About this Research Topic
In particular, we encourage the submission of contributions dealing with different types of modeling approaches (e.g., species distribution, food webs, end-to-end, hydrodynamic-biogeochemical, coupled socioeconomic-ecological, Lagrangian, Bayesian) and their support to selected policies: among all, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs, mainly 14th ” Life Below Water”), Convention of Biodiversity (CBD), Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), EU Policies (Common Fishery Policy, Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Plastic Strategy, Blue Growth), US Policies (Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management Road Map).
Main topics of interest are:
- Fisheries regulations (from effort reduction, quotas, to implementation of marine protected areas) on commercial and non-commercial marine resources
- Climate Regulations (IPCC scenarios)
- Pollutants and toxins regulations (from litter to noise, the impact of these emerging pressures on the environment and possible scenarios to mitigate them)
- Coastal management and actions (harbors, marine occupation, energy generation plants)
- Agriculture measures and wastewater management plans impacting coastal and marine ecosystems
We invite papers to assess the effects of measures using indicators and the setting of threshold/targets (if available) compliant with specific legal requirements. We would like the contributors also to provide/propose future actions to undertake, aiming at structuring a modeling framework fit for policy purpose.
"The Topic Editors [CP, DM, MG, JJH, HT] declare that they are while they are collaborating on this Modeling for Policy Topic, they do not work in the same institute or have any additional conflicts of interest between them."
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Keywords: operational models, indicators, decision-making, ocean
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