Bioversity International scientists Pablo Eyzaguirre and Nadia Bergamini launch a toolkit on indicators of resilience for socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) at the IUCN World Parks Congress in Sydney, in partnership with the Satoyama Initiative.
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Measuring Resilience in Production Landscapes and Seascapes: a tool for communities
1. Measuring Resilience in Production Landscapes and
Seascapes: A tool for communities
Bergamini, N. & Eyzaguirre, P.
World Parks Congress, 17 November 2014, Sydney
Bioversity International/ P. Lepoint
3. The Toolkit
Chapter 1: familiarizing the reader
with the relevant concepts of
resilience and SEPLS.
4. Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and
Seascapes (SEPLS)
Mosaic production
landscapes/seascapes that have been
shaped through long-term harmonious
interactions between humans and
nature in a manner that fosters well-
being while maintaining biodiversity
and ecosystem services (Gu &
Subramanian 2012). Bioversity International/N. Bergamini
5. Resilience in SEPLS
The long-term persistence of community-managed landscapes and
seascapes that employ appropriate management and use of
natural resources and biodiversity defines them as resilient
systems.
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7. Indicators of resilience
The indicators are designed to capture community perceptions of
different aspects of key systems which contribute to resilience.
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– Ecological
– Biodiversity (ABD)
– Cultural
– Social
– Economical
8. Developing the Socio-ecological Resilience
Indicators
Conceptual framework developed Bioversity
International 2008-2010. *
First applications and testing by UNU-IAS and
Bioversity in Cuba 2011: An IPSI collaborative
activity.
Field-tested by Bioversity International in
Bolivia, Kenya, Nepal, Fiji, Mongolia, Tanzania
and Uganda and used in 20 countries
participating in the COMDEKS Project.
Revised based on the above experiences
(2014).
Development of a toolkit to provide practical
guidance for making use of the SEPLS
resilience indicators.
* Social-ecological indicators of resilience in agrarian and natural
landscapes. Van Oudenhoven, Mijatovic, and Eyzaguirre, P.
Management of Environmental Quality: (2011). 22(2):154-173.
9. AdaptedfromCOMDEKS
System Country Site Coordination
Inland water systems
(Lakes, Watersheds,
Wetlands)
Kyrgyzstan Lake Issyk-Kul COMDEKS Kyrgyzstan
Malawi Tukombo-Kande, Lake Malawi COMDEKS Malawi
Niger Tabalak Lake COMDEKS Niger
Cambodia Steung Siem-Reap Watershed COMDEKS Cambodia
Ecuador Alto Napo River Watershed, Amazon COMDEKS Ecuador
Costa Rica Rio Jesus Maria Watershed COMDEKS Costa Rica
Slovakia Vychodoslovenska nizina Lowland COMDEKS Slovakia
Coastal seascapes
El Salvador Jaltepeque-Naja Lempe COMDEKS El Salvador
Fiji
Natewa and Tunuloa Peninsula COMDEKS Fiji
Bouma National Heritage Site – Taveuni
Island
National Trust of Fiji
Bioversity International
Indonesia Semau Island COMDEKS Indonesia
Turkey Datça-Bozburun Peninsula COMDEKS Turkey
Mountain ecosystems
Bhutan Gamri Watershed COMDEKS Bhutan
Bolivia Candelaria PROINPA
Bioversity International
Ghana Weto Range COMDEKS Ghana
India Kumaon Region, Uttarakhand COMDEKS India
Nepal
Makawanpur COMDEKS Nepal
Begnas LI-BIRD, Bioversity lnternational
Agro-pastoral
systems
Brazil Jequitinhonha Valley COMDEKS Brazil
Cameroon Bogo Region COMDEKS Cameroon
Cuba Chucillas del Toa MaB Reserve INIFAT
Bioversity International
Ethiopia Gibel Gibe Catchment COMDEKS Ethiopia
Kenya Kitui Bioversity International
Tanzania Lushoto (2 communities)
(Kwang’wenda in Humid warm zone
another from Humid cold zone)
Bioversity International
Uganda Rakai District (Kiwaguzi , Kyaluwakula,
Kiganda, Lukyamo, Kigiimbi and Gosoola
villages)
Bioversity International
Grasslands
Mongolia
Central Selenge Region COMDEKS Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar and the Central /Hangai
Region
JASIL
Bioversity International
Namibia Ipumgu-ya-Shilongo Conservancy COMDEKS Namibia
10. The Toolkit
Chapter 3: practical tips for
organizers and facilitators of
workshops to assess resilience.
16. The story of the marine tabu of Waitabu
Elia remembers the “good old fishing
days” in Waitabu.
Moving from group fishing to individual
fishing after the introduction of new
fishing gear.: the fishing line.
Moving from subsistence fishing to
commercial.
15 years ago the elders of the village
declare a ‘Tabu’ for Waitabu.
17. What we learned from the workshops
The use of the indicators’ framework
Increases the understanding of socio-ecological production landscapes and
seascapes (SEPLS) among and beyond community members.
Helps identify priority issues and actions for sustaining SEPLS that benefit
livelihoods and well-being.
Creates a common language between ‘traditional’, ‘governmental’ and
‘scientific’ communities which values the complexity of human-environment
interactions.
Collaborative activity under the satoyama initiative in partnership with.
Bioversity is a member of the CGIAR Consortium group (amongst which it is charged with leadership in biodiversity and ecosystem service research for development), who’s main aim is to promote the use and conserve agricultural biodiversity from the gene to the species and ecosystems level.
The toolkit aims to help researchers, development practitioners and most importantly communities, assess the landscapes they live in, understand better how resilient their system is, and work together to develop resilience-strengthening strategies.
A variety of different names exist for these areas across countries and languages.
Satoyama – Japan
Dehesa – Spain
Ahupua’a – Hawaii
The indicators start with the premise that human and nature can interact in a way that is synergistic, maintaining or enhancing biodiversity while providing people with the goods and services needed for well-being.
It is the first time socio and cultural indicators are seen together with ecological and agricultural.
What has changed since the first version of the indicators was produced:
We have gone form a agricultural system centered view to include seascapes and wetland systems.
We have included the management of common resources (fisheries, forestry, grasslands) and the concept of socio-ecological mobility which means that Households and communities are able to move around to take advantage of shifts in production opportunities and avoid land degradation and overexploitation
This table has been adapted by COMDEKS to show the different ecosystems we have worked in, the different communities, the local and international organizations that have helped in the assessment of these systems.
I would like to give an example from the field.
Four different communities which manage forest, agricultural land, the coastal are and the sea.
The communities in Taveuni are all involved in ecotourism projects.
Thanks to the help of researchers of Conservation International – Fiji a tabu area was established 15 years ago in Waitabu.
Women started fishing with a plant root called ‘duva’. The roots are pounded and the toxic juice kills everything on the reef. Still used. Spear guns. With the changes in fishing methods also the diets began to change. The Tabu area is now their pride.
The people of Waitabu have joined forces to help other communities address some of the problems they currently face within their traditional fishing grounds.
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