René M. Price; Victor H. Rivera-Monroy; Jorge Salgado; A. Britta K. Sannel; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Ylva Sjöberg; Pavel Terskii; Guillaume Vigouroux; Lucia Licero-Villanueva; David Zamora. Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world. Earth System Science Data 2020, 12, 1083 -1100.

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Navid Ghajarnia, Georgia Destouni, Josefin Thorslund, Zahra Kalantari, Imenne Åhlén, Jesús A. Anaya-Acevedo, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Sonia Borja, Sergey Chalov, Aleksandra Chalova, Kwok P. Chun, Nicola Clerici, Amanda Desormeaux, Bethany B. Garfield, Pierre Girard, Olga Gorelits, Amy Hansen, Fernando Jaramillo, Jerker Jarsjö, Adnane Labbaci, John Livsey, Giorgos Maneas, Kathryn McCurley Pisarello, Sebastián Palomino-Ángel, Jan Pietroń, René M. Price, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Jorge Salgado, A. Britta K. Sannel, Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Ylva Sjöberg, Pavel Terskii, Guillaume Vigouroux, Lucia Licero-Villanueva, David Zamora. Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world. Earth System Science Data. 2020; 12 (2):1083-1100.

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Navid Ghajarnia; Georgia Destouni; Josefin Thorslund; Zahra Kalantari; Imenne Åhlén; Jesús A. Anaya-Acevedo; Juan F. Blanco-Libreros; Sonia Borja; Sergey Chalov; Aleksandra Chalova; Kwok P. Chun; Nicola Clerici; Amanda Desormeaux; Bethany B. Garfield; Pierre Girard; Olga Gorelits; Amy Hansen; Fernando Jaramillo; Jerker Jarsjö; Adnane Labbaci; John Livsey; Giorgos Maneas; Kathryn McCurley Pisarello; Sebastián Palomino-Ángel; Jan Pietroń; René M. Price; Victor H. Rivera-Monroy; Jorge Salgado; A. Britta K. Sannel; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Ylva Sjöberg; Pavel Terskii; Guillaume Vigouroux; Lucia Licero-Villanueva; David Zamora. 2020. "Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world." Earth System Science Data 12, no. 2: 1083-1100.

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Published: 09 March 2020
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Eutrophication and water quality issues in the Baltic Sea and its coastal zones have strong human dimensions, including also land and water uses and their management in hinterland areas. Solutions require participatory approaches to inspire integrated long-term ‘land-sea’ systems management, and contribute to the development of harmonized guidelines at different spatial scales. Considering the source to sea case of Swedish Norrström drainage basin, its surrounding coastal areas, and the associated marine basin of the Baltic Sea, this study has used a participatory approach to enhance understanding of the land-sea system links and dynamics, and facilitate exploration of cross-system/sector cooperation opportunities for addressing water-related high-impact issues, including water pollution and eutrophication. Employing a problem-oriented system thinking approach, we investigate the following questions based on various sector perspectives in the study region: (i) What are the key underlying land-sea system elements and their interlinkages? (ii) What are the most relevant and important dynamics for evaluation of land-sea system behavior? and (iii) What are the main challenges and opportunities for sustainable coastal management and development? Different groups of relevant stakeholders are asked to co-create causal loop diagrams for characterizing the land-sea system dynamics based on their perceptions of and answers to the questions (i)-(iii). From the co-created causal loop diagrams, sector-specific and general issues, challenges, opportunities, and barriers to sustainable coastal development in the study region are identified. In further analysis, various scenarios of the land-sea system dynamics and the importance of feedback mechanisms are investigated. The scenario results and associated system behavior are also validated by stakeholders. Selected scenarios are further quantified by systems dynamics modeling, exploring the impacts of associated coastal development and policy options on the regional water-related issues and potential sustainable solutions. The scenario analysis outcomes highlight the necessity and usefulness of combining scientific knowledge with local expertise for synergistic and strategic planning of sustainable coastal region development.

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Zahra Kalantari; Georgia Destouni. Understanding the coupled land-sea system dynamics in coastal regions through a participatory approach: A Baltic case study. 2020, 1 .

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Zahra Kalantari, Georgia Destouni. Understanding the coupled land-sea system dynamics in coastal regions through a participatory approach: A Baltic case study. . 2020; ():1.

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Zahra Kalantari; Georgia Destouni. 2020. "Understanding the coupled land-sea system dynamics in coastal regions through a participatory approach: A Baltic case study." , no. : 1.

Correction
Published: 25 December 2019 in Water
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The authors wish to make the following correction to this paper

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Fernando Jaramillo; Amanda Desormeaux; Johanna Hedlund; James W. Jawitz; Nicola Clerici; Luigi Piemontese; Jenny Alexandra Rodríguez-Rodriguez; Jesús Adolfo Anaya; Juan F. Blanco-Libreros; Sonia Borja; Jorge Celi; Sergey Chalov; Kwok Pan Chun; Matilda Cresso; Georgia Destouni; Shimelis Behailu Dessu; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Andrea Downing; Luisa Espinosa; Navid Ghajarnia; Pierre Girard; Álvaro G. Gutiérrez; Amy Hansen; Tengfei Hu; Jerker Jarsjö; Zahra Kalantari; Adnane Labbaci; Lucia Licero-Villanueva; John Livsey; Ewa Machotka; Kathryn McCurley; Sebastián Palomino-Ángel; Jan Pietron; René Price; Sorain J. Ramchunder; Constanza Ricaurte-Villota; Luisa Fernanda Ricaurte; Lula Dahir; Erasmo Rodríguez; Jorge Salgado; A. Britta K. Sannel; Ana Carolina Santos; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Ylva Sjöberg; Lian Sun; Josefin Thorslund; Guillaume Vigouroux; Lan Wang-Erlandsson; Diandian Xu; David Zamora; Alan D. Ziegler; Imenne Åhlén. Correction: Jaramillo, F.; et al. Priorities and Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Focus on Wetlands. Water 2019, 11, 619. Water 2019, 12, 88 .

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Fernando Jaramillo, Amanda Desormeaux, Johanna Hedlund, James W. Jawitz, Nicola Clerici, Luigi Piemontese, Jenny Alexandra Rodríguez-Rodriguez, Jesús Adolfo Anaya, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Sonia Borja, Jorge Celi, Sergey Chalov, Kwok Pan Chun, Matilda Cresso, Georgia Destouni, Shimelis Behailu Dessu, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Andrea Downing, Luisa Espinosa, Navid Ghajarnia, Pierre Girard, Álvaro G. Gutiérrez, Amy Hansen, Tengfei Hu, Jerker Jarsjö, Zahra Kalantari, Adnane Labbaci, Lucia Licero-Villanueva, John Livsey, Ewa Machotka, Kathryn McCurley, Sebastián Palomino-Ángel, Jan Pietron, René Price, Sorain J. Ramchunder, Constanza Ricaurte-Villota, Luisa Fernanda Ricaurte, Lula Dahir, Erasmo Rodríguez, Jorge Salgado, A. Britta K. Sannel, Ana Carolina Santos, Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Ylva Sjöberg, Lian Sun, Josefin Thorslund, Guillaume Vigouroux, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Diandian Xu, David Zamora, Alan D. Ziegler, Imenne Åhlén. Correction: Jaramillo, F.; et al. Priorities and Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Focus on Wetlands. Water 2019, 11, 619. Water. 2019; 12 (1):88.

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Fernando Jaramillo; Amanda Desormeaux; Johanna Hedlund; James W. Jawitz; Nicola Clerici; Luigi Piemontese; Jenny Alexandra Rodríguez-Rodriguez; Jesús Adolfo Anaya; Juan F. Blanco-Libreros; Sonia Borja; Jorge Celi; Sergey Chalov; Kwok Pan Chun; Matilda Cresso; Georgia Destouni; Shimelis Behailu Dessu; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Andrea Downing; Luisa Espinosa; Navid Ghajarnia; Pierre Girard; Álvaro G. Gutiérrez; Amy Hansen; Tengfei Hu; Jerker Jarsjö; Zahra Kalantari; Adnane Labbaci; Lucia Licero-Villanueva; John Livsey; Ewa Machotka; Kathryn McCurley; Sebastián Palomino-Ángel; Jan Pietron; René Price; Sorain J. Ramchunder; Constanza Ricaurte-Villota; Luisa Fernanda Ricaurte; Lula Dahir; Erasmo Rodríguez; Jorge Salgado; A. Britta K. Sannel; Ana Carolina Santos; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Ylva Sjöberg; Lian Sun; Josefin Thorslund; Guillaume Vigouroux; Lan Wang-Erlandsson; Diandian Xu; David Zamora; Alan D. Ziegler; Imenne Åhlén. 2019. "Correction: Jaramillo, F.; et al. Priorities and Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Focus on Wetlands. Water 2019, 11, 619." Water 12, no. 1: 88.

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Published: 18 December 2019
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Geography and associated hydrological, hydroclimate and land use conditions and their changes determine the states and dynamics of wetlands and their ecosystem services. The influences of these controls are not limited to just the local scale of each individual wetland, but extend over larger landscape areas that integrate multiple wetlands and their total hydrological catchment – the wetlandscape. However, the data and knowledge of conditions and changes over entire wetlandscapes are still scarce, limiting the capacity to accurately understand and manage critical wetland ecosystems and their services under global change. We present a new database, consisting of geographic, hydrological, hydroclimate and land use information and data for 27 wetlandscapes around the world. This combines survey-based local information with geographic shapefiles and gridded datasets of large-scale hydroclimate and land use conditions and their changes over whole wetlandscapes. Temporally, the database contains 30-year time series of data for mean monthly precipitation and temperature, and annual land use conditions. The survey-based site information includes local knowledge on the wetlands, hydrology, hydroclimate and land uses within each wetlandscape, and on the availability and accessibility of associated local data. This novel database (available through PANGAEA https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.907398; Ghajarnia et al., 2019) can support site assessments, cross-regional comparisons, and scenario analyses of the roles and impacts of land use, hydroclimatic and wetland conditions and changes on whole-wetlandscape functions and ecosystem services.

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Navid Ghajarnia; Georgia Destouni; Josefin Thorslund; Zahra Kalantari; Imenne Åhlén; Jesús A. Anaya-Acevedo; Juan F. Blanco-Libreros; Sonia Borja; Sergey Chalov; Aleksandra Chalova; Kwok P. Chun; Nicola Clerici; Amanda Desormeaux; Bethany B. Garfield; Pierre Girard; Olga Gorelits; Amy Hansen; Fernando Jaramillo; Jerker Jarsjö; Adnane Labbaci; John Livsey; Giorgos Maneas; Kathryn McCurley; Sebastián Palomino-Ángel; Jan Pietroń; René Price; Victor H. Rivera-Monroy; Jorge Salgado; A. Britta K. Sannel; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Ylva Sjöberg; Pavel Terskii; Guillaume Vigouroux; Lucia Licero-Villanueva; David Zamora. Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world. 2019, 2019, 1 -20.

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Navid Ghajarnia, Georgia Destouni, Josefin Thorslund, Zahra Kalantari, Imenne Åhlén, Jesús A. Anaya-Acevedo, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Sonia Borja, Sergey Chalov, Aleksandra Chalova, Kwok P. Chun, Nicola Clerici, Amanda Desormeaux, Bethany B. Garfield, Pierre Girard, Olga Gorelits, Amy Hansen, Fernando Jaramillo, Jerker Jarsjö, Adnane Labbaci, John Livsey, Giorgos Maneas, Kathryn McCurley, Sebastián Palomino-Ángel, Jan Pietroń, René Price, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Jorge Salgado, A. Britta K. Sannel, Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Ylva Sjöberg, Pavel Terskii, Guillaume Vigouroux, Lucia Licero-Villanueva, David Zamora. Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world. . 2019; 2019 ():1-20.

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Navid Ghajarnia; Georgia Destouni; Josefin Thorslund; Zahra Kalantari; Imenne Åhlén; Jesús A. Anaya-Acevedo; Juan F. Blanco-Libreros; Sonia Borja; Sergey Chalov; Aleksandra Chalova; Kwok P. Chun; Nicola Clerici; Amanda Desormeaux; Bethany B. Garfield; Pierre Girard; Olga Gorelits; Amy Hansen; Fernando Jaramillo; Jerker Jarsjö; Adnane Labbaci; John Livsey; Giorgos Maneas; Kathryn McCurley; Sebastián Palomino-Ángel; Jan Pietroń; René Price; Victor H. Rivera-Monroy; Jorge Salgado; A. Britta K. Sannel; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Ylva Sjöberg; Pavel Terskii; Guillaume Vigouroux; Lucia Licero-Villanueva; David Zamora. 2019. "Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world." 2019, no. : 1-20.

Perspective
Published: 06 April 2019 in Water
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Wetlands are essential parts of Arctic landscapes, playing important roles for the sustainable development of the region, and linking to climate change and adaptation, ecosystem services, and the livelihood of local people. The effects of human and natural change drivers on key landscape characteristics of Arctic wetlands may be critical for ecosystem resilience, with some functional aspects still poorly understood. This paper reviews the scientific literature on change drivers for Arctic wetland landscapes, seeking to identify the main studied interactions among different drivers and landscape characteristics and their changes, as well as emerging research gaps in this context. In a total of 2232 studies of various aspects of Arctic wetland landscapes found in the literature, natural drivers and climate change have been the most studied change drivers so far, particularly regarding their impacts on carbon cycling, plant communities and biodiversity. In contrast, management plans, land use changes, and nutrient-pollutant loading, have not been investigated as much as human drivers of Arctic wetland change. This lack of study highlights essential gaps in wetland related research, and between such research and management of Arctic wetlands.

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Zahra Kalantari; Magnus Land; Georgia Destouni. Change Drivers and Impacts in Arctic Wetland Landscapes—Literature Review and Gap Analysis. Water 2019, 11, 722 .

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Zahra Kalantari, Magnus Land, Georgia Destouni. Change Drivers and Impacts in Arctic Wetland Landscapes—Literature Review and Gap Analysis. Water. 2019; 11 (4):722.

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Zahra Kalantari; Magnus Land; Georgia Destouni. 2019. "Change Drivers and Impacts in Arctic Wetland Landscapes—Literature Review and Gap Analysis." Water 11, no. 4: 722.

Journal article
Published: 25 March 2019 in Water
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Wetlands are often vital physical and social components of a country’s natural capital, as well as providers of ecosystem services to local and national communities. We performed a network analysis to prioritize Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for sustainable development in iconic wetlands and wetlandscapes around the world. The analysis was based on the information and perceptions on 45 wetlandscapes worldwide by 49 wetland researchers of the Global Wetland Ecohydrological Network (GWEN). We identified three 2030 Agenda targets of high priority across the wetlandscapes needed to achieve sustainable development: Target 6.3—“Improve water quality”; 2.4—“Sustainable food production”; and 12.2—“Sustainable management of resources”. Moreover, we found specific feedback mechanisms and synergies between SDG targets in the context of wetlands. The most consistent reinforcing interactions were the influence of Target 12.2 on 8.4—“Efficient resource consumption”; and that of Target 6.3 on 12.2. The wetlandscapes could be differentiated in four bundles of distinctive priority SDG-targets: “Basic human needs”, “Sustainable tourism”, “Environmental impact in urban wetlands”, and “Improving and conserving environment”. In general, we find that the SDG groups, targets, and interactions stress that maintaining good water quality and a “wise use” of wetlandscapes are vital to attaining sustainable development within these sensitive ecosystems.

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Fernando Jaramillo; Amanda Desormeaux; Johanna Hedlund; James W. Jawitz; Nicola Clerici; Luigi Piemontese; Jenny Alexandra Rodríguez-Rodriguez; Jesús Adolfo Anaya; Juan F. Blanco-Libreros; Sonia Borja; Jorge Celi; Sergey Chalov; Kwok Pan Chun; Matilda Cresso; Georgia Destouni; Shimelis Behailu Dessu; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Andrea Downing; Luisa Espinosa; Navid Ghajarnia; Pierre Girard; Álvaro G. Gutiérrez; Amy Hansen; Tengfei Hu; Jerker Jarsjö; Zahra Kalantari; Adnane Labbaci; Lucia Licero-Villanueva; John Livsey; Ewa Machotka; Kathryn McCurley; Sebastián Palomino-Ángel; Jan Pietron; René Price; Sorain J. Ramchunder; Constanza Ricaurte-Villota; Luisa Fernanda Ricaurte; Lula Dahir; Erasmo Rodríguez; Jorge Salgado; A. Britta K. Sannel; Ana Carolina Santos; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Ylva Sjöberg; Lian Sun; Josefin Thorslund; Guillaume Vigouroux; Lan Wang-Erlandsson; Diandian Xu; David Zamora; Alan D. Ziegler; Imenne Åhlén. Priorities and Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Focus on Wetlands. Water 2019, 11, 619 .

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Fernando Jaramillo, Amanda Desormeaux, Johanna Hedlund, James W. Jawitz, Nicola Clerici, Luigi Piemontese, Jenny Alexandra Rodríguez-Rodriguez, Jesús Adolfo Anaya, Juan F. Blanco-Libreros, Sonia Borja, Jorge Celi, Sergey Chalov, Kwok Pan Chun, Matilda Cresso, Georgia Destouni, Shimelis Behailu Dessu, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Andrea Downing, Luisa Espinosa, Navid Ghajarnia, Pierre Girard, Álvaro G. Gutiérrez, Amy Hansen, Tengfei Hu, Jerker Jarsjö, Zahra Kalantari, Adnane Labbaci, Lucia Licero-Villanueva, John Livsey, Ewa Machotka, Kathryn McCurley, Sebastián Palomino-Ángel, Jan Pietron, René Price, Sorain J. Ramchunder, Constanza Ricaurte-Villota, Luisa Fernanda Ricaurte, Lula Dahir, Erasmo Rodríguez, Jorge Salgado, A. Britta K. Sannel, Ana Carolina Santos, Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Ylva Sjöberg, Lian Sun, Josefin Thorslund, Guillaume Vigouroux, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Diandian Xu, David Zamora, Alan D. Ziegler, Imenne Åhlén. Priorities and Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Focus on Wetlands. Water. 2019; 11 (3):619.

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Fernando Jaramillo; Amanda Desormeaux; Johanna Hedlund; James W. Jawitz; Nicola Clerici; Luigi Piemontese; Jenny Alexandra Rodríguez-Rodriguez; Jesús Adolfo Anaya; Juan F. Blanco-Libreros; Sonia Borja; Jorge Celi; Sergey Chalov; Kwok Pan Chun; Matilda Cresso; Georgia Destouni; Shimelis Behailu Dessu; Giuliano Di Baldassarre; Andrea Downing; Luisa Espinosa; Navid Ghajarnia; Pierre Girard; Álvaro G. Gutiérrez; Amy Hansen; Tengfei Hu; Jerker Jarsjö; Zahra Kalantari; Adnane Labbaci; Lucia Licero-Villanueva; John Livsey; Ewa Machotka; Kathryn McCurley; Sebastián Palomino-Ángel; Jan Pietron; René Price; Sorain J. Ramchunder; Constanza Ricaurte-Villota; Luisa Fernanda Ricaurte; Lula Dahir; Erasmo Rodríguez; Jorge Salgado; A. Britta K. Sannel; Ana Carolina Santos; Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Ylva Sjöberg; Lian Sun; Josefin Thorslund; Guillaume Vigouroux; Lan Wang-Erlandsson; Diandian Xu; David Zamora; Alan D. Ziegler; Imenne Åhlén. 2019. "Priorities and Interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Focus on Wetlands." Water 11, no. 3: 619.

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Published: 24 March 2019 in Water
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Wetlands used as cost-effective nature-based solutions provide environmental and socio-economic benefits to people locally and regionally. With significant loss of wetland areas due to expansion of forest, agriculture, and energy production industries, some countries, including Sweden, have begun providing economic support for environmental objectives for wetland conservation and restoration. Targeting such objectives and setting up relevant plans can decrease the risk of losing valuable wetland-related benefits and help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Different ranges of wetland ecosystem services are broadly addressed by the SDGs, however, target-based assessments are required to better understand wetland functionality for sustainable development. This study investigates whether and how wetland ecosystems at local and regional scales can contribute to achieving the SDGs and their targets in Sweden. Scientific literature, policy documents, and international reports on Swedish wetland ecosystems are scrutinized to exemplify the SDGs and their targets, applying a scoring framework based on their interactions. This reveals that, overall, Swedish wetland ecosystems and implemented management plans can positively interact with 10 SDGs and 17 targets at different levels. The analysis also highlights synergies that need to be considered for integrated environmental governance and enhanced policy coherence for Swedish wetland management.

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Minnoka Nockrach; Zahra Kalantari. The Potential of Wetlands in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. Water 2019, 11, 609 .

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Minnoka Nockrach, Zahra Kalantari. The Potential of Wetlands in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. Water. 2019; 11 (3):609.

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Samaneh Seifollahi-Aghmiuni; Minnoka Nockrach; Zahra Kalantari. 2019. "The Potential of Wetlands in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda." Water 11, no. 3: 609.