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DPSIR

The document discusses several studies that applied the DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State, Impacts, Responses) framework to propose wetland management approaches. One study used DPSIR and GIS to propose a coastal management system to resolve conflicts between development and conservation in Portugal. Another linked DPSIR to ecosystem services and societal benefits through two case studies in the UK. A third study used DPSIR to trace human-induced changes in the structure and function of transitional wetlands in Portugal to assist policymaking and reduce estuarine deterioration.

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DPSIR

The document discusses several studies that applied the DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, State, Impacts, Responses) framework to propose wetland management approaches. One study used DPSIR and GIS to propose a coastal management system to resolve conflicts between development and conservation in Portugal. Another linked DPSIR to ecosystem services and societal benefits through two case studies in the UK. A third study used DPSIR to trace human-induced changes in the structure and function of transitional wetlands in Portugal to assist policymaking and reduce estuarine deterioration.

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Objectives

 Applying the DPSIR to propose wetland management approaches capable of resolving resource use
conflicts in MMRS
 Assessment of changes in structure and function of the MMRS
Caiero et al. (2004) applied the DPSIR framework, supported by a geographic information system (GIS) to
propose a coastal management system capable of resolving conflicts between development and
conservation goals in the Sado estuary, Portugal

Atkins et al. (2011) used the DPSIR framework to link with ecosystem services and societal benefits. They
reasoned that ecosystem services deal with production and delivery of benefits for the society, and that
DPSIR can show how these services are drivers that will ultimately produce the environmental state
changes resulting in impacts necessitating a response. The researchers consolidate their argument with
two case studies dealing with marine aggregate extraction in the UK waters, and management of
biodiversity at Flamborough Head, UK.

The DPSIR approach was used by Pinto et al. (2013) to trace human induced changes of the structure
and function of the transitional wetlands of the Mondego estuary, Portugal. The main objective of the
study was to assist policy making by providing information on the interaction between the competing
water uses of estuarine resources and their ecological functions. This can make an important
contribution to the development of mitigation strategies aimed at reducing estuarine deterioration,
thereby fulfilling the goals of WFD. Tracing human induced changes of the structure and function of the
wetlands to assist policy making

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