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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. 相似文献
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Mark R. S. Johannes Kim D. Hyatt Josie K. Cleland Leila Hanslit Margot M. Stockwell 《Journal of the American Water Resources Association》2002,38(2):555-562
ABSTRACT: Watershed stewardship activities throughout North America have evolved into a process that requires more involvement in planning and decision making by community stakeholders. Active involvement of all stakeholders in the process of watershed stewardship is dependent on effective exchange of information among participants, and active involvement of a wide range of stakeholders from “communities of place” as well as those from “communities of interest.” We developed a map‐based stream narrative tool as a means to: (a) assemble a wealth of incompletely documented, “traditional” ecological or natural history observations for rivers or streams; and (b) promote a higher level of active involvement by community stakeholders in contributing to information‐based, watershed management. Creation of stream narratives is intended for use as a tool to actively engage local stakeholders in the development of a more comprehensive information system to improve management for multiple stewardship objectives in watersheds. Completion of map‐based stream narrative atlases provides a valuable supplement to other independent efforts to assemble observations and knowledge about land‐based natural resources covering entire watersheds. We are confident that completion of stream narrative projects will make a valuable addition to the information and decision making tools that are currently available to the public and resource agencies interested in advancing the cause of community‐based approaches to watershed and ecosystem management. 相似文献
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TUGAI: An Integrated Simulation Tool for Ecological Assessment of Alternative Water Management Strategies in a Degraded River Delta 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Schlüter M Rüger N Savitsky AG Novikova NM Matthies M Lieth H 《Environmental management》2006,38(4):638-653
The development of ecologically sound water allocation strategies that account for the needs of riverine ecosystems is a pressing
issue, especially in semiarid river basins. In the Aral Sea Basin, a search for strategies to mitigate ecological and socioeconomic
deterioration has been in process since the early 1990s. The Geographic Information System–based simulation tool TUGAI has
been developed to support the policy determination process by providing a simple, problem-oriented method to assess ecological
effects of alternative water management strategies for the Amudarya River. It combines a multiobjective water allocation model
with simple, spatially explicit statistical and rule-based models of landscape dynamics. Changes in environmental conditions
are evaluated by a fuzzy habitat suitability index for Populus euphratica, which is the dominant species of the characteristic riverine Tugai forests. Water management scenarios can be developed
by altering spatiotemporal water distribution in the delta area or the amount of water inflow into the delta. Outcomes of
scenario analysis are qualitative comparisons of the ecological effects of different options for a time period of up to 28
years. The given approach utilizes different types of knowledge, from quantitative hydrological data to qualitative local
expert knowledge. The main purpose of the tool is to integrate the knowledge in a comprehensive way to make it available for
discussions on alternative policies in moderated workshops with stakeholders. In this article, the modules of the tool, their
integration, and three hypothetical scenarios are presented. Based on the experience gained when developing the TUGAI tool,
we propose that the general framework can be transferred to other areas where tradeoffs in water allocation between the environment
and other water users are of major concern. The potential for a simulation tool to structure and inform a complex resource
management situation by involving local experts and stakeholders in the development of possible future scenarios will become
increasingly valuable for transparent and participatory resource management. 相似文献
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Robin Tennant-Wood 《Local Environment》2004,9(6):527-539
In areas where rivers have been altered and regulated through dams, the effect on wetland ecosystems can lead to 'wastage' of the land as natural systems are destroyed. In response to the effects of streamflow regulation on a wetland near the city of Albury, on the Murray River, the development of the Wonga Wetlands and associated site rehabilitation addresses two key issues: wasteland and waste water. A Community Advisory Committee has been actively and directly involved in the project, initiated and implemented by the Albury City Council, to restore an area of original wetland into a community ecological resource that utilises 100% of the domestic, commercial and industrial urban 'waste' water from the city's water treatment plant. This project represents a significant direction in the way communities and local governments approach resource recovery. This paper analyses the Wonga Wetlands project from the perspective of sustainable management of waste in terms of water resources and presents it as a model for community-based environmental application and long-term resource sustainability. 相似文献
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Role of Adaptive Management for Watershed Councils 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Habron G 《Environmental management》2003,31(1):0029-0041
Recent findings in the Umpqua River Basin in southwestern Oregon illustrate a tension in the rise of both community-based
and watershed-based approaches to aquatic resource management. While community-based institutions such as watershed councils
offer relief from the government control landowners dislike, community-based approaches impinge on landowners' strong belief
in independence and private property rights. Watershed councils do offer the local control landowners advocate; however, institutional
success hinges on watershed councils' ability to reduce bureaucracy, foster productive discussion and understanding among
stakeholders, and provide financial, technical, and coordination support. Yet, to accomplish these tasks current watershed
councils rely on the fiscal and technical capital of the very governmental entities that landowners distrust. Adaptive management
provides a basis for addressing the apparent tension by incorporating landowners' belief in environmental resilience and acceptance
of experimentation that rejects “one size fits all solutions.” Therefore community-based adaptive watershed management provides
watershed councils a framework that balances landowners' independence and fear of government intrusion, acknowledges the benefits
of community cooperation through watershed councils, and enables ecological assessment of landowner-preferred practices. Community-based
adaptive management integrates social and ecological suitability to achieve conservation outcomes by providing landowners
the flexibility to use a diverse set of conservation practices to achieve desired ecological outcomes, instead of imposing
regulations or specific practices. 相似文献
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Lynch AJ 《Environmental management》2011,47(1):40-55
There is no comprehensive system of describing threats and disturbances currently used in Australia, despite the widespread
impacts of human activities on natural ecosystems. Yet a detailed categorization would facilitate the collation of threatening
process information into information systems; enable standardized collection and availability of data; and enable comparative
analyses of ecosystem condition between stakeholders, agencies, states, and nations, particularly for environmental reporting
and evaluation mechanisms such as State of the Environment. As part of the Queensland Wetlands Programme (QWP), a threat and
disturbance framework was developed, focused on the pressure and impacts components of the DPSIR (driver-pressure-state-impacts-response)
framework. A wetland inventory database was developed also that included a detailed threat and disturbance categorization
using the QWP framework. The categorization encompasses a broad range of anthropogenic and natural processes, and is hierarchical
to accommodate varying levels of detail or knowledge. By incorporating detailed qualitative and quantitative information,
a comprehensive threats and disturbances categorization can contribute to conceptual or spatially explicit knowledge and management
assessments. The application of the framework and categorization to several threatening processes is demonstrated, and its
relationship to current natural resource condition indicators is discussed. Threat evaluation is an essential component of
ecological assessment and environmental management, and a standardized categorization enables consistency in attributing processes,
impacts and their short- to long-term consequences. Such a systematic framework and categorization demonstrates the importance
and usefulness of comprehensive approaches, and this approach can be readily adapted to management, monitoring and evaluation
of other target ecosystems and biota. 相似文献
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Robin Tennant-Wood 《Local Environment》2013,18(6):527-539
In areas where rivers have been altered and regulated through dams, the effect on wetland ecosystems can lead to 'wastage' of the land as natural systems are destroyed. In response to the effects of streamflow regulation on a wetland near the city of Albury, on the Murray River, the development of the Wonga Wetlands and associated site rehabilitation addresses two key issues: wasteland and waste water. A Community Advisory Committee has been actively and directly involved in the project, initiated and implemented by the Albury City Council, to restore an area of original wetland into a community ecological resource that utilises 100% of the domestic, commercial and industrial urban 'waste' water from the city's water treatment plant. This project represents a significant direction in the way communities and local governments approach resource recovery. This paper analyses the Wonga Wetlands project from the perspective of sustainable management of waste in terms of water resources and presents it as a model for community-based environmental application and long-term resource sustainability. 相似文献
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Mae A. Davenport Christopher A. Bridges Jean C. Mangun Andrew D. Carver Karl W. J. Williard Elizabeth O. Jones 《Environmental management》2010,45(4):711-722
Natural resource professionals are increasingly faced with the challenges of cultivating community-based support for wetland
ecosystem restoration. While extensive research efforts have been directed toward understanding the biophysical dimensions
of wetland conservation, the literature provides less guidance on how to successfully integrate community stakeholders into
restoration planning. Therefore, this study explores the social construction of wetlands locally, and community members’ perceptions
of the wetland restoration project in the Cache River Watershed of southern Illinois, where public and private agencies have
partnered together to implement a large-scale wetlands restoration project. Findings illustrate that the wetlands hold diverse
and significant meanings to community members and that community members’ criteria for project success may vary from those
identified by project managers. The case study provides managers with strategies for building community commitment such as
engaging local citizens in project planning, minimizing local burdens, maximizing local benefits, and reducing uncertainty. 相似文献
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王艳秋 《中国环境管理干部学院学报》2006,16(3):37-40
大量资料和调查显示,葫芦岛市水资源不足且污染严重;湿地环境脆弱,海岸带生态环境破坏严重;矿山生态破坏和污染十分突出.必须尽快编制生态保护规划以强化水资源管理,积极推行生态农业,加强海洋生态保护力度. 相似文献
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Bedru Babulo Balana Erik Mathijs Bart Muys 《Journal of environmental management》2010,91(6):1294-1304
Continuous deterioration of the natural resource base has become a serious threat to both the ecological systems and economic production in Ethiopia. Many of these problems have been attributed directly or indirectly to the rapid dwindling of the country's forest cover which is associated with unsustainable forest use and management. Closing community woodlands from human and livestock intervention to promote natural regeneration of forests has been one of the environmental restoration strategies pursued in the degraded highland areas of northern Ethiopia. However, local pressure to use reforested community lands for economic benefit has become a major threat to forest sustainability.Using locally identified sets of criteria and indicators for sustainable community forest management, this paper applies a multi-criteria decision analysis tool to evaluate forest management problems in the northern province of Tigray, Ethiopia. Three MCA methods – ranking, pair-wise comparison, and scoring – were used in evaluating the sets of criteria and indicators and alternative forest management scenarios.Results from the study indicate a number of noteworthy points: 1) MCA techniques both for identifying local level sustainability criteria and indicators and evaluating management schemes in a participatory decision environment appear to be effective tools to address local resource management problems; 2) Evaluated against the selected sets of criteria and indicators, the current forest management regime in the study area is not on a sustainable path; 3) Acquainting local people with adequate environmental knowledge and raising local awareness about the long-term consequences of environmental degradation ranked first among the set of sustainability criteria; and 4) In order to harmonize both environmental and economic objectives, the present ‘ecological-biased’ forest management regime needs to be substituted by an appropriate holistic scheme that takes into account stakeholders' multiple preferences and priority rankings. 相似文献
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Jean-Paul A. Zagarola Christopher B. Anderson James R. Veteto 《Environmental management》2014,53(4):769-782
Research on human dimensions of ecosystems through the ecosystem services (ES) concept has proliferated over recent decades but has largely focused on monetary value of ecosystems while excluding other community-based values. We conducted 312 surveys of general community members and regional researchers and decision-makers (specialists) to understand local perceptions and values of watershed ES and natural resource management in South America’s southern Patagonian ecoregion. Results indicated that specialists shared many similar values of ES with community members, but at the same time their mentalities did not capture the diversity of values that existed within the broader community. The supporting services were most highly valued by both groups, but generally poorly understood by the community. Many services that are not easily captured in monetary terms, particularly cultural services, were highly valued by community members and specialists. Both groups perceived a lack of communication and access to basic scientific information in current management approaches and differed slightly in their perspective on potential threats to ES. We recommend that a community-based approach be integrated into the natural resource management framework that better embodies the diversity of values that exist in these communities, while enhancing the science-society dialog and thereby encouraging the application of multiple forms of ecological knowledge in place-based environmental management. 相似文献
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It is well recognised that local ecological knowledge is an important facet of natural resource management in rural regions of the developing world. However, techniques to assess levels and to integrate it into formal or informal management approaches require further development. In particular, quantitative tools are missing, which would allow more robust analysis of the factors that positively or negatively affect local ecological knowledge and vice versa. This paper reports on a quick assessment approach that provides a quantitative score of generalist local ecological knowledge at the household level. It does so by comparing responses to the knowledge of local people identified as experts within the community. In this way it is both locally constructed and contextualized, and thereby avoids pitfalls of trying to score local ecological knowledge relative to conventional scientific knowledge which frequently cannot account for local constructs. The approach is applied at eight villages throughout the savanna biome in South Africa. 相似文献
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The Kabartal wetland situated in the upper Indo-Gangetic flood plains in northern India is significant because of its hydrological
and ecological services, and the socio-economic and cultural values that it represents. Despite being designated as a wildlife
sanctuary, this wetland is under threat from anthropogenic pressures. As in the case of most wetlands, the reason is incomplete
information on its ecological services and functions, breakdown of traditional management structures and the lack of appropriate
and recognized property rights. Our study assesses the economic linkages between the Kabartal wetland and the local people
living around it, through socio-economic surveys and Contingent Valuation Method (CVM). The major objective of the study was
to determine the importance of this wetland to the local people and to give an indication of the distribution of the benefits
among various stakeholders. The people in the region are poor, have low literacy levels and high dependence on Kabartal and
more than 50% want that the wetland should be drained and the land used for agriculture. However, they are willing to participate
in collaborative management initiatives with the state. The willingness of people to accept compensation, as an alternative
to access to Kabartal wetland, regressed on various socio-economic and attitudinal parameters, gave an estimated mean value
of US $27,500 per household over a period of 60 years. This value is a pointer of the total value of access to Kabartal wetland
to the surrounding villagers and would be useful when decisions to compensate people for lost access to Kabartal are made. 相似文献
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Myrto Pyrovetsi 《Environmental management》1997,21(5):657-667
/ An integrated management plan to create favorable nesting habitat for the world-endangered Dalmatian pelicans, was tested at Kerkini irrigation reservoir, a Ramsar wetland. The lake is the major wintering site of Dalmatian pelicans in Europe, where the species lives year-round without breeding. The rise of water level at the reservoir during spring (exceeding 5 m) has an impact on the whole system, including several birds, which lose their nesting habitat. Although the integrity of the wetland demands ecological restoration with changes in its hydrologic regime, local socioeconomic conditions allow only habitat level interventions. During the planning phase of the management plan, both the ecological and social context of the interventions were considered. Monitoring of all pelican habitats and populations provided the scientific basis, while a socioecological survey on knowledge/attitudes of local fishermen toward wetland identified conflicts with specific resources and planned management. To gain public support, a broad information/education program was implemented. The education program for fishermen was based on the findings of the socioecological survey. The in situ management involved experimental construction of floating rafts, platforms over water, dredged-spoil islands, and platforms at various sites of the wetland. Monitoring of the managed habitats showed that most waterbirds used them for resting and roosting. Common terns nested on the rafts, cormorants on the platforms, and Dalmatian pelicans on the man-made island. Under the prevailing hydrologic and weather conditions, islands seem to be the most suitable habitat for pelican nesting. It is concluded that wildlife habitat management should integrate the ecological component, related to the needs of the species and ecosystem, with the social one, expressed by cooperation and involvement of the local community.KEY WORDS: Integrated management; Pelican; Nesting habitat; Habitat management; Reservoir-wetland; Public participation, Greece 相似文献
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湿地是我国生态环境系统中的重要组成部分。但长期以来,我国湿地被各方掠夺性开发,湿地生态环境面临的形势严峻。造成这一局面的主要原因是湿地产权界定不清带来的外部不经济。试图通过对发生在一个湿地资源型村庄的案例的分析,来呈现因产权界定不清以致湿地生态环境被破坏的过程:集体化结束后,村社成员试图重新界定湿地水面产权。集体成员权作为一种身份和资格,成为界定湿地水权时最为关键的权利。村社的成员权实践受到受到国家法律政策逻辑和乡土逻辑的双重影响。当双重逻辑在成员权实践中共同发挥作用时,村社成员的权益表达就比较和谐;而当双重逻辑逐渐失能时,村社成员的权益表达就会逐渐不和谐;若这双重逻辑完全消解,村社成员就可能放弃自己的权益表达。后果就是湿地被无序开发,当地的生态环境遭到严重破坏。要改变这一情况,亟需国家政治力量和地方社区力量的集体参与——国家要完善湿地环境保护方面的法律政策,使社会在调处湿地水权纠纷时有法可依;同时基层政府应因地制宜地制定湿地环境保护政策,并应以更加积极的姿态介入到村社湿地水权纠纷调处中;村社成员也应主动对接国家政治力量,“迎法下乡”,使依法治村在村社湿地水权纠纷调处中成为可能。 相似文献
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A Multiscale Conceptual Framework for Integrated Ecogeomorphological Research to Support Stream Naturalization in the Agricultural Midwest 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The complexity of fluvial systems necessitates interdisciplinary research in fluvial geomorphology and aquatic ecology to
develop a fundamental understanding of interconnections among biotic and abiotic aspects of these systems. Integrated knowledge
of this type is vital for environmental management of streams in human-dominated environments. A conceptual framework is presented
for integrating geomorphological and ecological research on streams in East Central Illinois, USA, a glaciated low-relief
agricultural landscape. The framework embodies a multiscale perspective in which a geomorphological conception of the fluvial
system is used to define a hierarchy of characteristic spatial scales for exploring important linkages between stream geomorphology
and aquatic ecology. The focus ecologically is on fish, because a rich body of historical information exists on fisheries
in East Central Illinois and because past work has suggested that availability of physical habitat is a major factor influencing
the community characteristics of fish in this human-altered environment. The hierarchy embodied in the framework includes
the network, link, planform, bar unit, bar element, and bedform/grain scales. Background knowledge from past research is drawn
upon to identify potential linkages between geomorphological and ecological conditions at each of these scales.
The conceptual framework is useful for guiding integrated ecogeomorphological research at specific scales and across different
scales. It also is helpful for illustrating how widespread human modification of streams has catastrophically altered the
scalar structure of fluvial systems in East Central Illinois. Knowledge emerging from the integrated research provides a basis
for environmental-management schemes directed toward stream naturalization. 相似文献
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Ecotourism,sustainable development,and conservation education: Development of a tour guide training program in Tortuguero,Costa Rica 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
A tour guide training program was developed for rural communities near Costa Rica's Tortuguero National Park to respond to
the impacts of the 24-fold increase in park visitation in the past decade, to involve local communities in resource management,
and to provide regional environmental education. The development of the training course involved a survey of scientists and
park managers to ascertain resource management needs, priorities for information to be disseminated, and impacts of tourism
on the resource base. Current and potential tour guides were surveyed to identify their information needs, solicit their input
in the training program, and to determine their knowledge and skills. Written questionnaires were developed and given to 400
tourists to determine their activities and environmental information needs, and hotel owners were censused to examine the
economic feasibility of a local guide program. A pilot training course and guide program involving 12 Tortuguero residents
demonstrated that a tour guide program: (1) helped mitigate negative tourism impacts on Tortuguero National Park's natural
resources, particularly by regulating tourists on the park's 35-km beach used for nesting by endangered sea turtles; (2) provided
environmental education to an important segment of the local community not traditionally reached through school or government
development projects; (3) provided environmental information to tourists, thus enhancing their visit; and (4) provided local
economic benefits through lucrative part-time employment, thereby allowing local people to participate more fully in the tourism
system. An extended training course is being planned to provide further environmental education programming and to increase
year-round employment opportunities for the tour guides. 相似文献
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Adaptive management: Promises and pitfalls 总被引:3,自引:1,他引:3
Proponents of the scientific adaptive management approach argue that it increases knowledge acquisition rates, enhances information flow among policy actors, and provides opportunities for creating shared understandings. However, evidence from efforts to implement the approach in New Brunswick, British Columbia, Canada, and the Columbia River Basin indicates that these promises have not been met. The data show that scientific adaptive management relies excessively on the use of linear systems models, discounts nonscientific forms of knowledge, and pays inadequate attention to policy processes that promote the development of shared understandings among diverse stakeholders. To be effective, new adaptive management efforts will need to incorporate knowledge from multiple sources, make use of multiple systems models, and support new forms of cooperation among stakeholders. 相似文献
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Urban and industrialised societies usually involve little connection between consumers and the resource base upon which the production of goods depends. Changing this situation could potentially enhance social and ecological sustainability. This study explored ecological aspects of the educational role of local food supply, with the aim of identifying signs of enhanced consumer understanding or awareness of the ecology of food production resulting from producer–consumer interaction. A series of qualitative interviews were carried out with customers at a farmers’ market in Stockholm. The results showed that the interviewees were mainly concerned with quality, price and taste, and not production conditions. In addition, a number of interviewees experienced a sense of trust when shopping at the market. We found few examples of contributions to ecological knowledge among customers at the market, but there were some examples of learning opportunities. The local food supplied by the market reminded customers of the seasonality of production. Stallholders also provided information on how to store, prepare and cook vegetables, which may encourage a change in diet that is preferable from an environmental standpoint. 相似文献