Wise use of coastal wetlands: 10-year reclamation vs. 3-year eco-governance in the Tiaozini Wetland, Jiangsu, China

Frontiers in Marine Science

Marine Science

Ziyi Dai¹  Jiahui Tian¹  Jiahui Liang¹  Ping Zuo²  Yuru Yan³  Wenkui Jiang⁴  Juan Jin⁴ 

[1] Key Laboratory of Coast and Island Development of the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;Key Laboratory of Coast and Island Development of the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;Key Laboratory of Coastal Salt Marsh Ecosystems and Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;Key Laboratory of Coastal Salt Marsh Ecosystems and Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;Tourism Management Department, Dongtai Coastal Wetland Tourism Resort Economic Zone Management Committee, Dongtai, Jiangsu, China;

关键词: coastal wetlands reclamation;    wise use;    wetlands restoration;    biodiversity conservation;    eco-governance;    ecotourism;    the Tiaozini Wetland;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fmars.2023.1147106

 received in 2023-01-18, accepted in 2023-05-22,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Coastal wetlands provide extensive ecological services for life on Earth but are facing rapid global disappearance influenced by human activities and climate change. From 1984 to 2018, approximately 28% of the natural coastal wetlands in China were lost due to seawater intrusion, reduced sediment acquisition, urbanization, and reclamation. Tiaozini wetland used to be reclaimed during 2010-2019, and quickly shifted for conservation with less than 3 years. We analyzed 3 years of top-down eco-governance and bottom-up activities in Tiaozini, one of the typical wetlands with wise use instead of reclamation. Collaboration of stakeholders, such as the management company, local residents, tourists, scientific committees, NGOs, and media, facilitated the wise use of Tiaozini wetland asa successvie way towards eco-governance, including public participation and environmental education. Adaptive management, ecosystem-based management, and natural-based solutions play very important roles in eco-governance from both bottom-up and top-down approaches. Results showed that 3-year eco-governance induced great achievements in both biodiversity conservation and ecotourism development, which outweighs the 10-year reclamation for coastal wetlands exploitation.

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