22 Mar Stewardship and Conservation
Key themes running throughout the resources available on this page include building community networking opportunities, supporting existing local conservation initiatives, and empowering and educating individuals about local environmental concerns – and what they can do to reduce or avoid these negative impacts within their communities.
Vertical linkages (between communities and governments / NGOs / educational institutions) and horizontal linkages (within a community) are explored as important dimensions of community engagement. Relying on collaboration and mutual interest, these linkages can facilitate understanding between individuals and groups to ensure a diverse set of concerns, ideas and priorities are being heard. The importance of consultation with community members is emphasized here – as environmental protection regulations can benefit greatly from the incorporation of local and traditional knowledge, and an honest open dialogue between stakeholders is likely increase local participation/compliance with conservation efforts.
Insight regarding means of strengthening community resilience, local adaptive capacity, and environmental awareness are shared, demonstrating that a social-ecological systems approach to stewardship and conservation can support wellbeing of both communities and nature.
Key Themes:
Engagement, Education & Empowerment, Wildlife & Fisheries, Climate & Environmental Changes
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Community-government alignment for stewardship of coral reefs
Helen Ross (The University of Queensland), Dedi Adhuri (LIPI, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences), Ali Abdurrahim (LIPI, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences)
Potential for Co-management of Coral Reefs in Koh Lipe, Thailand
Emily Ryall (University of Manitoba), Fikret Berkes (University of Manitoba)
Local perception and adaptive strategies to climate variability in the southeast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Karla Diana Infante Ramírez (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)), Minerva Arce-Ibarra (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)), Anthony Charles (Saint Mary’s University and Community Conservation Research Network), Erin Ingrid Jane Estrada (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR))
Chao Pescao: A Study of Conservation and Resource-Dependence Across Cuba
Ben Meissner (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Nathan Dappen (Day’s Edge Productions), Andrew F. Johnson (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Octavio Aburto-Oropeza (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
Change detection in coral reef ecosystem: strengthening community resilience and adaptation in Mahahual, Mexico
Alfonso Cuevas (Universidad Marista de Mérida), Raul Villanueva (Universidad Marista de Mérida), Juan Carlos Seijo (Universidad Marista de Mérida)
Ecosystem stewardship and desirable social-ecological transformations: lessons from São Luís do Paraitinga, southeast Brazil
Alice Ramos de Moraes (University of Campinas (UNICAMP)), F. Stuart Chapin III (University of Alaska Fairbanks), Cristiana Simão Seixas (University of Campinas (UNICAMP))
Health of forest resources and state of wellbeing of rural communities in Indian Himalayan Region
Pariva Dobriyal (Wildlife Institute of India), Ruchi Badola (Wildlife Institute of India), Syed Ainul Hussain (Wildlife Institute of India), Upma Manral (Wildlife Institute of India)