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author Moustakas, Aristides
Christoforidi, Irene
Zittis, George
Demirel, Nazli
Fois, Mauro
Zotos, Savvas
Gallou, Eirini
Stamatiadou, Valentini
Tzirkalli, Elli
Zoumides, Christos
Košić, Kristina
Christopoulou, Aikaterini
Dragin, Aleksandra
Łowicki, Damian
Gil, Artur
Almeida, Bruna
Chrysos, Panos
Balzan, Mario V.
Mansoldo, Mark D. C.
Ólafsdóttir, Rannveig
Ayhan, Cigdem Kaptan
Atay, Lutfi
Tase, Mirela
Stojanović, Vladimir
Ladičorbić, Maja Mijatov
Díaz, Juan Pedro
Expósito, Francisco Javier
Quiroga, Sonia
Cano, Miguel Ángel Casquet
Wang, Haoran
Suárez, Cristina
Manolaki, Paraskevi
Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.
author_facet Moustakas, Aristides
Christoforidi, Irene
Zittis, George
Demirel, Nazli
Fois, Mauro
Zotos, Savvas
Gallou, Eirini
Stamatiadou, Valentini
Tzirkalli, Elli
Zoumides, Christos
Košić, Kristina
Christopoulou, Aikaterini
Dragin, Aleksandra
Łowicki, Damian
Gil, Artur
Almeida, Bruna
Chrysos, Panos
Balzan, Mario V.
Mansoldo, Mark D. C.
Ólafsdóttir, Rannveig
Ayhan, Cigdem Kaptan
Atay, Lutfi
Tase, Mirela
Stojanović, Vladimir
Ladičorbić, Maja Mijatov
Díaz, Juan Pedro
Expósito, Francisco Javier
Quiroga, Sonia
Cano, Miguel Ángel Casquet
Wang, Haoran
Suárez, Cristina
Manolaki, Paraskevi
Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.
contents To promote climate adaptation and mitigation, it is crucial to understand stakeholder perspectives and knowledge gaps on land use and climate changes. Stakeholders across 21 European islands were consulted on climate and land use change issues affecting ecosystem services. Climate change perceptions included temperature, precipitation, humidity, extremes, and wind. Land use change perceptions included deforestation, coastal degradation, habitat protection, renewable energy facilities, wetlands, and others. Additional concerns such as invasive species, water or energy scarcity, infrastructure problems, and austerity were also considered. Climate and land use change impact perceptions were analysed with machine learning to quantify their influence. The predominant climatic characteristic is temperature, and the predominant land use characteristic is deforestation. Water-related problems are top priorities for stakeholders. Energy-related problems, including energy deficiency and issues with wind and solar facilities, rank high as combined climate and land use risks. Stakeholders generally perceive climate change impacts on ecosystem services as negative, with natural habitat destruction and biodiversity loss identified as top issues. Land use change impacts are also negative but more complex, with more explanatory variables. Stakeholders share common perceptions on biodiversity impacts despite geographic disparity, but they differentiate between climate and land use impacts. Water, energy, and renewable energy issues pose serious concerns, requiring management measures.
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spellingShingle The land use-climate change-biodiversity nexus in European islands stakeholders
Moustakas, Aristides
Christoforidi, Irene
Zittis, George
Demirel, Nazli
Fois, Mauro
Zotos, Savvas
Gallou, Eirini
Stamatiadou, Valentini
Tzirkalli, Elli
Zoumides, Christos
Košić, Kristina
Christopoulou, Aikaterini
Dragin, Aleksandra
Łowicki, Damian
Gil, Artur
Almeida, Bruna
Chrysos, Panos
Balzan, Mario V.
Mansoldo, Mark D. C.
Ólafsdóttir, Rannveig
Ayhan, Cigdem Kaptan
Atay, Lutfi
Tase, Mirela
Stojanović, Vladimir
Ladičorbić, Maja Mijatov
Díaz, Juan Pedro
Expósito, Francisco Javier
Quiroga, Sonia
Cano, Miguel Ángel Casquet
Wang, Haoran
Suárez, Cristina
Manolaki, Paraskevi
Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N.
Populations and Evolution
Machine Learning
To promote climate adaptation and mitigation, it is crucial to understand stakeholder perspectives and knowledge gaps on land use and climate changes. Stakeholders across 21 European islands were consulted on climate and land use change issues affecting ecosystem services. Climate change perceptions included temperature, precipitation, humidity, extremes, and wind. Land use change perceptions included deforestation, coastal degradation, habitat protection, renewable energy facilities, wetlands, and others. Additional concerns such as invasive species, water or energy scarcity, infrastructure problems, and austerity were also considered. Climate and land use change impact perceptions were analysed with machine learning to quantify their influence. The predominant climatic characteristic is temperature, and the predominant land use characteristic is deforestation. Water-related problems are top priorities for stakeholders. Energy-related problems, including energy deficiency and issues with wind and solar facilities, rank high as combined climate and land use risks. Stakeholders generally perceive climate change impacts on ecosystem services as negative, with natural habitat destruction and biodiversity loss identified as top issues. Land use change impacts are also negative but more complex, with more explanatory variables. Stakeholders share common perceptions on biodiversity impacts despite geographic disparity, but they differentiate between climate and land use impacts. Water, energy, and renewable energy issues pose serious concerns, requiring management measures.
title The land use-climate change-biodiversity nexus in European islands stakeholders
topic Populations and Evolution
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02829