Beach nourishment has become one of the principal soft-engineering strategies for mitigating coastal erosion while preserving the recreational, environmental and protective functions of sandy beaches. During the last four decades, Spain has accumulated extensive experience in beach nourishment, with annual nourishment volumes approaching 10 million m3 under a wide range of coastal settings. Many of the best-documented engineer...

While transdisciplinary sustainability research increasingly emphasizes epistemological hybridization and participatory methodologies, the coherence between integrative discourse and actual research practices in sustainability-traditional knowledge intersections requires critical examination. A systematic review of 52 articles (1999–2023) from 35 countries was conducted, examining the intersections between the sustainability o...

Socio-environmental conflicts associated with large-scale economic projects in Indigenous territories are well documented, but conflicts in coastal areas remain largely unexplored, despite the crucial differences between inland and coastal ecosystems. While the empirical literature about socio-environmental conflicts in Indigenous territories in coastal areas is growing, the role of financial institutions and corporations in t...

Global change poses a threat to terrestrial species worldwide. In particular, tropical mammal communities—characterized by their high diversity—are increasingly vulnerable to disturbances, including habitat loss and extreme droughts driven by anthropogenic activities and climate change. Mammal species exhibit diverse responses to such stressors, distributing themselves differentially across ecosystems according to resource ava...