Mahele: Sustaining Communities through Small-Scale Inshore Fishery Catch and Sharing Networks

Vaughan, Mehana Blaich; Vitousek, Peter M.

doi:10.2984/67.3.3

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“…There is growing evidence that some customary resource management systems in the Pacific can play a key role in maintaining ecological integrity in the context of disturbance (Ticktin et al 2006, Bird et al 2012, Trauernicht et al 2013. Customary resource management systems have also been recognized as key to building adaptive capacity in small Pacific Islands (Campbell 2006, Barnett and Campbell 2010, Vaughan and Vitousek 2013, but they continue to be modified under rapidly changing social, economic, and ecological contexts (Cinner and Aswani 2007, Brewer et al 2012, Lauer et al 2012). …”

Section: Customary Resource Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small islands, valuable insights: systems of customary resource use and resilience to climate change in the Pacific

McMillen¹,

Ticktin²,

Friedlander³

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ABSTRACT. Understanding how social-ecological systems are and can be resilient to climate change is one of the world's most crucial problems today. It requires knowledge at local and global scales, the integration of natural and social sciences, and a focus on biocultural diversity. Small Pacific Islands and the knowledge-practice-belief systems of their peoples have a long history of resilience to environmental variability and unpredictability, including in areas with marginal habitats and with periodic, severe disturbance (e.g., drought, flood, storms, and tsunami). We review the state of research on these knowledge systems as it pertains to resilience and adaptation, and we highlight critical research needs to address the interrelated areas of: (1) local-scale expertise and observations of change with regard to weather, life-history cycles, and ecological processes; (2) customary resource management institutions and practices (i.e., with agroforests and the nearshore marine environment); and (3) the roles of leaders, social institutions, and social networks in the context of disturbance and change. We conclude that these knowledge systems can contribute high-resolution observations, benchmark data, and insights into practices that enhance resilience and adaptive capacity in integrated terrestrial and marine systems. Community-based and participatory approaches can complement and ground-truth climate models and direct culturally appropriate resource management, research, and adaptation measures. Although most islands in the Pacific are small, their knowledge systems include valuable insights on seasonal cycles, ecological processes, and the management of biocultural diversity that are relevant at a broad scale for understanding resilience and adaptability to the social-ecological effects of climate change.

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Section: Customary Resource Management Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Small islands, valuable insights: systems of customary resource use and resilience to climate change in the Pacific

McMillen¹,

Ticktin²,

Friedlander³

et al. 2014

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129

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“…Research on social resilience in place-based (not necessarily urban) communities tells us that engaging in stewardship can play a role in strengthening and expanding social networks [43]. Social networks enable the practice of pooling and exchanging material (e.g., food, building materials) including human resources (e.g., knowledge and labor), especially following disturbances [44].…”

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Recognizing Stewardship Practices as Indicators of Social Resilience: In Living Memorials and in a Community Garden

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Abstract:Resilience theory has received increased attention from researchers across a range of disciplines who have developed frameworks and articulated categories of indicators; however, there has been less discussion of how to recognize, and therefore support, social resilience at the community level, especially in urban areas. The value of urban environmental stewardship for supporting social-ecological functioning and improving quality of life in cities has been documented, but recognizing it as a strategy for strengthening social resilience to respond to future disturbances has not been fully explored. Here we address the question: How can social resilience indicators be operationalized as stewardship practices in an urban context? Using a deductive coding approach drawing upon existing resilience frameworks we analyze qualitative data from community managed-open spaces in the New York City area that have responded to various chronic presses and acute disturbances including a hurricane and a terrorist attack. In each case we identify and characterize the type of grounded, empirically observable stewardship practices that demonstrate the following indicators of social resilience at the community level: place attachment, social cohesion, social networks, and knowledge exchange and diversification. The process of operationalizing abstract indicators of social resilience has important implications for managers to support social (and ecological) resilience in the specific areas where stewardship takes place, as well as potentially having greater effects that bridge beyond the spatial and temporal boundaries of the site. We conclude by suggesting how researchers and practitioners might learn from our examples so they can recognize resilience in other sites in order to both inform research frameworks and strengthen practice and programming, while keeping larger institutional structures and context in mind.

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“…Ethnographic and interview evidence suggest that a cultural, spiritual, and social connection may be a wellspring from which no matter the barrier or the cost, people will continue efforts to care for their areas (Vaughan and Vitousek 2013;Vaughan and Caldwell 2015). Hā'ena, Mo'omomi, and Miloli'i communities each share a deep cultural connection to place which facilitates absorption of costs (Matsuoka et al 1998;Vaughan and Caldwell 2015).…”

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“…Sophisticated tenure arrangements once managed resources for a highly populated and politically complex society in pre-contact times (Beamer and Duarte 2006;Kirch 2010;Beamer 2014;Gonschor and Beamer 2014;. Although marine resources are depleted well below historical levels (Friedlander et al 2014;Nadon et al 2015), fishing and gathering remain socially and culturally significant, while providing an important component of food security for many Hawai'i residents (Vaughan and Vitousek 2013;. Coral reef fisheries depletion in many areas can in part be attributed to a departure from local level, culturally rooted, and place-based regulations to ineffective centralized management.…”

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Making the transition to co-management governance arrangements in Hawai‘i: a framework for understanding transaction and transformation costs

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Co-management has shown great promise in achieving social and ecological goals worldwide. Despite its potential, significant challenges are faced during governance transformations shifting from traditional approaches to fisheries management to co-management systems. Several factors make Hawai'i an excellent opportunity to study the barriers associated with implementing co-management systems. Hawai'i implements many of the same types of regulatory and fisheries programs found elsewhere in the U.S., yet it also possesses a unique legacy of customary management systems. In addition, a legal pathway has existed for nearly two decades that allows communities to partner with the State of Hawai'i to co-manage nearshore coral reef fisheries. Despite the presence of this enabling legislation, extensive community interest in this approach across the archipelago, and A framework for understanding transaction and transformation costs 389 significant NGO/Foundation support, co-management implementation remains limited. This study uses a mixed methods approach that relies on semi-structured interviews and archival data sources to conduct an institutional analysis of transaction and transformation costs. These costs serve as barriers to co-management implementation. The study identifies several social and organizational barriers preventing co-management implementation including: governmental structure and operations; planning and administrative processes; organized opposition from special interests; and consensus building processes. The institutional analysis further reveals a wide range of transaction and transformation costs associated with this governance transformation that prevent adoption of co-management. We conclude by identifying some actions that can help reduce these implementation barriers to co-management transitions and prevent conservation stalemates.Keywords: Co-management, common pool resources, community-based management, coral reefs, fisheries management, governance, institutional analysis, transaction costs Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank the interview respondents and practitioners that graciously shared their time and valuable experience with us. We would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers that provided valuable comments and insight on earlier versions of this manuscript.

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Mahele: Sustaining Communities through Small-Scale Inshore Fishery Catch and Sharing Networks

Cited by 64 publications

References 30 publications

Small islands, valuable insights: systems of customary resource use and resilience to climate change in the Pacific

Small islands, valuable insights: systems of customary resource use and resilience to climate change in the Pacific

Recognizing Stewardship Practices as Indicators of Social Resilience: In Living Memorials and in a Community Garden

Making the transition to co-management governance arrangements in Hawai‘i: a framework for understanding transaction and transformation costs

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