Highlights:

• FEC Drives Dialogue on Sustainable Delta Communities at the 4th Mega-Delta Meeting
• Official Announcement: Establishment of FEC Mangroves Restoration Working Group
• SIMSEA Meta-Network Meeting Strengthens Regional Collaboration in Zhuhai
• FEC-SIMSEA Youth Joint Seminar: Understanding Coastal Resilience in a Changing Climate
• FEC Webinar 2025 | Surf Culture and Coastal Futures: Global Webinar Highlights Collective Action through Surfing Communities
• Announcement: “Coastal Visions” Global Coastal Photography Award Winners
• Award-Winning “Coastal Visions” Photography Exhibition Illuminates Global Coastal Dialogue in Shanghai
• Anthropocene Coasts: Call for Papers – Tour de Coasts
• FEC New Publication | Sandy beaches within meta-social-ecological systems: An integrated framework for ecology, management, and conservation
• FEC New Publication | Managing marine resources sustainably – But how do we know when marine management has been successful?
• Updates from FEC Affiliated Projects: Turning the Tide: systems thinking for a sustainable ocean, Generating Impact Through Transdisciplinary Research: Co-Designing Solutions for Complex Marine and Coastal Challenges
• Updates from FEC Supported Networks: Decade Collaborative Centre for Coastal Resilience
• Reports | 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2025/2026

FEC Drives Dialogue on Sustainable Delta Communities at the 4th Mega-Delta Meeting

SHANGHAI – The recent 4th Mega-Delta Meeting: International Conference on Dialogue between Land and Sea proved to be a vital platform for global experts to address the mounting pressures on the world’s critical river deltas. Held in Shanghai from October 19-22, the conference united scientists, policymakers, and practitioners to bridge science and policy for a sustainable future.

Future Earth Coasts (FEC) was honored to co-organize and sponsor this inspiring event. A key contribution was leading the session on “Coastal and Estuarine Social-Ecological Systems: Pathways to Sustainability.”

The session featured a series of insightful presentations from leading international experts. Heath Kelsey from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science showcased the use of Socio-Environmental Report Cards as powerful tools for transdisciplinary engagement. The session was convened by Anik Bhaduri from Future Earth, FEC Academy Member, who also presented on a measurement-to-decision framework for adaptive delta governance. Furthermore, Andy Large from Newcastle University contributed valuable perspectives on sustainable delta futures through the Living Deltas Hub approach.

The discussions highlighted crucial pathways for sustainable delta management, emphasizing the need for frameworks for adaptive governance, practical tools for community engagement, and the integration of lessons from global case studies. The session successfully reinforced the power of collaborative, multidisciplinary science to build resilient futures for these vital regions.

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Official Announcement: Establishment of FEC Mangroves Restoration Working Group

Future Earth Coasts (FEC) is pleased to announce the official establishment of the Mangroves Restoration Working Group, endorsed by the FEC Executive Committee (ExCom).

The Cross-Continental Roots (CCR-Mangroves)Working Group—is a collaborative initiative connecting China, Australia, Latin America, and Africa through shared efforts in mangrove restoration, blue carbon research, and capacity building.

Led by Prof. Zhijun Dai (East China Normal University, China) and Dr. Giovanni Ávila-Flores (Future Earth Coasts Latin America & Caribbean IPO, Mexico), the Working Group aims to foster South–South collaboration and promote nature-based solutions to enhance coastal resilience in the Anthropocene.

Building upon the momentum of the recent FEC webinar “Mangrove Restoration Across Continents” (July 2025), the initiative will pilot innovative restoration models—including seedling propagation, geomorphic suitability mapping, and blue carbon monitoring—in Mexico and Ghana, with future expansion planned to Ecuador, Tanzania, and beyond.

The Working Group will act as a transcontinental learning platform for early-career researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, enabling the exchange of ecological knowledge and governance practices across regions.

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SIMSEA Meta-Network Meeting Strengthens Regional Collaboration in Zhuhai

ZHUHAI, October 2025 – The SIMSEA Meta-Network Meeting successfully concluded on October 18th in Zhuhai. Jointly organized by SIMSEA and Sun Yat-sen University, in collaboration with the Future Earth Meta-Network Initiative and supported by Future Earth Coasts, the meeting brought together experts dedicated to advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for marginal seas and coastal areas.

The gathering served as the project's inaugural on-site meeting, held within the 3rd Annual Conference on Marine System Science. It provided a dynamic platform for experts from across Asia to reconnect and welcome new members, united by a shared mission.

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FEC-SIMSEA Youth Joint Seminar: Understanding Coastal Resilience in a Changing Climate

The Future Earth Coasts (FEC)–SIMSEA Joint Seminar, “Understanding Coastal Resilience in a Changing Climate,” was successfully held on 10 October 2025, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and students from across Asia and Oceania to explore strategies for strengthening coastal resilience in the face of rising sea levels and increasing climate risks.

The keynote lecture was delivered by Mr. Andrew Fielding, Senior Environmental Consultant at JB Pacific, Australia, who shared his expertise in coastal hazard modeling and climate adaptation planning. Drawing from case studies in New South Wales and Queensland, he discussed how simulation libraries—comprehensive sets of modeled scenarios—can be used to assess coastal risks under varying sea level rise conditions, support real-time disaster response, and improve community preparedness.

Mr. Fielding emphasized the importance of localized assessments that combine physical, ecological, and social dimensions of vulnerability. He introduced the Four Pillars of Resilience Framework—Aware, Adapt, Respond, and Recover—as a practical guide for understanding and managing coastal hazards. His presentation highlighted that effective resilience planning requires not only robust data and modeling but also stakeholder engagement and clear communication of uncertainty to policymakers and communities.

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FEC Webinar 2025 | Surf Culture and Coastal Futures: Global Webinar Highlights Collective Action through Surfing Communities

The FEC webinar Surf Culture: Collectively Supporting Coastal Futures, held on 28 September 2025, brought together researchers, and coastal advocates to explore how the global surfing community contributes to conservation, cultural resilience, and sustainable futures.

Dr. Tom Wegener, internationally recognized surfboard designer, environmental advocate, and Noosa Shire Councillor, delivered a keynote highlighting surfing as a cultural movement rooted in coastal and ocean stewardship. Drawing on his PhD research and decades of experience, he showcased the resilience of surf culture—from ancient Hawaiian Alaya boards to local surfboard-making traditions—and the role of surfers as frontline witnesses to coastal pollution and advocates for change. Examples from Hainan, China, illustrated community-led beach clean-ups, recycled surf products, and the preservation of cultural heritage through board-making.

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Announcement: “Coastal Visions” Global Coastal Photography Award Winners

Award-Winning “Coastal Visions” Photography Exhibition Illuminates Global Coastal Dialogue in Shanghai

Anthropocene Coasts is launching a new special collection titled Tour de Coasts.  

The submission deadline for this collection is December 31, 2025. You can access the topical collection via this link. 

Guest Editors 



Dr. Katya Altman, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, USA 

Dr. Dwayne Porter, University of South Carolina, USA  

Dr. Heath Kelsey, University of Maryland, USA

Dr. Anja Scheffers, Southern Cross University, Australia 

Dr. Xiaoyu Fang, East China Normal University, China  

New Article Published in This Special Collection

Dutta, S., Al Balushi, M., Al Harbi, F., & Paul, S. (2025). Fisheries management of the Arabian Peninsula region with special emphasis to the Sultanate of Oman: perspectives of climate change adaptations. Anthropocene Coasts, 8(1), 1-14.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-025-00088-8

Sandy beaches within meta-social-ecological systems: An integrated framework for ecology, management, and conservation

Omar Defeo, Guilherme Corte, Carlos A.M. Barboza, Paula Debiasi, Leonardo Lopes Costa, Michael Elliott, Lucia Fanini, Linda R. Harris, Nelson Rangel-Buitrago, John Baxter, 

Alberto Basset, Anton McLachlan

Prof. Michael Elliott

Abstract

Sandy beaches are dynamic ecosystems embedded within broader meta-social-ecological systems (M-SES), shaped by cross-ecosystem flows, trophic connectivity, and multiscale human pressures. Here, we develop an integrated M-SES framework to advance the understanding, management, and conservation of sandy beaches as interconnected nodes within wider meta-ecological networks. We synthesize key patterns of metapopulation structure, metacommunity dynamics, and meta-ecosystem processes, highlighting the pivotal role of sandy beaches in sustaining regional biodiversity, energy fluxes, and ecosystem functioning. While interconnections across the Littoral Active Zone (LAZ)—comprising dunes, beaches, and surf zones—underpin local ecosystem functioning, meta-ecosystem processes arise from exchanges between the LAZ and adjacent systems (e.g., estuaries, reefs, nearshore pelagic zones). These connections are increasingly disrupted by both local and cross-realm stressors. We introduce the concept of meta-deposits, framing sandy beaches as dynamic sinks and redistribution hubs for contaminants transported by oceanographic and atmospheric processes. Local stressors (e.g., trampling, sand mining) and cross-realm pressures (e.g., coastal squeeze, plastic pollution, climate change) interact with governance deficits, intensifying ecosystem degradation and undermining biodiversity, ecosystem services, and coastal resilience. The M-SES framework fosters multiscale, adaptive governance by integrating ecological connectivity with institutional and social dimensions. Key strategies include strengthening polycentric governance, promoting nature-based solutions, enhancing resilience through participatory mechanisms, and incorporating cross-realm connectivity into spatial planning where appropriate. Emerging tools—such as environmental DNA, remote sensing, and social-ecological modeling—offer powerful means to monitor biodiversity, track ecosystem change, and support evidence-based decision-making. Finally, we identify critical research priorities to refine meta-ecological applications in sandy beach systems, including improved understanding of dispersal, energy fluxes, biotic interactions, and cumulative anthropogenic stressors. Advancing an integrated M-SES approach is essential to sustain the ecological integrity, biodiversity, and societal benefits of sandy beaches in the face of accelerating global change.

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Managing marine resources sustainably – But how do we know when marine management has been successful?

Michael Elliott, Ángel Borja, Roland Cormier

Abstract

Current marine environmental management is the ‘sustainable management of people and their marine activities’ to be achieved through ecosystem manipulation and activity control. Marine management per se needs to define who requires and can achieve a successfully managed environment, the tools and indicators for that management, the indications of success and the means of knowing that the environment has been successfully managed. Indicators of success require policies and plans, environmental targets and regulatory standards and guidelines, i.e. output controls such as those stipulated by legislation. It should aim for sustainable outcomes based on government policy, to satisfy public demands and using the advice and assessments by natural and social scientists. The inputs, outputs and outcomes should include scientific research and advice, reporting to the government and the public as well as compliance in programme performance evaluations. In this, there are three interested bodies: (i) those requiring a successfully managed environment such as the public; (ii) those responsible to carry-out and monitor the programmes and regulate humans and their activities as mandated by government such as administrators and regulators, and (iii) those implementing the management measures. Here, examples from Europe and North America but with relevance to all maritime states are used to emphasise that management success encompasses a well-defined planning cycle with a vision achieved as the result of objectives being met leading to actions carried out leading to outputs produced leading to outcomes achieved.

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Updates from FEC Affiliated Projects

Updates from FEC Supported Networks

Reports

○ Adhiambo, R., Mensah, P. K., Koomson, A., & Acheampong, E. (2025). Navigating stress: Impacts of temperature, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and heavy metals on the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii adapted to tropical waters of the Gulf of Guinea. Aquatic Toxicology, 107388.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2025.107388

○ Cunha, J., Elliott, M., Villasante, S., Balbi, S., Cabecinha, E., & Ramos, S. (2025). Assessing cumulative risks to coastal and marine habitats under management and climate change scenarios: The case of northern Portugal. Ocean & Coastal Management, 268, 107756.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107756

○ Davies-Vollum, K. S., Puttick, S., Agyekhumene, A., Amolegbe, T., Aneyo, I., Boateng, I., ... & Sohou, Z. (2025). A stakeholder-informed framework for the sustainable management of coastal lagoons in West Africa. Anthropocene Coasts, 8(1), 1-11.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s44218-025-00093-x

○ Defeo, O., Corte, G., Barboza, C. A., Debiasi, P., Costa, L. L., Elliott, M., ... & McLachlan, A. (2025). Sandy beaches within meta-social-ecological systems: An integrated framework for ecology, management, and conservation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 109350.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109350

○ Dutta, S., Al Balushi, M., Al Harbi, F., & Paul, S. (2025). Fisheries management of the Arabian Peninsula region with special emphasis to the Sultanate of Oman: perspectives of climate change adaptations. Anthropocene Coasts, 8(1), 1-14.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-025-00088-8

○ Elliott, M., Borja, Á., & Cormier, R. (2025). Managing marine resources sustainably–But how do we know when marine management has been successful?. Ocean & Coastal Management, 265, 107623.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107623

○ Elrick-Barr, C. E., Smith, T. F., & Thomsen, D. C. (2025). Practitioner perspectives of wellbeing in rapidly changing Australian coastal communities. Ocean & Coastal Management, 266, 107668.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107668

○ Genchi, S. A., Vitale, A. J., & Perillo, G. M. (2025). Coastal cliff erosion: a bibliometric analysis and literature review. Anthropocene Coasts, 8(1), 1-18.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-025-00072-2

○ Gutierrez, D., Calado, H., Toor, F. v., Moreira, M., Paramio, M. L., Martins, F., Santos, N., Melo, N., & Newton, A. (2025). Empowering Maritime Spatial Planning and Marine Conservation Efforts Through Digital Engagement: The Role of Online Platforms. Sustainability, 17(14), 6371.

https://doi.org/10.3390/su17146371

○ Jiang, W., Huang, Z., Dai, Z., Luo, J., Zeng, W., & Liang, X. (2025). Attenuation of hydro‐sediment dynamics progradation over mangrove wetland. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(2), e2024JC021531.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021531

○ Li, Y., Robinson, S. V., Nguyen, L. H., & Liu, J. (2023). Satellite prediction of coastal hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Remote Sensing of Environment, 284, 113346.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113346

○ Li, Y., Xia, Z., Nguyen, L., Wan, H. Y., Wan, L., Wang, M., ... & Liu, J. (2025). Spatiotemporal dynamics of coastal dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico over 20 years using remote sensing. Science of The Total Environment, 979, 179461.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179461

○ Liang, X., Dai, Z., Mei, X., Wang, R., Zeng, W., & Fagherazzi, S. (2025). Hurricanes induced irreversible large‐scale loss of mangrove forests. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(9), e2025GL115692.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115692

○ Matovu, B., Bleischwitz, R., Lukambagire, I., Alkoyak-Yildiz, M., Tarek, R., Etta, L., ... & Hsieh, Y. L. (2025). Examining the perceptions and attitudes toward Women's employment and leadership in the blue economy: A case study of India. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 11, 101537.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101537

○ Matovu, B., Mim, T. A., & Lutalo, B. (2025). Where and how can Africa and India leverage the blue economy opportunities of the Indian Ocean region as a driver for sustainable development and partnerships?. Sustainable Futures, 10, 101218.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101218

○ Nogueira, S. F., Vitale, A. J., Genchi, S. A., Roth, A., Vargas, S. M., Siben, A., ... & Perillo, G. M. (2025). Design and development of a cost-effective buoy using 3D printing for coastal monitoring. HardwareX, e00657.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2025.e00657

○ Ogier, E. M., Pecl, G. T., Hughes, T., Lawless, S., Layton, C., Nash, K. L., & Morrison, T. H. (2025). Novel marine-climate interventions hampered by low consensus and governance preparedness. Nature Climate Change, 1-10.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02291-4

○ Ogier, E. M., Pecl, G. T., Hughes, T., Lawless, S., Layton, C., Nash, K. L., & Morrison, T. H. (2025). Enhance responsible governance to match the scale and pace of marine–climate interventions. Nature Climate Change, 1-2.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02292-3

○ Onwubiko, C. C., & Aheto, D. W. (2025). Assessing the Role of Coastal Habitats in Flood Reduction in Selected Communities of Rivers State. Coasts, 5(2), 17.

https://doi.org/10.3390/coasts5020017

○ Salazar, Y. C. A., Genchi, S. A., Nuciari, L., Perillo, V. L., Piccolo, M. C., & Perillo, G. M. (2025). MiSMoS (MicroScale Morphology System): an inexpensive new method to survey 3D surface micromorphology. Latin American Journal of Sedimentology and Basin Analysis.

https://lajsba.sedimentologia.org.ar/lajsba/article/view/264

○ Valiela, I., Chenoweth, K., & Day, J. (2025). Meta-analysis of vegetation responses to experimental nitrogen enrichments done in salt marshes under different sea level rise regimes reveal interaction of N supply and sea level rise. Science of The Total Environment, 975, 179198.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179198

○ Wu, S., Hu, Y., Zhao, W., Gong, L., Song, Y., Li, C., ... & He, Q. (2025). Human flood adaptation characteristics: A comparative study of three global river deltas. Journal of Hydrology, 133531.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133531

○ Yang, J., Dai, Z., Mei, X., Lou, Y., & Fagherazzi, S. (2025). Wetland gain and loss in the Mississippi River bird‐foot delta. Earth's Future, 13(6), e2024EF005003.

https://doi.org/10.1029/2024EF005003

○ Zhao, X., Kaniewski, D., Wang, Y., Marriner, N., Salem, A., Alassal, S. E., ... & Chen, Z. (2025). On the long and winding road: unravelling the late emergence of Neolithic agriculture in the Nile Delta. Quaternary Science Reviews, 359, 109368.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109368

○ Zhao, X., Kaniewski, D., Wang, Y., Marriner, N., Salem, A., Liu, Y., ... & Chen, Z. (2025). Holocene trends in Nile Delta fire regimes driven by cropland expansion and reduced precipitation. Quaternary Science Reviews, 361, 109412.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109412



○ Anthony, E., Syvitski, J., Zăinescu, F., Nicholls, R. J., Cohen, K. M., Marriner, N., ... & Maselli, V. (2024). Delta sustainability from the Holocene to the Anthropocene and envisioning the future. Nature Sustainability, 1-12.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01426-3

○ Backler, S., Davies-Vollum, K. S., & Raha, D. (2025). An evaluation of coastal resilience policies in Anglophone West Africa through a regional comparative analysis. Marine Policy, 176, 106648.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106648

○ Baker, M., Bleischwitz, R., Lukambagire, I., Etta, L. A., & Lutalo, B. (2025). Decomposing sand mining complexities to chart ocean sustainability narratives and pathways in the coastal zones of Africa. The Extractive Industries and Society, 23, 101646.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2025.101646

○ Banerjee, S., Lahiri, R., Choudhury, A. K., Mondal, A., Kim, J. W., MubarakAli, D., & Satpati, G. G. (2024). Unraveling the potential of cyanobacteria as food and investigating their production and nutritional properties. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 103421.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2024.103421

○ Day, J., Anthony, E., Costanza, R., Edmonds, D., Gunn, J., Hopkinson, C., ... & White, J. R. (2024). Coastal Wetlands in the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 49.

https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-121922- 041109

○ Day, J. W., Xu, Y. J., Keim, B. D., Brown, V. M., Giosan, L., Mann, M. E., & Stephens, J. R. (2024). Emerging climate threats to the Mississippi River Delta: Moving from restoration to adaptation. One Earth.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.03.001

○ Elegbede, I. O., Al Jufaili, S. M., Jolaosho, T. L., Tesleem, B., Adekunle, A. F., Modupe, O. O., ... & Halimat, A. A. (2025). Health-related dimensions of fishers for sustainable commercial fisheries in the Atlantic Gulf of Guinea: Ecological and social assessments. One Health, 20, 100972.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.100972

○ Eriksen, S. H., Simpson, N. P., Glavovic, B., Ley, D., Carr, E. R., Fernández-Carril, L., ... & Degvold, F. (2024). Pathways for urgent action towards climate resilient development. Nature Climate Change, 1-4.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-02190-0

○ Fivash, G. S., Stoorvogel, M. M., de Smit, J. C., van Rees, F., van Dalen, J., Grandjean, T. J., ... & van Belzen, J. (2024). Abiotic origins of self‐organized ridge‐runnel patterns on tidal flats. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(6), 1378-1389.

https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12581

○ Harvey, N and Thom, B (2024) Coastal Governance in Federated Countries. In: Baird, Daniel and Elliott, Michael (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 2nd Edition, vol. 7, pp. 307–326. Oxford: Elsevier.

https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00098-6

○ Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 124104.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124104

○ Khalifa, A., Meselhe, E., Hu, K., Day, J., & Allison, M. (2025). The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927: Morphodynamic Analysis of The Caernarvon Crevasse Event. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 109234.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109234

○ Leyva Ollivier, M. E., Newton, A., & Kelsey, H. (2024). Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay watershed socio-ecological system through the Circles of Coastal Sustainability framework. Frontiers in Water, 6, 1269717.

https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1269717

○ Liu, P., Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Sun, Q., Zhang, D., Li, Y., ... & Chen, J. (2024). Sediment source-to-sink patterns along the Southeast China coast during the late quaternary: New insights from sediment geochemistry and OSL ages in the Ningde Bay. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 112577.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2024.112577

○ Liu, S., Hu, Z., Grandjean, T. J., Wang, Z. B., van Zelst, V. T., Qi, L., ... & Bouma, T. J. (2025). Dynamics and drivers of tidal flat morphology in China. Nature Communications, 16(1), 2153.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57525-y

○ Maire, E., Robinson, J. P., McLean, M., Arif, S., Zamborain-Mason, J., Cinner, J. E., ... & Hicks, C. C. (2024). Managing nutrition-biodiversity trade-offs on coral reefs. Current Biology.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.031

○ Matovu, B., Bleischwitz, R., Lukambagire, I., Etta, L. A., Alkoyak-Yildiz, M., Tarek, R., ... & Suresh, A. S. (2025). Linking the blue economy to Women's empowerment to create avenues for the realization of ocean sustainability targets in the global south. Ocean & Coastal Management, 262, 107582.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.107582

○ Matovu, B., Lee, M. A., Mammel, M., Lukambagire, I., Lutalo, B., Mwangu, A. R., ... & Muhoozi, Y. (2024). Mobilizing Evidence-based Knowledge for Sustainable Wetlands Co-management and Co-governance amidst increasing Anthropogenic and Environmental Stressors: Key Lessons from Mityana District, Uganda. Environmental Challenges, 17, 101014.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2024.101014

○ Perillo, G.M.E., Piccolo, M.C., 2024. Global variability in estuaries and coastal settings. En: Whitfield, A.K., Elliott, M. (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 2nd Ed. Vol.1 18-24 Elsevier.

DOI 10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00038-X

○ Perillo, G.M.E., Gao, S., Cuadrado, D.G., 2024. Tidal flats: geomorphology and dynamics. En: Uncles, R.J., Mitchell, S., French, J. (eds.) Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, 2nd Ed. Vol.2 809-842 Elsevier

DOI10.1016/B978-0-323-90798-9.00034-2

○ Politi, E., Brito, A. C., Gomes, M. R., Lebreton, C., & Falcini, F. (2024). Listening to stakeholders: Development of water quality indicators for transitional environments using satellite data. Ocean & Coastal Management, 253, 107140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107140

○ Raha, D., Davies-Vollum, K. S., Hemstock, S. L., Boateng, I., Islam, M. T., & Pierce, C. A. (2024). We need collaboration and co-creation to address challenges facing coastal communities. Nature Human Behaviour, 1-9.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01875-y

○ Scordo, F., Seitz, C., Abasto, B., Spetter, C. V., Cintia Piccolo, M., Buria, L., & Perillo, G. M. (2024). Nutrients limiting the growth of planktonic and benthic-littoral primary producers in Patagonian Andean Lakes. Inland Waters,1-31.

https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2024.2418681

○ Scordo, F., Seitz, C., Buria, L., Piccolo, M. C., & Perillo, G. M. (2025). Climatic and human impacts on Patagonian terminal lakes. Science of The Total Environment, 966, 178714.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178714

○ Stoorvogel, M. M., de Smit, J. C., Wiesebron, L. E., van Belzen, J., van de Koppel, J., Temmerman, S., & Bouma, T. J. (2025). Plant species, inundation, and sediment grain size control the development of sediment stability in tidal marshes. Ecological Applications, 35(1), e3078.

https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.3078

○ Stoorvogel, M. M., van Belzen, J., Temmerman, S., Wiesebron, L. E., Fivash, G. S., van IJzerloo, L., ... & Bouma, T. J. (2024). Salt marshes for nature-based flood defense: Sediment type, drainage, and vegetation drive the development of strong sediment beds. Ecological Engineering, 207, 107335.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107335

○ Stoorvogel, M. M., Willemsen, P. W., van Belzen, J., Temmerman, S., de Jonge, J. M., van de Koppel, J., & Bouma, T. J. (2025). Nature-based mitigation of shoreline erosion risks in tidal marshes created by managed realignment vs. sediment nourishment. Ecological Engineering, 210, 107439.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2024.107439

○ Valderrama-Landeros, L., Flores-de-Santiago, F., Ávila-Flores, G., Flores-Verdugo, F., Alcántara-Maya, J. A., Troche-Souza, C., ... & Suarez, E. (2024). IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, Mangroves of the Warm Temperate Northeast Pacific.

https://doi.org/10.32942/X2B03V

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Anthropocene Coasts

special column

Anthropocene Coasts, Future Earth Coasts' first official journal, is a Green Open Access journal hosted by East China Normal University. The journal publishes multidisciplinary research addressing the interaction of human activities with our estuaries and coasts.

To help build on the success of Anthropocene Coasts and to explore more exciting international opportunities representing the journal, we’re seeking more international Associate Editors who will recruit high-quality papers and increase the journal’s impact. Candidates will also be expected to coordinate with the Editors-in-Chief, Prof. Shu Gao and Prof. Ian Townend, to oversee manuscript review and make recommendations for manuscript reviewing.

Main responsibilities:

• Secure high-quality journal content. Actively support the journal during your term of office by soliciting submissions to the journal, leading or encouraging others to lead special collections and promoting the journal to peers, colleagues, and the wider coastal research community.
• Raise the journal’s profile in your country and internationally.
• Safeguard the integrity of the peer review process. Ensure it is rigorous, timely, unbiased, and confidential.
• Attend our editorial board webinars and work with the Editors-in-Chief to help journal develop.

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Special Collection: Coastal governance in the Global South

GUEST EDITORS:

Professor Sian Davies-Vollum

Dr Debadayita Raha

Dr Steve Puttick

For this Special Collection, Anthropocene Coasts invites manuscripts of all aspects of coastal governance and management in the Global South including but not limited to: coastal policy, governance for sustainable development, resource management, managing climate change (adaptation and mitigation), human-centred and community led governance, strategies for sustainable coastal livelihoods, health and wellbeing, and studies generating primary data that can inform coastal management.

Anthropocene Coasts is especially interested in studies that bridge basic theoretical research and management sciences. We encourage submissions from the Global South.

Update Milestones:

• August 30, 2024: Open call for abstracts closes; submit MS for 2x independent review
• December 1st, 2025: Manuscript submission deadline

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Most of our subscribers are coasts-related researchers. If you would like to put some recruitment information or share some latest news about coastal research in FEC monthly newsletter, please feel free to contact us through fecchina@ecnu.edu.cn.