Recognising the role of local and Indigenous communities in managing natural resources for the greater public benefit: Case studies from Asia and Oceania region

Sangha, Kamaljit K.; Maynard, Simone; Pearson, Jasmine; Dobriyal, Pariva; Badola, Ruchi; Hussain, Syed Ainul

doi:10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100991

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“…Conservation initiatives to mitigate various local and global threats are emerging. In some cases, they complement the customary management that is traditionally used to protect lagoon and reef areas as well as targeted species, with various levels of success (Bartlett et al, 2010;Hamilton et al, 2019;Sangha et al, 2019). National conservation initiatives are now also influenced by international guidelines on the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity's Aichi Target 11, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14.…”

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confidence: 99%

An appraisal of systematic conservation planning for Pacific Ocean Tropical Islands coastal environments

André

Wynsberge

Chinain

et al. 2021

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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An appraisal of systematic conservation planning for Pacific Ocean Tropical Islands coastal environments

André

Wynsberge

Chinain

et al. 2021

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…Diverse local resource management approaches exist in several contexts of the Global South, including Asia [20][21][22][23], Latin America [24,25], and Africa [26][27][28][29]. In North Africa, this manifests through the application of community-based approaches in rangeland management and the livelihood sustenance of pastoralists in Morocco [1].…”

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confidence: 99%

Community-Based Actors and Participation in Rangeland Management. Lessons from the Western Highlands of Cameroon

Mairomi

Kimengsi

2021

Sustainability

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Participation is a key component in socioecological systems (especially rangeland) governance. Yet, in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this attribute is yet to be fully understood and/or mainstreamed in natural resource management. This suggests the need for renewed learning on how actors are (dis)engaged in rangeland governance. With a litany of studies focusing on rangeland transformation, complementary evidence which unpacks actor’s participation in rangeland management are required in SSA. Through a survey of 333 households from 12 pastoral communities in Cameroon’s Western Highlands, this paper (i) maps the interactions of rangeland actors, (ii) analyzes actors’ participation in rangeland institutions and in the implementation of management approaches, and (iii) discusses their potential implications for rangeland governance. Using the socioecological coevolution approach as analytical lens, the study revealed the following: (1) state and non-state actors demonstrate overlapping interests, and form temporary alliances to pursue these interests, (2) pastoral households’ participation demonstrate a wavy tendency—with activity-specific participation in decision making and grazing activities (facilitated by catalyzing agents) as opposed to nominal and passive participation in arbitrary boundary setting. (3) The wavy participation spectrum translates to suboptimal resource use, differential and fragmented engagements, and adaptation to changing resource circumstances. The results enhance our understanding of actor dynamics in socioecological systems, and provides relevant information to support Cameroon’s environmental management policy with emphasis on her cattle rearing kingdoms.

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“…Indigenous relationships with the environment are embedded in narratives and cultural practices (Roberts et al 1995;Sangha et al 2019). Such relationships with the environment have been maintained by Māori (indigenous people of New Zealand) in Aotearoa (New Zealand) for many generations through a practical philosophy known as kaitiakitanga (environmental practice).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Within New Zealand, the inclusion of indigenous knowledge is very limited in ecological science (Wehi et al 2019a). This missed opportunity to include perspectives of indigenous communities into the way we might theorise ecology continues a western discourse of ecology and connection to the natural world that erases other experiences and knowledge (Sangha et al 2019).…”

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Kaitiakitanga, place and the urban restoration agenda

Walker¹,

Wehi²,

Nelson³

et al. 2019

NZJE

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Ko te oranga o te tangata kei roto i tōna tūhono ki tōna taiao. Mō te hunga Māori o Aotearoa, ko te whakapapa ki a Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku te ara whakaū i tō tātou hononga ki ngā atua Māori me ō rātou tini tamariki. Ko ngā atua ngā pou o te ao tūroa e kaha whāngai, e kaha manāki ana i te hunga Māori me tōna ahurea. Koia nei ko te orokohanga mai o te kaitiakitanga. Mā ngā mahi ā-rēhia, ngā tikanga nō tuawhakarere, ka ora ai te hononga o te tangata ki tōna taiao. Heoi nō ngā tau hou, kua ūhia tēnei momo mana kaitiaki ki runga i te hunga tangata, hei tiaki hei manāki i ngā mokopuna o te taiao. I roto hoki i ēnei tau hou kua hipa, kua nui ake te hunga Māori kua hūnuku ki ngā taone o Aotearoa. Ko te nuinga nō iwi kē, e noho ana i raro i te korowai manāki o ngā hunga mana whenua o ērā taone. Ka mutu, kua muia hoki te taone i ngā kino hauropi, ā, kua mōtū te hiranga o te taiao ki te oranga o te tangata noho taone. Nā te nui o ngā pēhitanga ki te taiao o te taone, kua whakaoho ake ngā mahi haumanu hauropi e te hunga putaiao. Heoi, tē whakaū i ngā uara Māori ki ēnei mahi whakahaumanu. Ko te whāinga matua o tēnei tuhinga, he arohaehae i te awenga o te kaitiakitanga ki te taone. Ko tā matou he whakawā i te huanga o te kaitiakitanga ki ngā mahi whakahaumanu hauropi i te taiao o te taone. Mā te tātari i ngā momo tauira o te kaitiakitanga ka kite i ōna aho me te hiranga o ēnei aho ki te whāinga matua o te manaaki i te taiao. Me te aha, ko te mātauranga taketake, te matauranga a te Māori pea te rongoa hei whakarauora i te ao tūroa.

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Recognising the role of local and Indigenous communities in managing natural resources for the greater public benefit: Case studies from Asia and Oceania region

Cited by 25 publications

References 34 publications

An appraisal of systematic conservation planning for Pacific Ocean Tropical Islands coastal environments

An appraisal of systematic conservation planning for Pacific Ocean Tropical Islands coastal environments

Community-Based Actors and Participation in Rangeland Management. Lessons from the Western Highlands of Cameroon

Kaitiakitanga, place and the urban restoration agenda

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