Developing biocultural indicators for resource management

Resource management and conservation interventions are increasingly embracing social–ecological systems (SES) concepts. While SES frameworks recognize the connectedness of humans and nature, many fail to acknowledge the complex role of sociocultural factors in influencing people's interactions...

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Veröffentlicht in:Conservation science and practice Jg. 1; H. 6
Hauptverfasser: Dacks, Rachel, Ticktin, Tamara, Mawyer, Alexander, Caillon, Sophie, Claudet, Joachim, Fabre, Pauline, Jupiter, Stacy D., McCarter, Joe, Mejia, Manuel, Pascua, Pua‘ala, Sterling, Eleanor, Wongbusarakum, Supin
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.06.2019
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Wiley
Schlagworte:
biocultural approaches
Biodiversity and Ecology
Community
Conservation
Cultural heritage
Culture
Ecosystems
Environment and Society
Environmental Sciences
Geography
Humanities and Social Sciences
Indicators
Intervention
Islands
Norms
Pacific Islands
place‐based communities
Resilience
Resource conservation
Resource management
Social Anthropology and ethnology
Social factors
Social-ecological systems
social–ecological resilience
Sociocultural factors
Socioeconomic factors
Pacific Islands
French Polynesia
Solomon Islands
conservation
social-ecological systems
Pacific Islands
place-based communities
indicators
biocultural approaches
social- ecological resilience
ISSN:2578-4854, 2578-4854
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Zusammenfassung:Resource management and conservation interventions are increasingly embracing social–ecological systems (SES) concepts. While SES frameworks recognize the connectedness of humans and nature, many fail to acknowledge the complex role of sociocultural factors in influencing people's interactions with the environment. As such, when indicators in SES frameworks are used to measure the social dimension, easy to measure, socioeconomic indicators are the norms, while more complex social and cultural indicators are rare. To develop meaningful indicators of resilience in SES we need to understand local definitions of resilience. In this paper we describe methods used in a biocultural approach to illuminate sociocultural factors that Pacific Islanders identify as important for resilient communities. We focus specifically on two dimensions of sociocultural factors, “Connectedness to People and Place” and “Indigenous and local knowledges, skills, practices, values and worldviews,” which relate to many interventions, but are not usually monitored. We offer examples of indicators that may be appropriate to measure under these dimensions. Increased use of biocultural indicators will bring additional insight on the types and combinations of indicators that work best in given contexts.
Bibliographie:Funding information
The Nature Conservancy; Wildlife Conservation Society; National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara; The National Science Foundation: SES‐1325874, 1329626, EF‐1427091, 1427453 and 1444184; Lynette and Richard Jaffe; The Jaffe Family Foundation; The Tiffany & Co. Foundation.
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ISSN:2578-4854
2578-4854
DOI:10.1111/csp2.38