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Global trends of local ecological knowledge and future implications by Aswani, Shankar, Lemahieu, Anne, Sauer, Warwick H H

“…Local and indigenous knowledge is being transformed globally, particularly being eroded when pertaining to ecology. In many parts of the world, rural and…”
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Human–crocodile interactions in the western Solomon Islands: the importance of local data for reducing attacks on people by Aswani, Shankar, Matanzima, Joshua

“…Interactions between people and the saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus frequently occur on islands and in coastal regions. Saltwater crocodiles impact…”
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Exploring the potential impacts of tourism development on social and ecological change in the Solomon Islands by Diedrich, Amy, Aswani, Shankar

“…Pacific Island communities may be vulnerable to negative impacts of economic development, which is often considered a strategy for reducing vulnerability to…”
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Happy without money: Minimally monetized societies can exhibit high subjective well-being by Miñarro, Sara, Reyes-García, Victoria, Aswani, Shankar, Selim, Samiya, Barrington-Leigh, Christopher P, Galbraith, Eric D

“…Economic growth is often assumed to improve happiness for people in low income countries, although the association between monetary income and subjective…”
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Keeping Food on the Table: Human Responses and Changing Coastal Fisheries in Solomon Islands by Albert, Simon, Aswani, Shankar, Fisher, Paul L, Albert, Joelle

“…Globally the majority of commercial fisheries have experienced dramatic declines in stock and catch. Likewise, projections for many subsistence fisheries in…”
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INVESTIGATING CORAL REEF ETHNOBIOLOGY IN THE WESTERN SOLOMON ISLANDS FOR ENHANCING LIVELIHOOD RESILIENCE by ASWANI, SHANKAR

“…Coral reefs are of great socio-economic and cultural importance for many coastal communities across the tropics, yet little is known about people's local…”
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Ecosystem Services as a Common Language for Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management by GRANEK, ELISE F, POLASKY, STEPHEN, KAPPEL, CARRIE V, REED, DENISE J, STOMS, DAVID M, KOCH, EVAMARIA W, KENNEDY, CHRIS J, CRAMER, LORI A, HACKER, SALLY D, BARBIER, EDWARD B, ASWANI, SHANKAR, RUCKELSHAUS, MARY, PERILLO, GERARDO M.E, SILLIMAN, BRIAN R, MUTHIGA, NYAWIRA, BAEL, DAVID, WOLANSKI, ERIC

“…Ecosystem-based management is logistically and politically challenging because ecosystems are inherently complex and management decisions affect a multitude of…”
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Social innovation that connects people to coasts in the Anthropocene by Celliers, Louis, Mañez Costa, María, Rölfer, Lena, Aswani, Shankar, Ferse, Sebastian

“…Abstract Post-industrial society is driving global environmental change, which is a challenge for all generations, current and future. The Anthropocene is the…”
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Science in the service of society : is marine and coastal science addressing South Africa’s needs? by Cochrane, Kevern L., Aswani, Shankar, Sauer, Warwick H.H.

“…The modern world is confronted with many and diverse social and environmental challenges of high complexity. In South Africa, rapid and sustainable development…”
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Reply to ‘Society’s needs cannot be met by applied science alone : A response to Cochrane et al. (2019) by Cochrane, Kevern L., Sauer, Warwick H.H., Aswani, Shankar

“…We welcome discussion on our paper on science in the service of society but find the response by Glassom et al. to be weak and frequently flawed. We can only…”
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Benthic mapping using local aerial photo interpretation and resident taxa inventories for designing marine protected areas by ASWANI, SHANKAR, LAUER, MATTHEW

“…Given the frequent socioeconomic, political and concomitant ecological failures of science-driven marine protected area (MPA) programmes, it is now important…”
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Analysis across case-based global sustainability projects: an emerging challenge for ocean conflict research in the Anthropocene by Glaser, Marion, Selim, Samiya Ahmed, De la Cruz-Modino, Raquel, van Putten, Ingrid, Canela, Shankar Aswani, Paytan, Adina, Dutra, Leo X.C., Heck, Nadine, Narayan, Siddharth, Sauer, Warwick, Boonstra, Wiebren Johannes, Snow, Bernadette

“…A growing number of global ocean conflict studies over the last decade have set out to advance sustainability in the Anthropocene. Many of these research…”
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Perspectives in coastal human ecology (CHE) for marine conservation by Aswani, Shankar

“…Coastal human ecology (CHE) is a mixture of different theoretical and thematic approaches straddling between the humanities and social and natural sciences…”
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Multiple Drivers of Local (Non-) Compliance in Community-Based Marine Resource Management: Case Studies from the South Pacific by Rohe, Janne R., Aswani, Shankar, Schlüter, Achim, Ferse, Sebastian C. A.

“…The outcomes of marine conservation and related management interventions depend to a large extent on people’s compliance with these rule systems. In the South…”
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Lagoon Ecology and Social Strategies: Habitat Diversity and Ethnobiology by Aswani, Shankar, Vaccaro, Ismael

“…This study describes the seascape ecology of the Roviana Lagoon in the Western Solomon Islands. Using a combination of ecological and ethnographic data, we…”
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Scientific frontiers in the management of coral reefs by Aswani, Shankar, Mumby, Peter J, Baker, Andrew C, Christie, Patrick, McCook, Laurence J, Steneck, Robert S, Richmond, Robert H

“…Coral reefs are subjected globally to a variety of natural and anthropogenic stressors that often act synergistically. Today, reversing ongoing and future…”
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Socioecological Approaches for Combining Ecosystem-Based and Customary Management in Oceania by Aswani, Shankar

“…This paper summarizes various integrated methodological approaches for studying Customary Management for the purpose of designing hybrid CM-Ecosystem-Based…”
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New Directions in Maritime and Fisheries Anthropology by Aswani, Shankar

“…ABSTRACT Maritime and fisheries anthropology is a mixture of different themes couched under various theoretical frameworks that straddle the humanities and the…”
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Do Marine Protected Areas Affect Human Nutrition and Health? A Comparison between Villages in Roviana, Solomon Islands by Aswani, Shankar, Furusawa, Takuro

“…The implementation of marine protected areas (MPAs) for fisheries management has increased recently due to the perceived role of MPAs in conserving…”
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Common Property Models of Sea Tenure: A Case Study from the Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons, New Georgia, Solomon Islands by Aswani, Shankar

“…In recent decades, Pacific Region indigenous sea tenure regimes have received considerable attention from social scientists who believe that marine-localized…”
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