High resilience in the Yamal-Nenets social–ecological system, West Siberian Arctic, Russia

Forbes, Bruce C.; Stammler, Florian; Kumpula, Timo; Meschtyb, Nina; Pajunen, Anu; Kaarlejärvi, Elina

doi:10.1073/pnas.0908286106

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“…In fact, Inuit philosophies about the future, long-term planning and predictions challenge the basic premise of Western scientific approaches to climate change adaptation: that long-term forecasting is essential to effective decision-making. It is instructive to note that several studies have suggested that indigenous people in the Arctic indeed have the necessary knowledge and skills to adapt to climate change (Berkes and Joly, 2001;Forbes et al, 2009). In short, the Inuit/Western science example illustrates the fundamental challenges of 'integrating' knowledge among different ontological traditions and communities (Bates, 2007).…”

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Climate change and transdisciplinary science: Problematizing the integration imperative

Klenk

Meehan

2015

Environmental Science & Policy

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Always cite the published version, so the author(s) will receive recognition through services that track citation counts, e.g. Scopus. If you need to cite the page number of the author manuscript from TSpace because you cannot access the published version, then cite the TSpace version in addition to the published version using the permanent URI (handle) found on the record page. AbstractIn this article we critically examine the 'integration imperative' in transdisciplinary environmental science and build on social constructivist and political theories to suggest alternative approaches of knowledge co-production in transdisciplinary settings. Our argument builds upon a body of literature in social studies of science to cull insights about knowledge co-production, social learning, and the ecology of team science, particularly as it relates to climate change adaptation. Couched in this transdisciplinary literature, we demonstrate, is the assumption that integration necessarily can and should be a regulative ideal. We critique this assumption by examining the 'messy' politics of achieving consensus among radically different, and sometimes irreconcilable, ways of knowing. We argue that the integration imperative conceals the friction, antagonism, and power inherent in knowledge co-production, which in turn can exclude innovative and experimental ways of understanding and adapting to climate change. By way of conclusion, the final section explores three alternative models of knowledge co-production-triangulation, the multiple evidence based approach, and scenario building-and illustrates their application in the context of transdisciplinary research in climate change adaptation in the arctic, focusing on alternative means of cross-boundary engagement with indigenous ways of knowing.

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Section: Illustrative Casementioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change and transdisciplinary science: Problematizing the integration imperative

Klenk

Meehan

2015

Environmental Science & Policy

184

114

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“…Images from Landsat satellites are used at regional or landscape scale to study any changes (NASA, 2007). These changes may be vegetation dynamics by Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), hydrology, permafrost, dynamics, and land-use by wildlife and humans (Forbes et al, 2009;Myers-Smith et al, 2011).…”

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Assessing Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Murchison Bay Catchment of Lake Victoria Basin in Uganda

Kiggundu

Anaba

Banadda

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The Murchison Bay catchment in the northern shoreline of Lake Victoria basin is a high valued ecosystem because of the numerous human-related activities it supports in Uganda. The catchment has undergone tremendous human-induced land use/cover changes, which have not been quantified. This study aimed at quantifying the land use/cover changes as well as the rate at which these changes occurred over the last three decades in the catchment. This was achieved using remote sensing techniques and Geographic Information System (GIS) to analyse and contextualize the changes. To that effect, images of Landsat satellites MSS, TM, ETM+ and OLI were interpreted using supervised image classification technique to determine the land use/land cover changes from 1984 to 2015. The obtained results indicated that the catchment has undergone huge land use and land cover transformations over the last three decades attributable to rapid population growth and urbanization. The prevailing changes in footprint between 1984 and 2015 were expansions of built-up land (20.58% to 49.59%) and open water bodies (not detected in 1984 to 1.74%), and decreases in the following sectors: agricultural lands (from 43.88% to 26.10%), forestland (from 23.78% to 17.49%), and wetlands (from 11.76% to 5.08%). The changes pose a threat to the environment and water quality of the Murchison Bay and consequently increases National Water and Sewerage Corporation water treatment costs. Therefore, there is the need to take critical and practical measures to regulate and police land use, water use rights and conserve the environment especially wetlands.

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“…[48]) and are expected to become more frequent [49]. Tactics for adaptive management of caribou and reindeer as subsistence resources in a rapidly changing Arctic include monitoring and surveillance of current and future pests [50,51] and application of local ecological knowledge [52] of animal movements in response to food availability and pest abundance [53].…”

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confidence: 99%

In a warmer Arctic, mosquitoes avoid increased mortality from predators by growing faster

2015

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Climate change is altering environmental temperature, a factor that influences ectothermic organisms by controlling rates of physiological processes. Demographic effects of warming, however, are determined by the expression of these physiological effects through predator -prey and other species interactions. Using field observations and controlled experiments, we measured how increasing temperatures in the Arctic affected development rates and mortality rates (from predation) of immature Arctic mosquitoes in western Greenland. We then developed and parametrized a demographic model to evaluate how temperature affects survival of mosquitoes from the immature to the adult stage. Our studies showed that warming increased development rate of immature mosquitoes (Q 10 ¼ 2.8) but also increased daily mortality from increased predation rates by a dytiscid beetle (Q 10 ¼ 1.2 -1.5). Despite increased daily mortality, the model indicated that faster development and fewer days exposed to predators resulted in an increased probability of mosquito survival to the adult stage. Warming also advanced mosquito phenology, bringing mosquitoes into phenological synchrony with caribou. Increases in biting pests will have negative consequences for caribou and their role as a subsistence resource for local communities. Generalizable frameworks that account for multiple effects of temperature are needed to understand how climate change impacts coupled human -natural systems.

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High resilience in the Yamal-Nenets social–ecological system, West Siberian Arctic, Russia

Cited by 220 publications

References 40 publications

Climate change and transdisciplinary science: Problematizing the integration imperative

Climate change and transdisciplinary science: Problematizing the integration imperative

Assessing Land Use and Land Cover Changes in the Murchison Bay Catchment of Lake Victoria Basin in Uganda

In a warmer Arctic, mosquitoes avoid increased mortality from predators by growing faster

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