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Mondejar ME, Avtar R, Diaz HLB, Dubey RK, Esteban J, Gómez-Morales A, Hallam B, Mbungu NT, Okolo CC, Prasad KA, She Q, Garcia-Segura S. Digitalization to achieve sustainable development goals: Steps towards a Smart Green Planet. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 794:148539. [PMID: 34323742 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Digitalization provides access to an integrated network of unexploited big data with potential benefits for society and the environment. The development of smart systems connected to the internet of things can generate unique opportunities to strategically address challenges associated with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to ensure an equitable, environmentally sustainable, and healthy society. This perspective describes the opportunities that digitalization can provide towards building the sustainable society of the future. Smart technologies are envisioned as game-changing tools, whereby their integration will benefit the three essential elements of the food-water-energy nexus: (i) sustainable food production; (ii) access to clean and safe potable water; and (iii) green energy generation and usage. It then discusses the benefits of digitalization to catalyze the transition towards sustainable manufacturing practices and enhance citizens' health wellbeing by providing digital access to care, particularly for the underserved communities. Finally, the perspective englobes digitalization benefits by providing a holistic view on how it can contribute to address the serious challenges of endangered planet biodiversity and climate change.
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- Maria E Mondejar
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Building 403, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Plant Protection Division, Head of Agricultural Pests Group, National Center for Animal and Plant Health (CENSA), Apartado 10, San José de las Lajas, Provincia Mayabeque, Cuba
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- Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India; NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117411, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, School of Engineering, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, 550 N3rd St, AZ 85004, United States
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- School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Department of Electrical Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Land Resources Management and Environmental Protection, Mekelle University, P.O. Box 23, Ethiopia; Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Althanstr, 14, 1090 Wien, Austria
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- Department of Geography, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur 610 005, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore; Singapore Membrane Technology Centre, Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 637141, Singapore
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- Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3005, United States.
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Gérin-Lajoie J, Herrmann TM, MacMillan GA, Hébert-Houle É, Monfette M, Rowell JA, Anaviapik Soucie T, Snowball H, Townley E, Lévesque E, Amyot M, Franssen J, Dedieu JP. IMALIRIJIIT: a community-based environmental monitoring program in the George River watershed, Nunavik, Canada. ECOSCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2018.1498226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- José Gérin-Lajoie
- Département des sciences de l’environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Département de géographie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département des sciences de l’environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Département de géographie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institut des Géosciences de l'Environnement is equivalent to department, Expanded leadership to Study Water Quality in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
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- Northern Village of Kangiqsualujjuaq, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Département des sciences de l’environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada
- Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
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- Centre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie et en environnement aquatique (GRIL), Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Département de géographie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
- Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie et en environnement aquatique (GRIL), Département de sciences biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Institut des géosciences de l’environnement, Université Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
- INRS-Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre, Québec, QC, Canada
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Bonebrake TC, Brown CJ, Bell JD, Blanchard JL, Chauvenet A, Champion C, Chen IC, Clark TD, Colwell RK, Danielsen F, Dell AI, Donelson JM, Evengård B, Ferrier S, Frusher S, Garcia RA, Griffis RB, Hobday AJ, Jarzyna MA, Lee E, Lenoir J, Linnetved H, Martin VY, McCormack PC, McDonald J, McDonald-Madden E, Mitchell N, Mustonen T, Pandolfi JM, Pettorelli N, Possingham H, Pulsifer P, Reynolds M, Scheffers BR, Sorte CJB, Strugnell JM, Tuanmu MN, Twiname S, Vergés A, Villanueva C, Wapstra E, Wernberg T, Pecl GT. Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2017; 93:284-305. [PMID: 28568902 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Climate change is driving a pervasive global redistribution of the planet's species. Species redistribution poses new questions for the study of ecosystems, conservation science and human societies that require a coordinated and integrated approach. Here we review recent progress, key gaps and strategic directions in this nascent research area, emphasising emerging themes in species redistribution biology, the importance of understanding underlying drivers and the need to anticipate novel outcomes of changes in species ranges. We highlight that species redistribution has manifest implications across multiple temporal and spatial scales and from genes to ecosystems. Understanding range shifts from ecological, physiological, genetic and biogeographical perspectives is essential for informing changing paradigms in conservation science and for designing conservation strategies that incorporate changing population connectivity and advance adaptation to climate change. Species redistributions present challenges for human well-being, environmental management and sustainable development. By synthesising recent approaches, theories and tools, our review establishes an interdisciplinary foundation for the development of future research on species redistribution. Specifically, we demonstrate how ecological, conservation and social research on species redistribution can best be achieved by working across disciplinary boundaries to develop and implement solutions to climate change challenges. Future studies should therefore integrate existing and complementary scientific frameworks while incorporating social science and human-centred approaches. Finally, we emphasise that the best science will not be useful unless more scientists engage with managers, policy makers and the public to develop responsible and socially acceptable options for the global challenges arising from species redistributions.
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- Timothy C Bonebrake
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
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- Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Conservation International, Arlington, VA, 22202, U.S.A
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.,Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Department of Life Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Republic of China
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.,CSIRO Agriculture and Food, Hobart, 7000, Australia
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 06269, U.S.A.,University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, CO, 80309, U.S.A.,Departmento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás, CP 131, 74.001-970, Goiânia, Brazil
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- Nordic Foundation for Development and Ecology (NORDECO), Copenhagen, DK-1159, Denmark
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- National Great Rivers Research and Education Center (NGRREC), East Alton, IL, 62024, U.S.A.,Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 631303, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney, 2007, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Australia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Umea University, 90187, Umea, Sweden
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.,Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Department of Statistical Sciences, Centre for Statistics in Ecology, the Environment and Conservation, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa.,Faculty of Science, Department of Botany and Zoology, Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa
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- NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD, 20910, U.S.A
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.,CSIRO, Oceans and Atmosphere, Hobart, 7000, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, U.S.A
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- UR « Ecologie et dynamique des systèmes anthropisés » (EDYSAN, FRE 3498 CNRS-UPJV), Université de Picardie Jules Verne, FR-80037, Amiens Cedex 1, France
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- Faculty of Science, Institute of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, U.S.A
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- Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.,Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, 7001, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia.,School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia
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- Snowchange Cooperative, University of Eastern Finland, 80130, Joensuu, Finland
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- School of Biological Sciences, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, 4072, Australia.,Grand Challenges in Ecosystems and the Environment, Silwood Park, Imperial College, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, 80309, U.S.A
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- The Nature Conservancy, San Francisco, CA, 94105, U.S.A
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville, FL, 32611, U.S.A
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA, 92697, U.S.A
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, 4811, Australia
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Republic of China
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, 6009, Australia.,UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia.,Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
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