Wetland ecosystems hold an important part of the world's biodiversity and are complex social-ecological systems. Aiming to understand interdependencies among their components and to define management policies, the social-ecological trajectory of Oussudu lake – a wetland of Pondicherry region in South India – was reconstructed and analysed. During the last decades, this wetland has transformed from an irrigation tank to a lake to cater biodiversity conservation and recreation. The environmental history highlights a governance change that has contributed to "black boxing" the wetland's functional environment and to conceal major water issues at regional and local levels. This study emphasizes the importance of implementing an approach that combines the management of this urban lake commons with a multi-scalar, socio-ecological and multi-stakeholder analysis. A trade-off on the seasonal water regime between different users - including fauna and flora - has to be found. ; https://journals.grassrootsinstitute.net/journal1-natural-resources/vol-3/issue-4/nr.03-04-5.mathevetetal.pdf
International audience ; Wetland ecosystems hold an important part of theworld's biodiversity and are complex social-ecologicalsystems. Aiming to understand interdependencies amongtheir components and to define management policies, thesocial-ecological trajectory of Oussudu lake – a wetlandof Pondicherry region in South India – was reconstructedand analysed. During the last decades, this wetland hastransformed from an irrigation tank to a lake to caterbiodiversity conservation and recreation. Theenvironmental history highlights a governance changethat has contributed to "black boxing" the wetland'sfunctional environment and to conceal major waterissues at regional and local levels. This study emphasizesthe importance of implementing an approach thatcombines the management of this urban lake commonswith a multi-scalar, socio-ecological and multistakeholderanalysis. A trade-off on the seasonal waterregime between different users - including fauna andflora - has to be found.
International audience ; Wetland ecosystems hold an important part of theworld's biodiversity and are complex social-ecologicalsystems. Aiming to understand interdependencies amongtheir components and to define management policies, thesocial-ecological trajectory of Oussudu lake – a wetlandof Pondicherry region in South India – was reconstructedand analysed. During the last decades, this wetland hastransformed from an irrigation tank to a lake to caterbiodiversity conservation and recreation. Theenvironmental history highlights a governance changethat has contributed to "black boxing" the wetland'sfunctional environment and to conceal major waterissues at regional and local levels. This study emphasizesthe importance of implementing an approach thatcombines the management of this urban lake commonswith a multi-scalar, socio-ecological and multistakeholderanalysis. A trade-off on the seasonal waterregime between different users - including fauna andflora - has to be found.
International audience ; Wetland ecosystems hold an important part of theworld's biodiversity and are complex social-ecologicalsystems. Aiming to understand interdependencies amongtheir components and to define management policies, thesocial-ecological trajectory of Oussudu lake – a wetlandof Pondicherry region in South India – was reconstructedand analysed. During the last decades, this wetland hastransformed from an irrigation tank to a lake to caterbiodiversity conservation and recreation. Theenvironmental history highlights a governance changethat has contributed to "black boxing" the wetland'sfunctional environment and to conceal major waterissues at regional and local levels. This study emphasizesthe importance of implementing an approach thatcombines the management of this urban lake commonswith a multi-scalar, socio-ecological and multistakeholderanalysis. A trade-off on the seasonal waterregime between different users - including fauna andflora - has to be found.
In: Mathevet, R., Targowla, S., Munisamy, A., Govindan, V., Narayanan, A. and Bautès, N. (2020). Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future: Insights from Pondicherry, South India. Grassroots Journal of Natural Resources, 3(4): 74-93. Doi: https://doi.org/10.33002/nr2581.6853.03045
International audience ; Wetland ecosystems hold an important part of theworld's biodiversity and are complex social-ecologicalsystems. Aiming to understand interdependencies amongtheir components and to define management policies, thesocial-ecological trajectory of Oussudu lake – a wetlandof Pondicherry region in South India – was reconstructedand analysed. During the last decades, this wetland hastransformed from an irrigation tank to a lake to caterbiodiversity conservation and recreation. Theenvironmental history highlights a governance changethat has contributed to "black boxing" the wetland'sfunctional environment and to conceal major waterissues at regional and local levels. This study emphasizesthe importance of implementing an approach thatcombines the management of this urban lake commonswith a multi-scalar, socio-ecological and multistakeholderanalysis. A trade-off on the seasonal waterregime between different users - including fauna andflora - has to be found.
International audience ; Wetland ecosystems hold an important part of theworld's biodiversity and are complex social-ecologicalsystems. Aiming to understand interdependencies amongtheir components and to define management policies, thesocial-ecological trajectory of Oussudu lake – a wetlandof Pondicherry region in South India – was reconstructedand analysed. During the last decades, this wetland hastransformed from an irrigation tank to a lake to caterbiodiversity conservation and recreation. Theenvironmental history highlights a governance changethat has contributed to "black boxing" the wetland'sfunctional environment and to conceal major waterissues at regional and local levels. This study emphasizesthe importance of implementing an approach thatcombines the management of this urban lake commonswith a multi-scalar, socio-ecological and multistakeholderanalysis. A trade-off on the seasonal waterregime between different users - including fauna andflora - has to be found.
Motivation: The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in biodiversity within and amongst assemblages using a broad range of metrics. BioTIME is being developed as a community-led open-source database of biodiversity time series. Our goal is to accelerate and facilitate quantitative analysis of temporal patterns of biodiversity in the Anthropocene. Main types of variables included: The database contains 8,777,413 species abundance records, from assemblages consistently sampled for a minimum of 2 years, which need not necessarily be consecutive. In addition, the database contains metadata relating to sampling methodology and contextual information about each record. Spatial location and grain: BioTIME is a global database of 547,161 unique sampling locations spanning the marine, freshwater and terrestrial realms. Grain size varies across datasets from 0.0000000158 km(2) (158 cm(2)) to 100 km(2) (1,000,000,000,000 cm(2)). Time period and grainBio: TIME records span from 1874 to 2016. The minimal temporal grain across all datasets in BioTIME is a year. Major taxa and level of measurement: BioTIME includes data from 44,440 species across the plant and animal kingdoms, ranging from plants, plankton and terrestrial invertebrates to small and large vertebrates. ; European Research Council; EU [AdG-250189, PoC-727440, ERC-SyG-2013-610028]; Natural Environmental Research Council [NE/L002531/1]; National Science Foundation [DEB-1237733, DEB-1456729, 9714103, 0632263, 0856516, 1432277, DEB 9705814, BSR-8811902, DEB 9411973, DEB 0080538, DEB 0218039, DEB 0620910, DEB 0963447, DEB-1546686, DEB-129764]; National Science Foundation (LTER) [DEB-1235828, DEB-1440297, DBI-0620409, DEB-9910514, DEB-1237517, OCE-0417412, OCE-1026851, OCE-1236905, OCE-1637396, DEB 1440409, DEB-0832652, DEB-0936498, DEB-0620652, DEB-1234162, DEB-0823293, OCE-9982105, OCE-0620276, OCE-1232779]; Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [POPH/FSE SFRH/BD/90469/2012, SFRH/BD/84030/2012, PTDC/BIA-BIC/111184/2009]; Ciencia sem Fronteiras/CAPES [1091/13-1]; Instituto Milenio de Oceanografia [IC120019]; ARC Centre of Excellence [CE0561432]; NSERC Canada; CONICYT/FONDECYT [1160026, ICM PO5-002, 11110351, 1151094, 1070808, 1130511]; RSF [14-50-00029]; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation [GBMF4563]; Catalan Government; Marie Curie Individual Fellowship [QLK5-CT2002-51518, MERG-CT-2004-022065]; CNPq [306170/2015-9, 475434/2010-2, 403809/2012-6, 561897/2010, 306595-2014-1]; FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation) [2015/10714-6, 2015/06743-0, 2008/10049-9, 2013/50714-0, 1999/09635-0 e 2013/50718-5]; EU CLIMOOR [ENV4-CT97-0694]; VULCAN [EVK2-CT2000-00094]; DFG [120/10-2]; Polar Continental Shelf Program; CENPES - PETROBRAS; FAPERJ [E-26/110.114/ 2013]; German Academic Exchange Service; New Zealand Department of Conservation; Wellcome Trust [105621/Z/14/Z]; Smithsonian Atherton Seidell Fund; Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority; Research Council of Norway; Conselleria de Innovacio, Hisenda i Economia; Yukon Government Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park; UK Natural Environment Research Council ShrubTundra Grant [NE/M016323/1]; IPY; Memorial University; ArcticNet; Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research in the Tropics NWO [W84-194]; Ciencias sem Fronteiras and Coordenacao de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES, Brazil) [1091/13-1]; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/State Wildlife federal grant [T-15]; Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies [CE140100020]; Australian Research Council Future Fellowship [FT110100609]; University of Lodz; NSF DEB [1353139]; Catalan Government fellowships (DURSI) [1998FI-00596, 2001BEAI200208]; MECD Post-doctoral fellowship [EX2002-0022]; FONDECYT [1141037]; FONDAP [15150003]; [SFRH/BD/80488/2011]; [PD/BD/52597/2014]; [REN2000-0278/CCI]; [REN2001-003/GLO]; [CGL2016-79835-P]; [AGAUR SGR-2014453]; [SGR-2017-1005]; [FCT - SFRH / BPD / 82259 / 2011]; [OCE 95-21184]; [OCE-0099226]; [OCE 03-5234]; [OCE-0623874]; [OCE-1031061]; [OCE-1336206]; [DEB-1354563]; [OPP-1440435] ; 12 month embargo; published online: 24 July 2018 ; This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at repository@u.library.arizona.edu.
European Research Council and EU, Grant/Award Number: AdG‐250189, PoC‐727440 and ERC‐SyG‐2013‐610028; Natural Environmental Research Council, Grant/Award Number: NE/L002531/1; National Science Foundation, Grant/Award Number: DEB‐1237733, DEB‐1456729, 9714103, 0632263, 0856516, 1432277, DEB‐9705814, BSR‐8811902, DEB 9411973, DEB 0080538, DEB 0218039, DEB 0620910, DEB 0963447, DEB‐1546686, DEB‐129764, OCE 95‐21184, OCE‐ 0099226, OCE 03‐52343, OCE‐0623874, OCE‐1031061, OCE‐1336206 and DEB‐1354563; National Science Foundation (LTER) , Grant/Award Number: DEB‐1235828, DEB‐1440297, DBI‐0620409, DEB‐9910514, DEB‐1237517, OCE‐0417412, OCE‐1026851, OCE‐1236905, OCE‐1637396, DEB 1440409, DEB‐0832652, DEB‐0936498, DEB‐0620652, DEB‐1234162 and DEB‐0823293; Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Grant/Award Number: POPH/FSE SFRH/BD/90469/2012, SFRH/BD/84030/2012, PTDC/BIA‐BIC/111184/2009; SFRH/BD/80488/2011 and PD/BD/52597/2014; Ciência sem Fronteiras/CAPES, Grant/Award Number: 1091/13‐1; Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía, Grant/Award Number: IC120019; ARC Centre of Excellence, Grant/Award Number: CE0561432; NSERC Canada; CONICYT/FONDECYT, Grant/Award Number: 1160026, ICM PO5‐002, CONICYT/FONDECYT, 11110351, 1151094, 1070808 and 1130511; RSF, Grant/Award Number: 14‐50‐00029; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Grant/Award Number: GBMF4563; Catalan Government; Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, Grant/Award Number: QLK5‐CT2002‐51518 and MERG‐CT‐2004‐022065; CNPq, Grant/Award Number: 306170/2015‐9, 475434/2010‐2, 403809/2012‐6 and 561897/2010; FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation), Grant/Award Number: 2015/10714‐6, 2015/06743‐0, 2008/10049‐9, 2013/50714‐0 and 1999/09635‐0 e 2013/50718‐5; EU CLIMOOR, Grant/Award Number: ENV4‐CT97‐0694; VULCAN, Grant/Award Number: EVK2‐CT‐2000‐00094; Spanish, Grant/Award Number: REN2000‐0278/CCI, REN2001‐003/GLO and CGL2016‐79835‐P; Catalan, Grant/Award Number: AGAUR SGR‐2014‐453 and SGR‐2017‐1005; DFG, Grant/Award Number: 120/10‐2; Polar Continental Shelf Program; CENPES – PETROBRAS; FAPERJ, Grant/Award Number: E‐26/110.114/2013; German Academic Exchange Service; sDiv; iDiv; New Zealand Department of Conservation; Wellcome Trust, Grant/Award Number: 105621/Z/14/Z; Smithsonian Atherton Seidell Fund; Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority; Research Council of Norway; Conselleria de Innovació, Hisenda i Economia; Yukon Government Herschel Island‐Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park; UK Natural Environment Research Council ShrubTundra Grant, Grant/Award Number: NE/M016323/1; IPY; Memorial University; ArcticNet. DOI:10.13039/50110000027. Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research in the Tropics NWO, grant W84‐194. Ciências sem Fronteiras and Coordenação de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES, Brazil), Grant/Award Number: 1091/13‐1. National Science foundation (LTER), Award Number: OCE‐9982105, OCE‐0620276, OCE‐1232779. FCT ‐ SFRH / BPD / 82259 / 2011. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/State Wildlife federal grant number T‐15. Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CE140100020). Australian Research Council Future Fellowship FT110100609. M.B., A.J., K.P., J.S. received financial support from internal funds of University of Lódź. NSF DEB 1353139. Catalan Government fellowships (DURSI): 1998FI‐00596, 2001BEAI200208, MECD Post‐doctoral fellowship EX2002‐0022. National Science Foundation Award OPP‐1440435. FONDECYT 1141037 and FONDAP 15150003 (IDEAL). CNPq Grant 306595‐2014‐1 ; Peer reviewed ; Publisher PDF