Priorities and interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on wetlands

Nicola Clerici, PhD

doi:10.3390/w11030619

Priorities and interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on wetlands

Nicola Clerici, PhD

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Wetlands are often vital physical and social components of a country's natural capital, as well as providers of ecosystem services to local and national communities. We performed a network analysis to prioritize Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for sustainable development in iconic wetlands and wetlandscapes around the world. The analysis was based on the information and perceptions on 45 wetlandscapes worldwide by 49 wetland researchers of the GlobalWetland Ecohydrological Network (GWEN). We identified three 2030 Agenda targets of high priority across the wetlandscapes needed to achieve sustainable development: Target 6.3-"Improve water quality"; 2.4-"Sustainable food production"; and 12.2-"Sustainable management of resources". Moreover, we found specific feedback mechanisms and synergies between SDG targets in the context of wetlands. The most consistent reinforcing interactions were the influence of Target 12.2 on 8.4-"Efficient resource consumption"; and that of Target 6.3 on 12.2. The wetlandscapes could be differentiated in four bundles of distinctive priority SDG-targets: "Basic human needs", "Sustainable tourism", "Environmental impact in urban wetlands", and "Improving and conserving environment". In general, we find that the SDG groups, targets, and interactions stress that maintaining good water quality and a "wise use" of wetlandscapes are vital to attaining sustainable development within these sensitive ecosystems.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	619
Journal	Water (Switzerland)
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/w11030619
State	Published - Mar 1 2019

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Geography, Planning and Development
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T1 - Priorities and interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on wetlands

AU - Nicola Clerici, PhD

AU - Jaramillo, Fernando

AU - Desormeaux, Amanda

AU - Hedlund, Johanna

AU - Jawitz, James W.

AU - Clerici, Nicola

AU - Piemontese, Luigi

AU - Rodríguez-Rodriguez, Jenny Alexandra

AU - Anaya, Jesús Adolfo

AU - Blanco-Libreros, Juan F.

AU - Borja, Sonia

AU - Celi, Jorge

AU - Chalov, Sergey

AU - Chun, Kwok Pan

AU - Cresso, Matilda

AU - Destouni, Georgia

AU - Dessu, Shimelis Behailu

AU - Di Baldassarre, Giuliano

AU - Downing, Andrea

AU - Espinosa, Luisa

AU - Ghajarnia, Navid

AU - Girard, Pierre

AU - Gutiérrez, Álvaro G.

AU - Hansen, Amy

AU - Hu, Tengfei

AU - Jarsjö, Jerker

AU - Kalantary, Zahra

AU - Labbaci, Adnane

AU - Licero-Villanueva, Lucia

AU - Livsey, John

AU - Machotka, Ewa

AU - McCurley, Kathryn

AU - Palomino-ángel, Sebastián

AU - Pietron, Jan

AU - Price, René

AU - Ramchunder, Sorain J.

AU - Ricaurte-Villota, Constanza

AU - Ricaurte, Luisa Fernanda

AU - Dahir, Lula

AU - Rodríguez, Erasmo

AU - Salgado, Jorge

AU - Sannel, A. Britta K.

AU - Santos, Ana Carolina

AU - Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, Samaneh

AU - Sjöberg, Ylva

AU - Sun, Lian

AU - Thorslund, Josefin

AU - Vigouroux, Guillaume

AU - Wang-Erlandsson, Lan

AU - Xu, Diandian

AU - Zamora, David

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PY - 2019/3/1

Y1 - 2019/3/1

N2 - Wetlands are often vital physical and social components of a country's natural capital, as well as providers of ecosystem services to local and national communities. We performed a network analysis to prioritize Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for sustainable development in iconic wetlands and wetlandscapes around the world. The analysis was based on the information and perceptions on 45 wetlandscapes worldwide by 49 wetland researchers of the GlobalWetland Ecohydrological Network (GWEN). We identified three 2030 Agenda targets of high priority across the wetlandscapes needed to achieve sustainable development: Target 6.3-"Improve water quality"; 2.4-"Sustainable food production"; and 12.2-"Sustainable management of resources". Moreover, we found specific feedback mechanisms and synergies between SDG targets in the context of wetlands. The most consistent reinforcing interactions were the influence of Target 12.2 on 8.4-"Efficient resource consumption"; and that of Target 6.3 on 12.2. The wetlandscapes could be differentiated in four bundles of distinctive priority SDG-targets: "Basic human needs", "Sustainable tourism", "Environmental impact in urban wetlands", and "Improving and conserving environment". In general, we find that the SDG groups, targets, and interactions stress that maintaining good water quality and a "wise use" of wetlandscapes are vital to attaining sustainable development within these sensitive ecosystems.

AB - Wetlands are often vital physical and social components of a country's natural capital, as well as providers of ecosystem services to local and national communities. We performed a network analysis to prioritize Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for sustainable development in iconic wetlands and wetlandscapes around the world. The analysis was based on the information and perceptions on 45 wetlandscapes worldwide by 49 wetland researchers of the GlobalWetland Ecohydrological Network (GWEN). We identified three 2030 Agenda targets of high priority across the wetlandscapes needed to achieve sustainable development: Target 6.3-"Improve water quality"; 2.4-"Sustainable food production"; and 12.2-"Sustainable management of resources". Moreover, we found specific feedback mechanisms and synergies between SDG targets in the context of wetlands. The most consistent reinforcing interactions were the influence of Target 12.2 on 8.4-"Efficient resource consumption"; and that of Target 6.3 on 12.2. The wetlandscapes could be differentiated in four bundles of distinctive priority SDG-targets: "Basic human needs", "Sustainable tourism", "Environmental impact in urban wetlands", and "Improving and conserving environment". In general, we find that the SDG groups, targets, and interactions stress that maintaining good water quality and a "wise use" of wetlandscapes are vital to attaining sustainable development within these sensitive ecosystems.

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Priorities and interactions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus on wetlands

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