Beyond services: A process and framework to incorporate cultural, genealogical, place-based, and indigenous relationships in ecosystem service assessments

Pascua, Puaʻala; McMillen, Heather; Ticktin, Tamara; Vaughan, Mehana Blaich; Winter, Kāwika B.

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2017.03.012

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“…However, upon looking further at the nested factors, differences arise, especially within the “Social relations” and “Sense of place” categories that appear most similar to our “Connection to people and place” dimension. Similar to the findings of Pascua et al (), we found that respondents highlighted the reciprocal nature of relationships with human and nonhuman, and living and nonliving entities, an aspect not captured in these established CES categories.…”

Section: Local Perceptions Of Key Components Of Resilient Social–ecolsupporting

confidence: 88%

“…Factors in our "Connection to People and Place" and "Indigenous and local knowledges, skills, practices, values and worldviews" dimensions are consistent with key cultural elements previously identified as lacking from existing SES and CES frameworks (Chan et al, 2012;Cote & Nightingale, 2012;Pascua et al, 2017). As such, we focus on these two dimensions and explain why they are significant in designing and implementing interventions (Table 1).…”

Section: Local Perceptions Of Key Components Of Resilient Social-ecmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment () identified Cultural Ecosystem Services (CES) that may include sociocultural components important to SES, such as “Cultural Heritage Values” and “Sense of Place.” However, for reasons similar to those mentioned earlier, ecosystem service assessments have for the most part excluded intangible, meaningful CES (Chan, Satterfield, & Goldstein, ). Efforts have been made to mold and add to CES categories based on the experiences of local communities in order to identify the CES most relevant for inclusion (Breslow et al, ; Pascua, McMillen, Ticktin, Vaughan, & Winter, ; Raymond et al, ).…”

Section: Existing Ses Framework Require Additional Sociocultural Detailmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, for reasons similar to those mentioned earlier, ecosystem service assessments have for the most part excluded intangible, meaningful CES (Chan, Satterfield, & Goldstein, 2012). Efforts have been made to mold and add to CES categories based on the experiences of local communities in order to identify the CES most relevant for inclusion Pascua, McMillen, Ticktin, Vaughan, & Winter, 2017;Raymond et al, 2009).…”

Section: Existing Ses Framework Require Additional Sociocultural Dmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

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Resource management and conservation interventions are increasingly embracing social–ecological systems (SES) concepts. While SES frameworks recognize the connectedness of humans and nature, many fail to acknowledge the complex role of sociocultural factors in influencing people's interactions with the environment. As such, when indicators in SES frameworks are used to measure the social dimension, easy to measure, socioeconomic indicators are the norms, while more complex social and cultural indicators are rare. To develop meaningful indicators of resilience in SES we need to understand local definitions of resilience. In this paper we describe methods used in a biocultural approach to illuminate sociocultural factors that Pacific Islanders identify as important for resilient communities. We focus specifically on two dimensions of sociocultural factors, “Connectedness to People and Place” and “Indigenous and local knowledges, skills, practices, values and worldviews,” which relate to many interventions, but are not usually monitored. We offer examples of indicators that may be appropriate to measure under these dimensions. Increased use of biocultural indicators will bring additional insight on the types and combinations of indicators that work best in given contexts.

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Section: Local Perceptions Of Key Components Of Resilient Social–ecolsupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Local Perceptions Of Key Components Of Resilient Social-ecmentioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Existing Ses Framework Require Additional Sociocultural Detailmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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“…Greater understanding of such traps can help to shift mindsets of decision makers and members of the public. In particular, it can help to replace overly simplistic ideologies of protecting "naturalness" and "wilderness" or producing more ecosystem services to benefit humans, with more complex notions of sustaining coevolved, reciprocal relationships between people and their environment (Winthrop 2014, Pascua et al 2017. Scientific publications increasingly recognize the historical influence of Native Americans on ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest, and how beneficial disturbances, such as wildland fires and tribal tending practices, can sustain the productivity, diversity, and resilience of social and ecological systems.…”

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Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

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Lake²

2018

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ABSTRACT. Tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America (USA) have long-standing relationships to ancestral lands now managed by federal land management agencies. In recent decades, federal and state governments have increasingly recognized tribal rights to resources on public lands and to participate in their management. In support of a new planning initiative to promote sustainable land management, we reviewed scientific publications to examine relationships between tribal social-ecological systems and public lands in the region. We identified key ecocultural resources, impacts to those resources, and associated forest ecosystems, and strategies that have been piloted to redress those impacts. We found that many factors stemming from colonization by Euro-Americans have engendered social-ecological traps that have inhibited tribes from continuing traditional land stewardship activities that supported their well-being and maintained ecological integrity. These long-standing factors include legal and political constraints on tribal access and management; declining quality and abundance of forest resources due to inhibition of both natural disturbance and indigenous tending regimes; competition with nontribal users; species extirpations and introductions of invasive species; and erosion of tribal traditional ecological knowledge and relationships that are important for revitalizing resource use. As a consequence, both supply and demand for these forest resources have been reduced, as have the resilience and diversity of these ecosystems. Simply permitting resource harvest by tribal members does not sufficiently address the underlying constraints in ways that will promote tribal well-being. Escaping these traps will require addressing a gamut of ecological and social constraints through cooperative restoration efforts between land management agencies and tribes, several of which we highlight as examples. Because tribally focused restoration strategies generally align with broader strategies suggested to restore national forests in the region, they can foster both tribal well-being and ecological sustainability.

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Place‐based management can reduce human impacts on coral reefs in a changing climate

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Declining natural resources have contributed to a cultural renaissance across the Pacific that seeks to revive customary ridge‐to‐reef management approaches to protect freshwater and restore abundant coral reef fisheries. We applied a linked land–sea modeling framework based on remote sensing and empirical data, which couples groundwater nutrient export and coral reef models at fine spatial resolution. This spatially explicit (60 × 60 m) framework simultaneously tracks changes in multiple benthic and fish indicators as a function of community‐led marine closures, land‐use and climate change scenarios. We applied this framework in Hā‘ena and Ka‘ūpūlehu, located at opposite ends of the Hawaiian Archipelago to investigate the effects of coastal development and marine closures on coral reefs in the face of climate change. Our results indicated that projected coastal development and bleaching can result in a significant decrease in benthic habitat quality and community‐led marine closures can result in a significant increase in fish biomass. In general, Ka‘ūpūlehu is more vulnerable to land‐based nutrients and coral bleaching than Hā‘ena due to high coral cover and limited dilution and mixing from low rainfall and wave power, except for the shallow and wave‐sheltered back‐reef areas of Hā‘ena, which support high coral cover and act as nursery habitat for fishes. By coupling spatially explicit land–sea models with scenario planning, we identified priority areas on land where upgrading cesspools can reduce human impacts on coral reefs in the face of projected climate change impacts.

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Beyond services: A process and framework to incorporate cultural, genealogical, place-based, and indigenous relationships in ecosystem service assessments

Cited by 142 publications

References 43 publications

Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Place‐based management can reduce human impacts on coral reefs in a changing climate

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