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Europe’s water resources face growing pressures from climate change and competing demands. Addressing these pressures requires integrated approaches that capture interdependencies among sectors. This paper develops a unified hydro-economic modeling framework that embeds Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystem (WEFE) linkages directly into water policy analysis. Unlike existing approaches, the framework systematically combines hydrological...
The value of bottom trawling in EuropeNARA Subscribed
Challenges for assessing and implementing nature-based solutions at landscape-scale – insights from project on ponds and pondscapesNARA Subscribed
Landscape-scale Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly recognized as vital for addressing the interconnected challenges of biodiversity loss and climate change. Their capacity to deliver multiple Nature’s Contributions to People (NCPs), maintain ecological connectivity, and enhance climate resilience makes them particularly valuable. However, their implementation is often hindered by complex policy, financing, social, a...
Assessment of Bottom Trawl Impacts on the Status of Seabed Communities in European SeasNARA Subscribed
Bottom trawling affects seabed habitats, but its large‐scale impacts remain poorly quantified. Assessment of trawling impacts is essential to support monitoring and achieving sustainability objectives under international conventions, sustainable development goals, and seafood certification programs. We present a Europe‐wide quantitative assessment of bottom trawling impacts, accounting for regional seabed‐community sensitivity...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Community response in highly dynamic ecosystems: the case of zooplankton from Mediterranean coastal pondsNARA Subscribed
The inherent nature of coastal ponds and their small size make them highly dynamic ecosystems, with great variations in their environmental conditions, such as changes in conductivity (due to sea storms or freshwater inputs), water level, or dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration. Because of these frequent fluctuations, aquatic communities are generally adapted to them, which often hinders the detection of the effects of disturba...
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unparalleled political, economic, and social ramifications, exacerbating global food insecurity (FI). To understand the overall impact of the pandemic and how different socio-economic groups were affected, we assessed prevalence and severity of FI in a sample of 18,997 households across seven countries in South America. We employed the Food Insecurity Experience Scale developed by the FAO. Our r...
Water utilities provide water and sanitation services in monopolistic conditions. Hence, assessing their performance through benchmarking is crucial for proper regulation. This research addresses the limitations of self-evaluation Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) models commonly used for benchmarking water utilities’ efficiency. Given that these models often lead to overestimated efficiency scores, our study introduces a cross-...
Dipteran parasitoids as biocontrol agentsNARA Subscribed
Numerous studies conducted on a variety of temporal and spatial scales around the world show that dipteran parasitoids can exert effective control over some insect pests. This paper provides an overview of major examples of successful classical and augmentative biological control initiatives, organized by major dipteran families which include parasitoid species (i.e., Tachinidae, Phoridae, Sarcophagidae, Cryptochetidae, Bombyl...
Geographic and Biological Drivers Shape Anthropogenic Extinctions in the Macaronesian Vascular FloraNARA Subscribed
Whether species extinctions have accelerated during the Anthropocene and the extent to which certain species are more susceptible to extinction due to their ecological preferences and intrinsic biological traits are among the most pressing questions in conservation biology. Assessing extinction rates is, however, challenging, as best exemplified by the phenomenon of ‘ dark extinctions ’: the loss of species that disappear befo...
The round sardinella (Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847) is a common pelagic species in the NW Mediterranean, with a low economic value. To evaluate its potential as a resource, a comprehensive study including the nutritional status (proximate and fatty acid composition), zoonotic parasites and heavy metals of fish captured off the coast of Barcelona (NW Mediterranean) was carried out. Thus, 200 specimens were seasonally ca...