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Assisting Coastal and Marine Governance: Enhancing Decision Support Through Digital Tools for Cumulative Impact Assessment
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Abstract: Coastal regions are increasingly pressured by diverse human activities, leading to cumulative effects that undermine ecosystem integrity and functioning, including disruptions to biodiversity, habitat degradation, and alterations of ecological processes. Understanding and addressing these complex interactions is a prerequisite for effective environmental management. This study demonstrates how the web-based PlanWise4Blue tool analyzes the cumulative effects of human activities on coastal ecosystems using a data-driven approach, enabling stakeholders to compare different management scenarios and identify options to mitigate ecological impacts or enhance marine health. By bridging the complexity of natural systems and decision-making, the tool strengthens e-governance, promoting more effective environmental management.
Keywords: coastal ecosystems; coastal management; ecosystem integrity; e-governance; environmental decision-making; environmental impact assessment; marine ecosystem health
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Vol 2 (2025): Transforming Coastal Governance: Challenges, Experiences, and Ways Forward (In Progress)
© Jonne Kotta, Jean-Marc Douguet, Elis Vollmer, Mihhail Fetissov, Elisa Furlan, Gea Grassi, Federica Zennaro, Hector Charles Pagan, Helen Orav-Kotta. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original author(s) and source are credited.