Intertidal mudflat and saltmarsh conservation and sustainable use in the UK: a review.
Intertidal mudflat and saltmarsh conservation and sustainable use in the UK: a review.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.04.015
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发表时间：
2013-09
影响因子：
8.7
通讯作者：
Natalie Foster;M. Hudson;S. Bray;R. Nicholls
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作者：
Natalie Foster;M. Hudson;S. Bray;R. Nicholls
1971年在伊朗拉姆萨尔通过的《国际重要湿地公约》使联合王国承诺保护和可持续利用潮间带泥滩和盐沼，造福今世后代。本文通过对滩涂和盐沼的重要性和价值、现状、特征、原因和损失后果以及对损失的应对措施等方面的考虑，综述了英国在滩涂和盐沼保护和可持续利用方面的进展。由于其目前的状况和趋势不明确，因此很难评估整个英国范围内的总体净变化。然而，很明显，英格兰东南部和南部因侵蚀而造成的损失继续超过潮间泥滩和盐沼修复计划（IMSR）带来的收益。与欧洲其他地方和美国相比，英国的IMSR计划通常仅限于相对较小规模的试验。迄今为止，还没有任何研究明确地确定了侵蚀的原因。无论原因如何，潮间泥滩和盐沼的丧失对提供人类和其他物种所依赖的生态系统服务产生了不利影响。本文提出的证据表明，除了进一步开展科学研究外，还需要制定一个能够适应复杂性、不确定性和多种多样观点的决策进程，通过这一进程，可以采取更知情、更及时的决定和更有效、更协调一致的行动，以养护和可持续地利用潮间带泥滩和盐沼。
The adoption of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance in Ramsar, Iran in 1971 committed the UK to conserve and sustainably use intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes for the benefit of present and future generations. Through consideration of their importance and value, current status, the characteristics, causes and consequences of their loss, and the associated responses to loss, this paper reviews the UK progress towards the conservation and sustainable use of intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes. Uncertainties in their current status and trends make it difficult to assess the overall net change in extent across the UK. However, it is apparent that losses due to erosion continue to exceed gains from intertidal mudflat and saltmarsh reparation (IMSR) schemes in south-east and southern England. IMSR schemes in the UK have been generally limited to relatively small-scale trials in comparison to elsewhere in Europe and in the USA. No research to date has unequivocally identified the causes of erosion. Regardless of the cause, the loss of intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes has adverse impacts on the provision of ecosystem services upon which humans and other species depend. The evidence presented in this paper suggests that alongside further science-based research, there is a need to develop a decision-making process capable of accommodating complexity, uncertainty and multiple diverse perspectives, through which more informed, timely decisions and more effective, concerted actions to conserve and sustainably use intertidal mudflats and saltmarshes can be taken.