Collaborative research across boundaries: Mangrove ecosystem services and poverty traps as a coupled natural-human system
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
3-30-2019
Abstract
Mangrove wetlands are one of the most threatened ecosystems in coastal zones, and are being degraded globally at a high rate due to human activities. Impoverished and vulnerable populations living in rural coastal areas in subtropical and tropical latitudes tend to be most directly dependent on ecosystem services and hence are directly affected by the degradation of mangrove wetlands and other coastal resources. We formed an interdisciplinary and international team of researchers, students, and professionals to understand the linkages between poverty traps and mangrove ecosystem services in coastal Tanzania, thus informing and contributing to institutional efforts to resolve and avoid these traps. This chapter analyzes the nature of this coupled natural-human system, assesses the challenges to implement an interdisciplinary research agenda as a team, and underscores the practical strategies to overcome those challenges.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
Collaboration Across Boundaries for Social-Ecological Systems Science: Experiences Around the World
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Uchida, Emi, Victor H. Rivera-Monroy, Sara A. Ates, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Arthur J. Gold, Todd Guilfoos, Mario F. Hernandez, Razack Lokina, Mwita M. Mangora, Stephen R. Midway, Catherine McNally, Michael J. Polito, Matthew Robertson, Robert V. Rohli, Hirotsugu Uchida, Lindsey West, and Xiaochen Zhao. "Collaborative research across boundaries: Mangrove ecosystem services and poverty traps as a coupled natural-human system." Collaboration Across Boundaries for Social-Ecological Systems Science: Experiences Around the World (2019). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-13827-1_4.