Zhang, Jialin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6850-3454, Jennerjahn, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1022-5126, Wang, Daoru, Diao, Xiaoping, Fedder, Bevis, Dsikowitzky, Larissa, Schwarzbauer, Jan, Lee, Ping, Labrenz, Matthias, Luo, Zhuhua, Pohlmann, Thomas, Chen, Jianfang, Xu, Dongfeng, Herbeck, Lucia, Thomsen, Esther ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2982-2513, Wu, Rui, Chen, Shiquan, Nordhaus, Inga ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4669-3677, Rixen, Tim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8376-891X, Warneke, Thorsten, Drews, Marco, Zhao, Hongwei, Zhou, Hailong, Yang, Fei, Wang, Yan and Xiang, Nan (2020) Policy Brief 2020/3 - Sustaining China's coastal resources: Recommendations to improve the state of the coasts in Hainan. [Stakeholder Publication]

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Abstract

SUMMARY

The coasts of the tropical Chinese island of Hainan, located in the South China Sea, are lined by ecologically and economically important ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass meadows and mangrove forests, but which are also particularly vulnerable to global environmental change. In the past decades, Hainan’s population and economy grew rapidly with expanding industry, tourism and aquaculture sectors. This, in turn, imposes a challenge on the delicate balance between the use and the wellbeing of the valuable coastal ecosystems.

This policy brief summarizes the major findings of a long-term Sino-German research collaborative and presents recommendations for a sustainable management of Hainan’s coastal ecosystems. They are derived from the newly acquired understanding of the ecosystem structure and functioning under the pressure of anthropogenic environmental change as well as of climate change. Coastal ecosystem health and the supply of ecosystem services, hence the natural resource potential, are severely threatened along the Hainan coast.

Detail information can be found on the project website: https://ecoloc.leibniz-zmt.de.

Document Type:	Stakeholder Publication
Programme Area:	PA Not Applicable
Research affiliation:	Biogeochemistry and Geology > Carbon and Nutrient Cycling Ecology > Mangrove Ecology Biogeochemistry and Geology > Ecological Biogeochemistry Biogeochemistry and Geology > Tropical Marine Microbiology Science Management > Office for Knowledge Exchange Biogeochemistry and Geology
Related URLs:	Organisation https://dx.doi.org/10.21244/zmt.2020.004
Date Deposited:	09 Apr 2025 15:34
Last Modified:	09 Apr 2025 15:34
URI:	http://cris.leibniz-zmt.de/id/eprint/5625

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