| Indigenous knowledge and long-term ecological change: detection, interpretation, and responses to changing ecological conditions in Pacific Island communities. | |
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PMID: 20336296 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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When local resource users detect, understand, and respond to environmental change they can more effectively manage environmental resources. This article assesses these abilities among artisanal fishers in Roviana Lagoon, Solomon Islands. In a comparison of two villages, it documents local resource users' abilities to monitor long-term ecological change occurring to seagrass meadows near their communities, their understandings of the drivers of change, and their conceptualizations of seagrass ecology. Local observations of ecological change are compared with historical aerial photography and IKONOS satellite images that show 56 years of actual changes in seagrass meadows from 1947 to 2003. Results suggest that villagers detect long-term changes in the spatial cover of rapidly expanding seagrass meadows. However, for seagrass meadows that showed no long-term expansion or contraction in spatial cover over one-third of respondents incorrectly assumed changes had occurred. Examples from a community-based management initiative designed around indigenous ecological knowledge and customary sea tenure governance show how local observations of ecological change shape marine resource use and practices which, in turn, can increase the management adaptability of indigenous or hybrid governance systems. |
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Authors:
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Matthew Lauer; Shankar Aswani |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Date: 2010-03-25 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Environmental management Volume: 45 ISSN: 1432-1009 ISO Abbreviation: Environ Manage Publication Date: 2010 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-17 Completed Date: 2010-08-20 Revised Date: 2010-09-28 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7703893 Medline TA: Environ Manage Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 985-97 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Anthropology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-6040, USA. mlauer@mail.sdsu.edu |
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Conservation of Natural Resources
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legislation & jurisprudence,
methods* Ecosystem* Environmental Monitoring / legislation & jurisprudence, methods* Geographic Information Systems Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Marine Biology* Ownership Pacific Islands Questionnaires Rural Population Satellite Communications Seaweed / growth & development |
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