Indigenous peoples and the capability approach: taking stock

Bockstael, Erika; Watene, Krushil

doi:10.1080/13600818.2016.1204435

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“…From a CA perspective, it is not just whether the ecological context can provide sufficient water, shelter and sustenance to support capability enhancement, it is also about ensuring that distinctive features of the landscape that are inextricably linked to cultural beliefs and practices are maintained (Holland, 2008a). Bockstael and Watene (2016) noted that there has been a comparative lack of consideration given to the contribution that the CA can offer to understanding indigenous wellbeing. Yap and Yu (2016) utilized CA informed participatory research methods to highlight the importance that connection to the land, relationships, and family have for the wellbeing of the Yawuru indigenous people in Australia.…”

Section: Climate Change: Impacts On Physical and Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mental wellbeing in the Anthropocene: Socio-ecological approaches to capability enhancement

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2018

Transcult Psychiatry

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There is growing recognition that "human development" frameworks, such as the Capabilities Approach (CA) with its emphasis on the promotion of justice, offer promise for guiding efforts aimed at enhancing mental wellbeing. This article explores challenges that might arise when there is a need to arbitrate among the competing demands of different parties in their efforts to enhance capabilities. Particular tensions can arise when the efforts of particular individuals to enhance their capabilities exert pressure on scarce resources, or threaten the safety and security of people living in precarious environmental contexts. Consideration is given to the need for "an ethos of restraint" to balance the consumption of resources aimed at facilitating human development on the one hand, with the need to promote environmental justice on the other. The paper highlights research that has investigated how environmental factors can impact on mental wellbeing, including rapid urbanization, climate change related issues (such as weather systems, drought, food insecurity and rising sea-levels), and access to "green/blue spaces". As such, the paper explores the important links that can exist between people and the ecosystems in which they live (including the way in which particular cultural beliefs and practices of indigenous groups can be tethered to the land). Elinor Ostrom's "design principles", derived from her work investigating the sustainable use of pooled resources, are presented as a helpful means of assisting members of communities to negotiate and apply "functioning constraints", which can promote environmental justice whilst not compromising efforts aimed at promoting mental wellbeing.

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Section: Climate Change: Impacts On Physical and Mental Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mental wellbeing in the Anthropocene: Socio-ecological approaches to capability enhancement

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2018

Transcult Psychiatry

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“…We can trace the roots of these conflicts in the environmental conservation discourse at the time of establishment of the SBNP in the 1970s. Since that time, it is still a common place to condemn human presence and rural livelihoods (or ignore them) as irreconcilable with the current model of protected areas, by which nature and humans cannot interact without damaging natural resources (Bockstael and Watene 2016 ). On the other hand, the academic literature on common resources acknowledges the importance of local communities as key social actors in the production of knowledge about biodiversity and the proactive stance on environmental conservation actions (e.g., Andrade and Rhodes 2012 ; Méndez-López et al 2014 ; Oviedo and Kenza Ali 2018 ).…”

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Disputed Territories in Southeastern Brazil: Effects of the Serra da Bocaina National Park on Nearby Coastal Communities

Freitas¹,

Araujo

2020

Environmental Management

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The establishment of national parks in Brazil has been made based on a history of conflicts with local populations living within the limits or buffer zones of protected areas. These conflicts begin with disputes over territorial ownership. They affect local livelihoods, access to and use of space and natural resources, and create power asymmetries. In response to these conflicts, the Federal Conservation Agency has put forward norms that guarantee inclusive arenas for local people to take part in negotiations with park managers. In this study, environmental conflicts caused by the implementation of parks overlapping local population territories are analyzed aiming to understand their role as mechanisms promoting institutional changes. We collected data from two communities that overlap the Serra da Bocaina National Park through interviews, workshops, and direct observations. For each community, we characterized conflicts involving the community and Park officers. We identified consequences to the community's livelihoods and analyzed their influence on institutional change. The results suggest that one community responded to conservation conflicts through actions towards negotiation and collaboration with the national park. The other community promoted changes in agricultural production methods and sought new markets as a strategy for staying in the territory. Conflicts are effective as a mechanism for institutional changes, as local actors articulate with autonomous organizations at different levels. We highlight the importance of a continuous documentation on conflicts and their consequences to rural livelihoods in both communities and conflict management actions taken by the Park in the long term. Keywords Environmental conflicts • Institutional change • Rural livelihoods • Protected area Highlights • Conflicts are mechanisms that can promote institutional change. • Disputed parks and communities territories can stimulate arenas for negotiation. • Conflict outcomes in no-take protected areas can strengthen community empowerment. • Multiple scale networks and community empowerment facilitate institutional changes. • Documentation of environmental conflicts contributes to an adaptive management process.

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“…Conversation between mātauranga practitioners and scientists will continue to grow, focusing on both similarities and differences in perspectives. For example, Māori values express a relationship with nature grounded in the physical and spiritual dimensions of whakapapa, which differs from approaches that value nature in light of human agency (Bockstael & Watene 2016) or that are focused on biophysical data (Hikuroa 2017). Cross-cultural conversations provide opportunities to think beyond current limits, and allow transformation of ecological research.…”

Section: The Future Of Mātauranga In Ecologymentioning

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Kua takoto te mānuka: mātauranga Māori in New Zealand ecology

McAllister¹,

Beggs²,

Ogilvie³

et al. 2020

NZJE

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Mō te whakarauora i te taiao o Aotearoa me whakaū, me whakamana i te mātauranga o te hunga Māori. Nō nā tata nei, tē kitea i tēnei momo mātauranga ki ngā mahi pūtaiao, ngā mahi whakarauora taiao hoki o Aotearoa whānui. Mā te mahitahi ki ngā whānau, hapū me ngā iwi o te hunga Māori, ka kitea te huanga o ēnei aho mātauranga mo te oranga tonutanga o te hunga tangata me te taiao. Tekau mā toru ngā tuhinga kua whakakao mai mō tēnei whakaputanga. Mā ngā tuhinga o tēnei whakaputanga e whakatauira i ngā momo ara taunaki i te whanaungatanga o te hunga Māori me te hunga pūtaiao. Waihoki, hei whakapūmau i te mātauranga o te Māori ki tēnei whakaputanga, kua tuhia ngā auheke mo ia tuhinga roa ki te reo Māori. Ka mutu, mā ēnei tuhinga e mirimiri i te hirikapo hei whakaoho i ngā mahi rangahau mo ngā mahi pūtaiao ā-Māori nei. Ko te pae tawhiti o tēnei whakaputanga he whakapātaritari i te hunga mātai hauropi ki te taunaki i te mātauranga Māori. Mā te whakaora i te whanaungatanga ki waenga i te iwi Māori ka ora ngā ōhaki o te iwi Māori, waihoki, te taiao o Aotearoa whānui.

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Indigenous peoples and the capability approach: taking stock

Cited by 30 publications

References 14 publications

Mental wellbeing in the Anthropocene: Socio-ecological approaches to capability enhancement

Mental wellbeing in the Anthropocene: Socio-ecological approaches to capability enhancement

Disputed Territories in Southeastern Brazil: Effects of the Serra da Bocaina National Park on Nearby Coastal Communities

Kua takoto te mānuka: mātauranga Māori in New Zealand ecology

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