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Publications

Core Publications​

  • Alem, H., Tsegaye, D., Issifu, I., Nortey, D. D. N., Bana, L., Aheto, D. W., & Gizachew, B. (2026). Institutional capacity and divergent resilience pathways in coastal Ghana’s mangrove social-ecological systems: Evidence from the Western Region and Lower Volta Delta. Ocean & Coastal Management, 282, 108370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2026.108370
  • Issifu, I., Falayi, M., Sunderland, T., & Sumaila, U. R. (2026). Mangroves as land and ocean buffers: A comparative analysis of mangrove ecosystem services in Ghana and Tanzania. Ocean & Coastal Management, 280, 108301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2026.108301
  • Falayi, M., Lukhabi, D. K., Bana, L., Ekumah, N. O., Egbenya, V. C., Aheto, D. W., Lolila, N. J., Seki, H., Shirima, D., Issifu, I., Zhang, M., & Sunderland, T. (2026). Nested Institutions and Overlapping Mandates: A Policy Analysis of Mangrove Governance in Ghana, Tanzania Mainland, and Zanzibar. Environmental Policy and Governance, 36(4), 1019–1033. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70092
  • Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Is reusable beverage packaging better than single–use plastic? Sustainable Futures, 10, 101275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2025.101275
  • Gizachew, B, Shirima, D.D, Rizzi, J, Kukunda, C.B, Zahabu, E (2024). Conservation and Avoided Deforestation: Evidence from Protected Areas of Tanzania. Forests, 15(9), 1593. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15091593

2026​

  • Kim, H., Teh, L., Dahmouni, I., Alam, L., Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2026). Ecological and economic impacts of ocean deoxygenation on Pacific halibut fisheries: A multidisciplinary assessment of projected losses. Ecological Economics, 249, 109127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2026.109127
  • Alam, L., Teh, L., Teh, L., Palomares, M. L., Skerritt, D. J., Issifu, I., Lam, V. W. Y., Villasante, S., Lazzari, N., Kinds, A., Carvalho, A. R., Majluf, P., Aheto, D., Mokhtar, M., & Sumaila, U. R. (2026). Dynamics of distant water fishing fleets in Southeast Asian countries. npj Ocean Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-026-00242-w
  • Adeyanju, S., Ros-Tonen, M. A. F., Bulkan, J., Baatuuwie, B. N., & Sunderland, T. (2026). Evaluating socioeconomic and equity outcomes in livelihood interventions: Insights from Community Resource Management Areas (CREMAs) in northern Ghana. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 11, 100337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsust.2026.100337
  • Ceglia, C., Morel, A. C., & van Blerk, L. (2026). A Rapid Systematic Map of Youth Engagement With Marine Environments in a Changing Climate. WIREs Climate Change, 17(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.70087

2025​

  • Issifu, I., Dahmouni, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Assessing the ecological and economic transformation pathways of plastic production system. Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 124104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124104
  • Cisneros-Montemayor, A. M., Breakey, H., Bossier, S., Croft, F., Issifu, I., Keefer, J., Singh, G. G., Voyer, M., & Ota, Y. (2025). Social equity indicators for a Blue Economy: Guidelines for application. Marine Policy, 180, 106815. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106815
  • Oloko, A., Dahmouni, I., Le Billon, P., Teh, L., Cheung, W., Sánchez-Jiménez, A., Issifu, I., & Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Gender dynamics, climate change threats and illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. Discover Sustainability, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-01227-4
  • Asuk, S. A., Wayman, J. P., Sadler, J. P., Pugh, T. A. M., Matthews, T. J., Ebu, V. T., Phillips, O. L., Lewis, S., Sonké, B., Talbot, J., Comiskey, J., Zemagho, L., Ojo, L., Begne, S., Taedoumg, H., Sunderland, T., Hubau, W., Droissart, V., Qie, L., … Kettridge, N. (2025). Human and Environmental Factors Shape Tree Species Assemblages in West African Tropical Forests. Diversity and Distributions, 31(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70075
  • Issifu, I, Dahmouni, I, García–Lorenzo, I, Sumaila, U.R (2025). Rethinking cost–benefit analysis for sustainable marine spatial planning. A Research Agenda for Sustainable Ocean - Governance, 175-184. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035325757.00027
  • Carvalho, A.R, Villasante, S, Lazzari, N, Issifu, I, Kinds, A, Majluf, P, Palomares, M.L, Skerritt, D.J, Alam, L, Lam, V.W.Y, Noleto-Filho, E.M, Reis-Filho, J.A, Teh, L, Teh, L, Sumaila, U. R. (2025). Unequal competition: the fate of domestic fisheries facing distant water fishing in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean. npj Ocean Sustainability, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00135-4
  • Solberg, S, Gizachew, B, Duncanson, L.I, Basak, P (2025). Combining TanDEM-X Interferometry and GEDI Space LiDAR for Estimation of Forest Biomass Change in Tanzania. Remote Sensing, 17(15), 2623. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17152623
  • Saria, A.E, Li, X, Li, T, Mgalula, M.E, Seki, H, Du, J (2025). Quantifying carbon stocks in mangrove estuaries of two coastal cities in Tanzania. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-14307-9
  • Kinyua, D.N, Oyugi, D.O, Wamukota, A, Sumaila, U.R, Ater, S, Kadagi, N.I (2025). A supply chain analysis of artisanal billfish fishery along the Kenyan coast. Marine Policy, 180, 106762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106762
  • Tcheton, S, Marais-Potgieter, A, Aheto, D.W, Pereira, L (2025). Advancing the understanding of Indigenous and Local Knowledge practices in mangrove ecosystem sustainability in the Mono Transboundary Biosphere Reserve in West Africa (Benin Republic-Togo). Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/focsu.2025.1585598
  • Baltazary, I.S, Malila, B.P, Lyimo, P.J, Shirima, D.D, Kilawe, C.J, Nzunda, E.F (2025). Land use and land cover changes spatial relationships with ecological fires and their implications for sustainable management and conservation of Tanzania's Miombo Woodlands. Discover Forests, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44415-025-00018-z
  • Durrant, E, Howson, P, Sallu, S.M, Shirima, D.D, Lala, M, Milheiras, S.G, Lyimo, F, Nyiti, P.P, Mwanga, L, Kioko, E, Pfeifer, M (2025). Understanding farmers' attitudes and aspirations for tree-cover restoration in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. Forest Policy and Economics, 172, 103452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2025.103452
  • Sunderland, T et al (2025). Large range sizes link fast life histories with high species richness across wet tropical tree floras. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-84367-3

2024​

  • Sumaila, U.R, Alam, L, Abdallah, P.R, Aheto, D, Akintola, S.L, Alger, J, Andreoli, V, Bailey, M, Barnes, C, Ben-Hasan, A, Brooks, C.M, Carvalho, A.R, Cheung, W.W.L, Cisneros-Montemayor, A.M, Dempsey, J, Halim, S.A, Hilmi, N, Ilori, M.O, Jacquet, J, Karuaihe, S.T, Le Billon, P, Leape, J, Martin, T.G, Meeuwig, J.J, Micheli, F, Mokhtar, M, Naylor, R.L, Obura, D, Palomares, M.L.D, Pereira, L.M, Rogers, A.A, Sequeira, A.M.M, Sogbanmu, T.O, Villasante, S, Zeller, D, Pauly, D (2024). WTO must complete an ambitious fisheries subsidies agreement. npj Ocean Sustainability, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44183-024-00042-0
  • Nkya, S.E, Shirima, D.D, Hedenas, H, Temu, A.B (2024). Estimating canopy cover using a Spatially Balanced Sampling approach: A case study of miombo woodlands in Western Tanzania. Unknown journal. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3880805/v1
  • Nkya, S.E, Shirima, D.D, Masolele, R.N, Hedenas, H, Temu, A.B (2024). Modeling the Land Surface Phenological Responses of Dominant Miombo Tree Species to Climate Variability in Western Tanzania. Remote Sensing, 16(22), 4261. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16224261
  • García-Lorenzo, I, Varela-Lafuente, M, Garza-Gil, M.D, Sumaila, U.R (2024). Social and solidarity economy in small-scale fisheries: An international analysis. Ocean & Coastal Management, 253, 107166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107166
  • Ngute, A.S.K, Pfeifer, M, Schoeman, D.S, Gereau, R.E, Mnendendo, H.R, Mwakisoma, A, Mhagawale, W, Kivambe, E.E, Kyasapa, G, Lyatuu, H.M, Shirima, D.D, Marshall, A.R (2024). Allometric models for liana aboveground biomass in old-growth and secondary tropical forests of Tanzania. Forest Ecology and Management, 562, 121962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121962
  • Issifu, I, Dahmouni, I, García-Lorenzo, I, Sumaila, U.R (2024). Economics in Marine Spatial Planning: A Review of Issues in British Columbia and Similar Jurisdictions. Sustainability, 16(3), 1210. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16031210