Coastal Restoration and Ecological Functions Enhancement
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Oceans and Coastal Zones".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2025 | Viewed by 782
Special Issue Editor
Interests: coastal restoration; nature-based solutions; climate resilience; biodiversity conservation; erosion and accretion processes; blue carbon sequestration; biogeomorphic feedbacks
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Coastal wetlands, such as mangrove forests, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows, are among the most valuable ecosystems in the world. They provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including the support of commercial fisheries, carbon sequestration, natural coastal protection, and water quality improvement. However, these ecosystems have been lost or severely degraded around the world, primarily due to anthropogenic disturbances and significant climate changes in recent years, resulting in the loss of ecosystem services and a reduction in ecological functions. To halt and reverse the degradation of coastal wetlands, many researchers globally have endeavoured to conserve and restore these coastal ecosystems and provide nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change and support biodiversity conservation. Coastal restoration has substantial potential to contribute to multiple policy objectives related to biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and sustainable development, such as the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021–2030), the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030), post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goal.
The objective of this Special Issue is to provide readers with information pertaining to recent research advancements in coastal restoration and its efficacy as a nature-based solution for climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. Research papers related to the response of ecological, hydrological, biogeochemical, and sedimentary processes induced by coastal restoration, in both long- to short-term evolution, are anticipated. In particular, articles addressing the relationship among climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation and coastal restoration are welcome. We also welcome original research papers, case studies and critical reviews from a range of disciplines (e.g., biology, ecology, geomorphology, oceanography, hydrology, biogeomorphology, and multidisciplinary topic). They may be based on field observations, modelling, and/or advanced techniques.
Dr. Zezheng Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coastal wetlands
- ecological restoration
- nature-based solutions
- climate change mitigation
- biodiversity conservation
- erosion and accretion processes
- coastal invasive species control
- ecological functions enhancement
- ecosystem services
- sustainable development goals
