The scale, pace, and intensity of human activity on the planet demands radical departures
from the status quo to remain within planetary boundaries and achieve sustainability. The …

Increasing human population, deforestation and man-made climate change are likely to
exacerbate the negative effects on freshwater ecosystems and species endangerment …

Abstract The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted as reference and universal
guidepost for transitioning to Sustainable Development by the United Nations in 2015 as …

This study aims to evaluate existing approaches for monitoring and assessing water quality
in waterbodies in the North of Ireland using newly developed methodologies. The results …

Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional
environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative …

Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD) is a pioneering piece of legislation that aims
to protect and enhance aquatic ecosystems and promote sustainable water use across …

Global pressures on freshwater ecosystems are high and rising. Viewed primarily as a
resource for humans, current practices of water use have led to catastrophic declines in …

Aquatic ecosystems are affected by man-made pressures, often causing combined impacts.
The analysis of the impacts of chemical pollution is however commonly separate from that of …

Anthropogenic pressures and climate change are altering water flows worldwide. Better
understanding, new economic thinking and an international governance framework are …

Despite the implementation of strict legal standards concerning nutrient loads within
wastewater discharges in all European Union (EU) Member States it was not possible to …