Publications by authors named "Elissa Waters"
Current extent and future opportunities for living shorelines in Australia.
Sci Total Environ
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- Living shorelines are designed to protect coastlines from hazards while offering additional benefits like carbon sequestration, but their use in Australia remains limited.
- A survey and literature review identified 138 living shoreline projects in Australia, with over half deemed successful in reducing hazard risk since 2000.
- Despite limited peer-reviewed evidence, there is a growing interest and practical implementation of living shorelines across Australia, highlighting a need for better information sharing among practitioners.
Nature-based solutions for atoll habitability.
Jon Barnett
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Sergio Jarillo
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Stephen E Swearer
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Catherine E Lovelock
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Andrew Pomeroy
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Elissa Waters
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
July 2022
Atoll societies have adapted their environments and social systems for thousands of years, but the rapid pace of climate change may bring conditions that exceed their adaptive capacities. There is growing interest in the use of 'nature-based solutions' to facilitate the continuation of dignified and meaningful lives on atolls through a changing climate. However, there remains insufficient evidence to conclude that these can make a significant contribution to adaptation on atolls, let alone to develop standards and guidelines for their implementation.
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