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Informing implementation of Nature-based Solutions in marine and coastal environments : the MaCoBioS Blue NBS Toolbox

Casal, Gema ; Fonseca, Catarina ; Allegri, Elena ; Bianconi, Angelica ; Boyd, Emily LU ; Cornet, Cindy C. ; de Juan, Silvia ; Espinoza Córdova, Fabiola LU orcid ; Furlan, Elisa and Gil, Artur , et al. (2025) In One Ecosystem 10.
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Interconnected societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security demand immediate and coordinated action across local to global scales, guided by coherent policies and management mechanisms. Reflecting on the critical need to address societal challenges, Nature-based Solutions in marine and coastal environments, known as blue NBS, have emerged as an important part of the response strategy. Blue NBS integrate actions to protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems while managing human impacts, embedding nature and people into decision-making through multifaceted approaches. However, blue NBS implementation trails terrestrial NBS. To effectively inform blue NBS implementation, research must produce... (More)

Interconnected societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security demand immediate and coordinated action across local to global scales, guided by coherent policies and management mechanisms. Reflecting on the critical need to address societal challenges, Nature-based Solutions in marine and coastal environments, known as blue NBS, have emerged as an important part of the response strategy. Blue NBS integrate actions to protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems while managing human impacts, embedding nature and people into decision-making through multifaceted approaches. However, blue NBS implementation trails terrestrial NBS. To effectively inform blue NBS implementation, research must produce actionable science that is relevant, timely and usable, requiring collaboration and active knowledge exchange across the science-policy-practitioner interface. Working with stakeholders, we developed the MaCoBioS Blue NBS Toolbox to begin addressing some of the barriers facing blue NBS implementation. Containing a collection of multi-disciplinary, scientifically-grounded and stakeholder-informed tools and products, the toolbox guides practitioners through different stages of blue NBS implementation. This toolbox provides an important initial set of resources to support the design and implementation of effective blue NBS and pave the way for further collaborative work to operationalise these tools in different social-ecological contexts.

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biodiversity loss, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, coastal management, marine and coastal social-ecological systems
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One Ecosystem
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10
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e149010
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Pensoft Publishers
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2367-8194
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10.3897/oneeco.10.e149010
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  abstract     = {{<p>Interconnected societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss and food security demand immediate and coordinated action across local to global scales, guided by coherent policies and management mechanisms. Reflecting on the critical need to address societal challenges, Nature-based Solutions in marine and coastal environments, known as blue NBS, have emerged as an important part of the response strategy. Blue NBS integrate actions to protect and restore marine and coastal ecosystems while managing human impacts, embedding nature and people into decision-making through multifaceted approaches. However, blue NBS implementation trails terrestrial NBS. To effectively inform blue NBS implementation, research must produce actionable science that is relevant, timely and usable, requiring collaboration and active knowledge exchange across the science-policy-practitioner interface. Working with stakeholders, we developed the MaCoBioS Blue NBS Toolbox to begin addressing some of the barriers facing blue NBS implementation. Containing a collection of multi-disciplinary, scientifically-grounded and stakeholder-informed tools and products, the toolbox guides practitioners through different stages of blue NBS implementation. This toolbox provides an important initial set of resources to support the design and implementation of effective blue NBS and pave the way for further collaborative work to operationalise these tools in different social-ecological contexts.</p>}},
  author       = {{Casal, Gema and Fonseca, Catarina and Allegri, Elena and Bianconi, Angelica and Boyd, Emily and Cornet, Cindy C. and de Juan, Silvia and Espinoza Córdova, Fabiola and Furlan, Elisa and Gil, Artur and Krause, Torsten and Maréchal, Jean Philippe and McCarthy, Tim and Özkiper, Ozan and Pérez, Géraldine and Pham, Hung Voung and Roberts, Callum and Simide, Rémy and Simeoni, Christian and Taylor, Daisy and Tiengo, Rafaela and Trégarot, Ewan and Uchôa, Jéssica and O'leary, Bethan C.}},
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  keywords     = {{biodiversity loss; climate change adaptation; climate change mitigation; coastal management; marine and coastal social-ecological systems}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Pensoft Publishers}},
  series       = {{One Ecosystem}},
  title        = {{Informing implementation of Nature-based Solutions in marine and coastal environments : the MaCoBioS Blue NBS Toolbox}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/oneeco.10.e149010}},
  doi          = {{10.3897/oneeco.10.e149010}},
  volume       = {{10}},
  year         = {{2025}},
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