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An integrative and participatory coastal habitat mapping framework for sustainable development actions in the United Arab Emirates

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dc.contributor.authorMateos Molina, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorPittman, S. J.
dc.contributor.authorBaldwin, R.
dc.contributor.authorChakraborty, A.
dc.contributor.authorAntonopoulou, M.
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Charton, José Antonio
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, O. J. S.
dc.contributor.departmentEcología e Hidrología
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-22T07:44:09Z
dc.date.available2026-01-22T07:44:09Z
dc.date.copyright© 2021 Elsevier Ltd.
dc.date.issued2021-09-15
dc.description.abstractCoastal habitat mapping is a potentially powerful enabling tool to inform the design of strategies and actions in coastal zone planning and management, biodiversity conservation and more recently for blue carbon accounting. Habitat mapping is typically carried out by experts in remote sensing and geographical information systems, and rarely integrates stakeholders’ local ecological knowledge. To address a key knowledge gap in a previously unmapped coastal region of the Arabian Gulf, we applied a mixed-methods habitat mapping framework that integrates conventional remote sensing methods with shared knowledge from participatory mapping with local stakeholders. Using methodological pluralism, an accurate and cost-effective coastal habitat map was produced that had local relevance, facilitated knowledge exchange, considered socio-ecological factors, and incorporated spatial details that would have been absent or under-represented with conventional remote sensing methods. We demonstrate the relevance of the coastal habitat map as an enabler of actions that address multiple local and global sustainable development and biodiversity conservation policy targets for the Arabian Gulf coast of the United Arab Emirates.
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Geography, 2021, Vol. 136 : 102568
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102568
dc.identifier.issn0143-6228
dc.identifier.issn1873-7730
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/190409
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relationThis research was funded by Emirates Nature – WWF
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0143622821001843
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subjectCoastal habitats
dc.subjectLocal ecological knowledge
dc.subjectLEK
dc.subjectData integration
dc.subjectArabian gulf
dc.subjectMapping framework
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 15: Bosques, desertificación y diversidad biológica
dc.titleAn integrative and participatory coastal habitat mapping framework for sustainable development actions in the United Arab Emirates
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