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Abstract
Coastal vegetated ecosystems such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and tidal marshes provide a wide array of ecosystem services. They also play a vital role in climate change mitigation through carbon sequestration. However, they are among the most threatened ecosystems globally. This study addresses a key knowledge gap by conducting a systematic review of academic literature on sectoral perceptions of these ecosystems. Through content analysis, we identified common research themes across regions and examined how members of the public, private, and civil society sectors perceive coastal vegetated ecosystems. The results reveal regional differences: Asian countries tend to emphasize utilization and economic benefits, while North America and Europe focus more on conservation and management. Several studies explored perceptions of climate change mitigation. Our findings highlight gaps in perception between the private and government agencies. Understanding these diverse sectoral perspectives can inform policy interventions to enhance conservation efforts and strengthen governance strategies.
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Coastal vegetated ecosystems such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and tidal marshes provide diverse
Among the three types of coastal vegetated ecosystems examined in this review, studies on perceptions of mangrove forests dominated the selected publications (507 documents or 81%), whereas studies involving perceptions of seagrass meadows and tidal marshes were explored in 92 (15%) and 23 (4%) documents, respectively (Fig. 2C)
While a diverse range of themes were explored, the most prevalent focused on management, conservation, restoration, and ecosystem services
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Publications that potentially covered perceptions of coastal vegetated ecosystems were retrieved from four databases: Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, and Google Scholar (Fig. 1). The remaining 778 papers underwent a full eligibility assessment based on four main criteria: (1) written in the English language, (2) focused on at least one type of coastal vegetated ecosystem (mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, or tidal marshes), (3) explicit mention of the term ‘‘perception’’ and related terms (e.g., ‘‘perceive,’’ ‘‘perceptivity,’’ ‘‘viewpoint’’ [Jefferson et al 2021]), and (4) presented perceptions data collected from a population (e.g., households, government leaders, business operators). The latter category could include, for instance, perceived benefits and values of the selected coastal vegetated ecosystems, perceived threats, or perceptions on the governance of these habitats. Co-occurrence networks, extracted titles, abstracts, or author-supplied keywords, can reveal research hotspots, general trends, and emerging topics (Chen et al 2016; Catone et al 2020)
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