Transformative adaptation towards ocean equity

Beyond tipping points: risks, equity, and the ethics of intervention

Author(s): Laura M. Pereira, Steven R. Smith, Lauren Gifford, Peter Newell, Sebastian Villasante, Therezah Achieng, Azucena Castro, Sara M. Constantino, Tom Powell, Ashish Ghadiali, Ben Smith, Coleen Vogel, Caro
Published in: Earth System Dynamics, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 1267-1285, ISSN 2190-4987
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/esd-16-1267-2025

Preispitivanje plave ekonomije : integracija društvenih znanosti za održivost i pravednost

Author(s): Cepić, Dražen
Published in: npj ocean sustainability, Issue 1, 2025, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer

Rapid Assessment of the COVID-19 Impacts on the Galician (NW Spain) Seafood Sector

Author(s): Sebastian Villasante; Sebastian Villasante; Ana Tubío; Ana Tubío; Gillian Ainsworth; Gillian Ainsworth; Pablo Pita; Pablo Pita; Manel Antelo; José María Da-Rocha
Published in: Front. Mar. Sci., Issue 8, 2021, Page(s) 737395, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.737395

The Local Turn in a Global Sea: Identifying Sustainability Trade‐Offs in Regionalized Marine Aquaculture Systems

Author(s): Gesche Krause, Ramón Filgueira, Nesar Ahmed, Karen A. Alexander, Furqan Asif, Lucia Fanning, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Nike Fuchs, Jon Grant, Jordi Guillen, Christina Hörterer, Teresa R. Johnson, Matth
Published in: Reviews in Aquaculture, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1753-5123
Publisher: Blackwell Pub. Asia
DOI: 10.1111/raq.70071

Supporting researchers’ engagement in international science–policy bodies

Author(s): Sergio A. Lambertucci, Niki Frantzeskaki, Sebastian Villasante, Fern Wickson, Yves Zinngrebe, Victoria Reyes-García, Elena Bennett, Karen O’Brien, Rafael Calderón-Contreras, Chuan Liao, Lucas A. G
Published in: Nature Sustainability, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 982-985, ISSN 2398-9629
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01612-x

Scallop aquaculture growth: Four decades of economic policy in Chile

Author(s): José Bakit, Valeria Burgos-Fuster, Alejandro Abarca, Ivonne Etchepare, Juan Enrique Illanes, Sebastian Villasante, Enzo Bonilla, Rodrigo Rojas, Benjamin Dudouet, Niris Cortés
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 163, 2025, Page(s) 106139, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2024.106139

Envisioning desirable futures in small-scale fisheries: a transdisciplinary arts-based co-creation process

Author(s): Ignacio Gianelli, Micaela Trimble, Silvana Juri, Nazarena Beretta, Denisse Torena, Manuela Acosta, Robert Acosta, Mario Del Bó, Jorge Fuster, Vanessa González, Diego Kurta, Marcelo Kurta, Tamara Ló
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 29, 2024, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-14869-290120

Reforming International Fisheries Law Can Increase Blue Carbon Sequestration

Author(s): Niels Krabbe; David Langlet; Andrea Belgrano; Sebastian Villasante
Published in: Front. Mar. Sci., Issue 9, 2022, Page(s) 800972, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.800972

Surging blue economy, increasing conflict risks and mitigation strategies

Author(s): U. Rashid Sumaila, Sebastian Villasante
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1499386

A sustainable ocean for all

Author(s): Catarina Frazão Santos, Tundi Agardy, Edward H. Allison, Nathan J. Bennett, Jessica L. Blythe, Helena Calado, Larry B. Crowder, Jon C. Day, Wesley Flannery, Elena Gissi, Kristina M. Gjerde, Judith F. Gobin, Clement Yow Mulalap, Michael Orbach, Gretta Pecl, Marinez Scherer, Austin J. Shelton, Carina Vieira da Silva, Sebastián Villasante, Lisa Wedding
Published in: npj Ocean Sustainability, Issue 1, 2022, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s44183-022-00004-4

Ocean defenders and human rights

Author(s): Nathan J. Bennett, Rocío López de la Lama, Philippe Le Billon, Irmak Ertör, Elisa Morgera
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 9, 2023, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1089049

Sowing potential transformative changes in the fishing and agrifood systems – Conference report

Author(s): Joan Moranta, David Florido-del-Corral, Lucía López-López, Sílvia Gómez, Julio Agujetas, Marta Albo-Puigserver, Zoe W. Brent, Lamine Bathily, Rita Calvário, Marta Cavallé, Marta Coll, Annya Cra
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 154, 2025, Page(s) 105673, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105673

Resilience and Social Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts in Small-Scale Fisheries

Author(s): Sebastián Villasante, Gonzalo Macho, Monalisa R. O. Silva, Priscila F. M. Lopes, Pablo Pita, Andrés Simón, José Carlos Mariño Balsa, Celia Olabarria, Elsa Vázquez, Nuria Calvo
Published in: Front. Mar. Sci., Issue 9, 2022, Page(s) 802762, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.802762

The costs of subsidies and externalities of economic activities driving nature decline

Author(s): Victoria Reyes-García, Sebastian Villasante, Karina Benessaiah, Ram Pandit, Arun Agrawal, Joachim Claudet, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Mulako Kabisa, Laura Pereira, Yves Zinngrebe
Published in: Ambio, Issue 54, 2025, Page(s) 1128-1141, ISSN 0044-7447
Publisher: Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien/Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02147-3

WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement

Author(s): U. Rashid Sumaila, Lubna Alam, Patrizia R. Abdallah, Denis Aheto, Shehu L. Akintola, Justin Alger, Vania Andreoli, Megan Bailey, Colin Barnes, Abdulrahman Ben-Hasan, Cassandra M. Brooks, Adriana R. Ca
Published in: npj Ocean Sustainability, Issue 3, 2024, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44183-024-00042-0

First Assessment of the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Marine Recreational Fisheries

Author(s): Pablo Pita, Gillian B. Ainsworth, Bernardino Alba, Antônio B. Anderson, Manel Antelo, Josep Alós, Iñaki Artetxe, Jérôme Baudrier, José J. Castro, Belén Chicharro, Karim Erzini, Keno Ferter, Maf
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 8, 2023, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.735741

Strengthening European Union fisheries by removing harmful subsidies

Author(s): Sebastián Villasante, U. Rashid Sumaila, Jose María Da-Rocha, Natacha Carvalho, Daniel J. Skerritt, Anna Schuhbauer, Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Nathan J. Bennett, Quentin Hanichi, Raúl Prellezo
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 136, 2022, Page(s) 104884, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104884

The seeds’ substrate: a concept to understand how transformations toward Good Anthropocenes can be enabled

Author(s): Ignacio Gianelli, Micaela Trimble, Silvana Juri, Laura Pereira, Blanca González-Mon, Sebastian Villasante
Published in: Ecology and Society, Issue 30, 2025, ISSN 1708-3087
Publisher: The Resilience Alliance
DOI: 10.5751/es-15792-300138

Five social science intervention areas for ocean sustainability initiatives

Author(s): Stefan Partelow, Achim Schlüter, Natalie C. Ban, Simon Batterbury, Maarten Bavinck, Nathan J. Bennett, Raimund Bleischwitz, Jessica Blythe, Tanja Bogusz, Annette Breckwoldt, Joshua E. Cinner, Marion
Published in: npj Ocean Sustainability, Issue 2, 2025, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44183-023-00032-8

The human right to a safe climate

Author(s): Sebastian Villasante, Lynne Shannon, Sandra Waddock, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Nathan J. Bennett, Joyeeta Gupta, David Obura, Albert V. Norström, Karen O’Brien, Unai Pascual, Arun Agrawal
Published in: Nature Sustainability, Issue 8, 2025, Page(s) 1423-1424, ISSN 2398-9629
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-025-01700-y

Social sustainability and equity in the blue economy

Author(s): Nathan J. Bennett, Sebastián Villasante, María José Espinosa-Romero, Priscila F.M. Lopes, Samiya A. Selim, Edward H. Allison
Published in: One Earth, Issue 5(9), 2022, Page(s) 964-968, ISSN 2590-3322
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.08.004

Building climate resilience, social sustainability and equity in global fisheries

Author(s): Raul Prellezo, Jose Maria Da Rocha, Maria L.D Palomares, U. Rashid Sumaila, Sebastian Villasante
Published in: Nature Ocean Sustainability, 2023, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2230749/v1

A systemic approach to analyzing post-collapse adaptations in the Bay of Biscay anchovy fishery

Author(s): Jennifer Beckensteiner, Sebastian Villasante, Anthony Charles, Pierre Petitgas, Christelle Le Grand, Olivier Thébaud
Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Issue 81, 2025, Page(s) 1154-1173, ISSN 0706-652X
Publisher: NRC Research Press
DOI: 10.1139/cjfas-2023-0087

Advancing interdisciplinary knowledge for ocean sustainability

Author(s): Catarina Frazão Santos, Tundi Agardy, Denis Aheto, Edward H. Allison, Nathan J. Bennett, Jessica L. Blythe, Helena Calado, Larry B. Crowder, Jon C. Day, Asha de Vos, Wesley Flannery, Ibon Galparsoro,
Published in: npj Ocean Sustainability, Issue 2, 2024, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44183-023-00026-6

Strengthening policy action to tackle social acceptability issues in European aquaculture

Author(s): José Antonio Pérez Agúndez, Ramón Filgueira, Nesar Ahmed, Furqan Asif, Suzannah-Lynn Billing, Lucia Fanning, Amber Himes-Cornell, Teresa R Johnson, Gesche Krause, Cornelia Kreiss, Eirik Mikkelse
Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science, Issue 82, 2025, ISSN 1054-3139
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsaf100

Risks, Ethics and Justice in the governance of positive tipping points

Author(s): Laura M. Pereira, Steven R. Smith, Lauren Gifford, Peter Newell, Ben Smith, Sebastian Villasante, Therezah Achieng, Azucena Castro, Sara M. Constantino, Ashish Ghadiali, Coleen Vogel, Caroline Zimm
Published in: Earth System Dynamics, 2025, ISSN 2190-4979
Publisher: Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2023-1454

Navigating transformations from artisanal fishers to entrepreneurial scallop farmers in Chile

Author(s): José Bakit, Andrés Hurtado, Raúl Márquez, Sebastian Villasante
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 10, 2023, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1128527

Unequal competition: the fate of domestic fisheries facing distant water fishing in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Author(s): Adriana Rosa Carvalho, Sebastian Villasante, Natali Lazzari, Ibrahim Issifu, Arne Kinds, Patricia Majluf, Maria Lourdes Palomares, Daniel J. Skerritt, Lubna Alam, Vicky W. Y. Lam, Eurico Mesquita Nole
Published in: npj Ocean Sustainability, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44183-025-00135-4

The carbon footprint of the mussel food chain in Spain

Author(s): Pablo Saralegui-Díez, Sebastián Villasante, Andrés Ospina-Álvarez, Montserrat Ramón, Joan Moranta
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue 227, 2025, Page(s) 108742, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108742

Rethinking the Blue Economy: Integrating social science for sustainability and justice

Author(s): Jerneja Penca, Irmak Ertör, Marta Ballesteros, Michael Briguglio, Maciej Kowalewski, Birgit Pauksztat, Dražen Cepić, Cristina Piñeiro-Corbeira, Natasa Vaidianu, Sebastian Villasante, José J. Pasc
Published in: npj Ocean Sustainability, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN 2731-426X
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s44183-025-00138-1

Ocean equity: from assessment to action to improve social equity in ocean governance

Author(s): Nathan J. Bennett, Veronica Relano, Katina Roumbedakis, Jessica Blythe, Mark Andrachuk, Joachim Claudet, Neil Dawson, David Gill, Natali Lazzari, Shauna L. Mahajan, Ella-Kari Muhl, Maraja Riechers, Mi
Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science, Issue 12, 2025, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1473382

Social-ecological shifts, traps and collapses in small-scale fisheries: Envisioning a way forward to transformative changes

Author(s): Sebastian Villasante, Ignacio Gianelli, Mauricio Castrejón, Laura Nahuelhual, Leonardo Ortega, U. Rashid Sumaila, Omar Defeo
Published in: Marine Policy, Issue 136, 2022, Page(s) 104933, ISSN 0308-597X
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104933

Ever Changing Times: Sustainability Transformations of Galician Small-Scale Fisheries

Author(s): Sebastián Villasante; Sebastián Villasante; Ana Tubío; Ana Tubío; Ignacio Gianelli; Ignacio Gianelli; Pablo Pita; Pablo Pita; Antonio García-Allut; Antonio García-Allut
Published in: Front. Mar. Sci., Issue 8, 2022, Page(s) 712819, ISSN 2296-7745
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.712819

The Assessing and Improving Social Equity in Marine Conservation Working Group

Author(s): Nathan Bennett, Mark Andrachuk, Jessica Blythe, Joachim Claudet, Neil Dawson, Elena Finkbeiner, Juno Fitzpatrickl, Phil Franks, Gill David, Georgina Gurney, Timur Jack-Kadioglu, Stacy Jupiter, Jacquel
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Ocean Conference
DOI: 10.5194/oos2025-914,202

&quot;From sea to street&quot;: initiating change for stronger connection with our ocean

Author(s): Baiba Prūse, Sophia Kochalski, Marta Dieviņa, Ignacio Gianelli, Katina Roumbedakis, Marien Helmus, Embla Ekström, Ludovica Montecchio, Tanja Straka, Svea Rogge, Arne Kinds, Natali Lazzari, Milena A
Published in: ARPHA Proceedings, Change – The transformative power of citizen science, Issue 1, 2024, Page(s) 67-71
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
DOI: 10.3897/ap.e126595

Science and policy needs for effective ecosystem protection and restoration in Europe to build climate resilience

Author(s): Brittany E. Alexander, Johanna Jacomina Heymans, Sebastian Villasante, Kristin Richter, Simonetta Fraschetti, James Strong
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/oos2025-149

Exploring Ocean-related Rights in a Transforming World

Author(s): Lynne Shannon, Elisa Morgera, Hannah Gosnell, Darcy Riddell, Chinwe Ifejika Speranza, Ethan Gordon, Henry Pitts, Sebastian Villasante, Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Copernicus GmbH
DOI: 10.5194/oos2025-299

Connecting People and the Ocean Through Street Art and Citizen Science

Author(s): Baiba Prūse, Marta Dieviņa, Rihards Bražinskis, Anna Stolyarova, Noel Pérez, Cika Schulz, Geertje Tijsma, Svea Rogge, Tanja Straka, Marien Helmus, Embla Ekström, Ignacio Gianelli, Katina Roumbeda
Published in: Blue Kinships, 2025, Page(s) 123-146
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-78619-8_8

Chapter 2: Visions of a sustainable world – for nature and people. In: Thematic Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Opti

Author(s): Villasante, S., Shannon, L., Liao, C., Betemariam, E., Cunningham, S., Ellis, E., Hausner, V., Huang, Q., Mannetti, L., Otero, I., Piñeiro, G., Prasad Gautam, A., Waddock, S., Wheeler, H., Fouqueray,
Published in: Chapter 2: Visions of a sustainable world – for nature and people. In: Thematic Assessment Report on the Underlying Causes of Biodiversity Loss and the Determinants of Transformative Change and Options for Achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services., 2025
Publisher: IPBES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11382240

Catálogo Transformador de la Pesca Artesanal

Author(s): Gianelli, I., Trimble, M., Rosa, S., Beretta, N., Dias, A. C., & Villasante, S
Published in: 2024
Publisher: SARAS
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6477844

Assessing coastal development impacts on Indigenous Peoples

Author(s): Sebastian Villasante, Julia Tovar Verba, Veronica Relano, Silvia Gomez, Jose Bakit, Nathan Bennett, Anthony Charles, Rafael Calderón-Contreras, Andres Cisneros-Montemayor, Bernardo Flores, Lucas Gari
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-7553135/v1

Impact governance for Earth system tipping points

Author(s): B Hudson, M Milkoreit, C Aall, H Chenet, F Dentener, A Gambhir, A Garmestani, S Juhola, C Mellier, S Montagnani, M Rogge, R M Roman-Cuesta, J B Ruhl, A K Seshadri, V Spaiser, J Starmonth-Darling, B va
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Bangor University

Acting on Earth system tipping points: Why and how?

Author(s): M Milkoreit, Y Yamineva, S Constantino, A Garmestani, L Gifford, B Hudson, M Hurlbert, R E Kim, M Rogge, J B Ruhl, J Scheffran, N Soininen, S Villasante, Simon Willcock
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Bangor University

IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Chapter 2. Data Management Report 2.13 Intercoder reliability within the vision database (4.0.0)

Author(s): Fouqueray, T., Otero, I., VILLASANTE, S., & Perianin, L
Published in: 2024
Publisher: IPBES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14258310

IPBES Transformative Change Assessment: Summary for Policymakers

Author(s): O'Brien, K., Garibaldi, L. A., Agrawal, A., Bennett, E., Biggs, R., Calderón Contreras, R., Carr, E. R., Frantzeskaki, N., Gosnell, H., Gurung, J., Lambertucci, S. A., Leventon, J., Chuan, L., Reyes
Published in: 2025
Publisher: IPBES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17099400

Beyond the Flag State Paradigm: Reconstructing the World's Large-Scale Fishing Fleet through Corporate Ownership Analysis

Author(s): Kinds, A., Relano, V., & VILLASANTE, S
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Oceana
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15476309

IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Chapter 2. Data Management Report 2.5 Social media analysis (4.0.0).

Author(s): Karasov, O., & Perianin, L., Villasante, S., Otero, I.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: IPBES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14237521

IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Chapter 2. Data Management Report 2.0 Visions database analysis strategy (4.0.0).

Author(s): Liao, C., Shannon, L., VILLASANTE, S., & Perianin, L.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: IPBES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14242914

IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Chapter 5. Data Management Report 5.2 Literature review on harmful subsidies (3.0.0)

Author(s): Reyes Garcia, V., Krug, R. M., & Villasante, S
Published in: 2024
Publisher: IPBES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13789300

Building Coastal Resilience in Europe

Author(s): Villasante, S., Richter, K., Bailey, J. L., Bleckner, T., Farrell, E. J., Mongruel, R. C., Timmermann, K., Bouma, T. J., Melaku Canu, D., Chen, M., Lachs, L., Payo, A., & Sousa Pinto, I.
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Euromarine Board
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8224055

Mapping competition between domestic and distant water fishing fleets in West Africa

Author(s): Ibrahim Issifu
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3795294/v1

Actors, agency and strategies in Earth system tipping point governance

Author(s): B Hudson, M Milkoreit, Y Yamineva, B Flores, M Hurlbert, K Morrow, L Niamir, M Rogge, S Rynders, J Scheffran, V Spaiser, J David Tabara, S Villasante, Simon Willcock
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Bangor University

IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Chapter 2. Data Management Report 2.11 Content analysis of most potentially transformative visions

Author(s): Waddock, S., Otero, I., VILLASANTE, S., & Perianin, L.
Published in: 2024
Publisher: IPBES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14236885

IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Data Management Report on the Corpus of literature on transformative change (2.0.1).

Author(s): Krug, R. M., Villasante, S., Lambertucci, S., Reyes Garcia, V., Agrawal, A., O'Brien, K., & Garibaldi, L.
Published in: 2025
Publisher: IPBES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14734007

A human rights framework for Earth system tipping point governance

Author(s): M Rogge, T Chaigneau, L Gifford, B Hudson, T M Lenton, A Marr Page, M Milkoreit, K Morrow, L.M. Pereira, N Soininen, S Villasante, Simon Willcock, Y Yamineva
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Bangor University

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