{"id":12750,"date":"2017-04-05T02:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=12750"},"modified":"2017-04-05T02:00:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T06:00:21","slug":"frontiers-focus-safe-operating-space-wetlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2017\/04\/05\/frontiers-focus-safe-operating-space-wetlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe operating space for wetlands in a changing climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Edwin Peeters<\/strong>, associate professor at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and <strong>Edward Morris<\/strong>, postdoctoral scientist at the University of C\u00e1diz, Spain\u00a0share this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/author\/esafrontiers\/\">Frontiers Focus<\/a><\/strong> on managing local threats to wetlands so that we may continue to enjoy their benefits as the climate changes, in the March 2017 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/fee.1459\">ESA <em>Frontiers<\/em><\/a>.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_12759\" style=\"width: 2282px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12759\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12759 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog-preprod\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-DSCN0073.jpg\" alt=\"A member of the Do\u00f1ana Biological Station monitoring team counts waterbird nests in the Do\u00f1ana marsh. Water extraction and climate change threaten to shorten the time the marsh spends flooded each year, making successful breeding less likely. Credit: Rub\u00e9n Rodr\u00edguez, EBD-CSIC \" width=\"2272\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-DSCN0073.jpg 2272w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-DSCN0073-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-DSCN0073-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-DSCN0073-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-DSCN0073-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-DSCN0073-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2272px) 100vw, 2272px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Additive effects of local and global pressures-<\/strong>\u00a0A member of the Do\u00f1ana Biological Station monitoring team counts waterbird nests in the Do\u00f1ana marsh. Water extraction and climate change threaten to shorten the time the marsh spends flooded each year, making successful breeding less likely. <em>Credit: Rub\u00e9n Rodr\u00edguez, EBD-CSIC.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wetlands are exciting places to spend our free time, exploring the rich animal and plant life. But swamps, marshes, bogs, fens, and everglades have had a particularly hard time over the years. They have been drained, filled in and built upon, till only a few remain.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, a growing appreciation of the value of wetlands has helped halt this destruction, but the spectre of climate change hangs over those that remain. The threats of climate change, habitat destruction and the loss of wildlife may get you down if you are a nature lover. But wetland managers can be hopeful about conserving wetlands, because it turns out that some pretty easy local actions can help keep wetlands healthy in the future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12760\" style=\"width: 848px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12760\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12760 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-Donana-flamingos-RRO9291-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"A flock of greater flamingos in the Do\u00f1ana wetlands, where up to 30,000 are recorded, making them a major ecotourism attraction. Do\u00f1ana is Europe\u2019s most important wetland for waterfowl. Credit: Rub\u00e9n Rodr\u00edguez, EBD-CSIC\" width=\"838\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-Donana-flamingos-RRO9291-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-Donana-flamingos-RRO9291-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-Donana-flamingos-RRO9291-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-Donana-flamingos-RRO9291-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/04\/2017_03-FF-Green-Donana-flamingos-RRO9291-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A flock of greater flamingos in the Do\u00f1ana wetlands, where up to 30,000 are recorded, making them a major ecotourism attraction. Do\u00f1ana is Europe\u2019s most important wetland for waterfowl. <em>Credit: Rub\u00e9n Rodr\u00edguez, EBD-CSIC.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is because the main local challenges to wetland survival are removal of water and addition of too many nutrients, and both these threats act in a similar way to climate change to damage wetlands. So, cutbacks in these local pressures can give wetlands room to adjust to the changing climate. Reducing water extraction or agrochemical use, or improving treatment of urban wastewater can all compensate for future effects of climate change. Using this positive idea, my colleagues and I looked to the Do\u00f1ana wetlands in Spain as an example. In the March 2017 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/fee.1459\">ESA <em>Frontiers<\/em><\/a>, we show how the notion of creating a \u2018Safe Operating Space\u2019 can help safeguard wetlands in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"carousel-sync-wrap\">\n\t\t<div class=\"carousel-gallery carousel-sync-main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2008\/11\/loading.gif\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"loading\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"img-fluid\" >\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"carousel-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2008\/11\/background.gif\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"background\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"img-fluid\" >\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"http:\/\/esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/hub\/issue\/10.1002\/fee.2017.15.issue-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12632 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/2017_03-cover-draft-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"March cover of Frontiers in Ecology and the Evironment\" width=\"195\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/03\/2017_03-cover-draft-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/03\/2017_03-cover-draft-300x390.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2017\/03\/2017_03-cover-draft.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a>Andy J Green, Paloma Alcorlo, Edwin THM Peeters, Edward P Morris, Jos\u00e9 L Espinar, Miguel Angel Bravo-Utrera, Javier Bustamante, Ricardo D\u00edaz-Delgado, Albert A Koelmans, Rafael Mateo, Wolf M Mooij, Miguel Rodr\u00edguez-Rodr\u00edguez, Egbert H van Nes, Marten Scheffer (2017) <strong>Creating a safe operating space for wetlands in a changing climate. <\/strong><em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment<\/em> 15(2): 99\u2013107, doi:<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1002\/fee.1459\">10.1002\/fee.1459<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\u21d2More from <a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/author\/esafrontiers\/\">Frontiers Focus:<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/research\/coastal-wetlands-help-fight-climate-change\/\">Coastal wetlands help fight climate change<\/a>\u201d\u00a0by\u00a0Ariana Sutton-Grier, 1 Feb 2017<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/research\/bioenergy-biodiversity-natura-2000\/\">We can harvest bioenergy from preserves while protecting biodiversity<\/a>\u201d by\u00a0Koenraad Van Meerbeek, 30 Nov 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edwin Peeters, associate professor at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and Edward Morris, postdoctoral scientist at the University of C\u00e1diz, Spain\u00a0share this Frontiers Focus on managing local threats to wetlands so that we may continue to enjoy their benefits as the climate changes, in the March 2017 issue of ESA Frontiers. Wetlands are exciting places to spend our free time, exploring&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":12760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[60,1848,79,1797,753],"class_list":["post-12750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-climate-change","tag-donana-wetlands","tag-esa-frontiers","tag-frontiersfocus","tag-wetlands"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}