Linking Land and Sea through Collaborative Research to Inform Contemporary applications of Traditional Resource Management in Hawai‘i

Across the Pacific Islands, declining natural resources have contributed to a cultural renaissance of customary ridge-to-reef management approaches. These indigenous and community conserved areas (ICCA) are initiated by local communities to protect natural resources through customary laws. To support these efforts, managers require scientific tools that track land-sea linkages and evaluate how local management scenarios affect coral reefs. We established an interdisciplinary process and modeling framework to inform ridge-to-reef management in Hawai‘i, given increasing coastal development, fishing and climate change related impacts. We applied our framework at opposite ends of the Hawaiian Archipelago, in Hā‘ena and Ka‘ūpūlehu, where local communities have implemented customary resource management approaches through government-recognized processes to perpetuate traditional food systems and cultural practices. We identified coral reefs vulnerable to groundwater-based nutrients and linked them to areas on land, where appropriate management of human-derived nutrients could prevent increases in benthic algae and promote coral recovery from bleaching. Our results demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers, managers and community members. We discuss the lessons learned from our culturally-grounded, inclusive research process and highlight critical aspects of collaboration necessary to develop tools that can inform placed-based solutions to local environmental threats and foster coral reef resilience.

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Management of natural resources in a decentralized

Interdepartmental thematic scientific collection "Agriculture" ◽

10.31073/zem.92.8-15 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (92) ◽

pp. 8-15

Author(s):

M. A. Khvesyk

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Resource Management ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Natural Resource Management ◽

Natural Resource ◽

Local Level ◽

Local Communities ◽

Social Rights ◽

Economic Aspects ◽

Government Institution

This article explores the concept and essence of power decentralization and subsidiarity in the provision of public ser-vices. Grounded economic aspects of natural resource management under decentralization as essential factors of social rights of citizens at the local level. Ways to strengthen local government institution and empower local communities and regions in the whole of the financial system by improving tax and budget legislation in the field of environmental management.

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Traditional Dimensions of Seabed Resource Management in the Context of Deep Sea Mining in the Pacific: Learning From the Socio-Ecological Interconnectivity Between Island Communities and the Ocean Realm

Frontiers in Marine Science ◽

10.3389/fmars.2021.637938 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Virginie Tilot ◽

Klaas Willaert ◽

Bleuenn Guilloux ◽

Wenting Chen ◽

Clement Y. Mulalap ◽

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Keyword(s):

Resource Management ◽

Traditional Knowledge ◽

Deep Sea ◽

Local Communities ◽

Global Ocean ◽

Marine Resource ◽

Marine Resource Management ◽

Regulatory Frameworks ◽

The Pacific ◽

Management Approaches

In many of the Pacific Islands, local communities have long-held cultural and spiritual attachments to the sea, in particular to species and specific marine areas, processes, habitats, islands, and natural seabed formations. Traditional knowledge, customary marine management approaches and integrated relationships between biodiversity, ecosystems and local communities promote conservation and ensure that marine benefits are reaped in a holistic, sustainable and equitable manner. However, the interaction between local traditional knowledge, contemporary scientific approaches to marine resource management and specific regulatory frameworks has often been challenging. To some extent, the value of community practices and customary law, which have provided an incentive for regional cooperation and coordination around ocean governance, is acknowledged in several legal systems in the Pacific and a number of regional and international instruments, but this important connection can be further enhanced. In this article we present a science-based overview of the marine habitats that would be affected by deep seabed mining (DSM) along with an analysis of some traditional dimensions and cultural/societal aspects of marine resource management. We then assess whether the applicable legal frameworks at different levels attach sufficient importance to these traditional dimensions and to the human and societal aspects of seabed (mineral) resource management in the region. On the basis of this analysis, we identify best practices and formulate recommendations with regard to the current regulatory frameworks and seabed resource management approaches. Indeed, the policies and practices developed in the Pacific could well serve as a suitable model elsewhere to reconcile commercial, ecological, cultural and social values within the context of deep sea mineral exploitation in addition to sustaining the Human Well-being and Sustainable Livelihoods (HWSL) of the Pacific communities and the health of the Global Ocean.

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Assessing mesophotic coral ecosystems inside and outside a Caribbean marine protected area

Royal Society Open Science ◽

10.1098/rsos.180835 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 5 (10) ◽

pp. 180835 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Erika Gress ◽

Maria J. Arroyo-Gerez ◽

Georgina Wright ◽

Dominic A. Andradi-Brown

Keyword(s):

Coral Reef ◽

Coral Reefs ◽

Fish Species ◽

National Park ◽

Large Body ◽

Coastal Development ◽

Reef Management ◽

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems ◽

Shallow Reef ◽

Black Corals

Widespread shallow coral reef loss has led to calls for more holistic approaches to coral reef management, requiring inclusion of ecosystems interacting with shallow coral reefs in management plans. Yet, almost all current reef management is biased towards shallow reefs, and overlooks that coral reefs extend beyond shallow waters to mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; 30–150 m). We present the first detailed quantitative characterization of MCEs off Cozumel, Mexico, on the northern Mesoamerican Reef in the Mexican Caribbean, and provide insights into their general state. We documented MCE biodiversity, and assessed whether MCEs adjacent to a major town and port, where coastal development has caused shallow reef damage, have similar benthic and fish communities to MCEs within a National Park. Our results show that overall MCE communities are similar regardless of protection, though some taxa-specific differences exist in benthic communities between sites within the MPA and areas outside. Regardless of protection and location, and in contrast to shallow reefs, all observed Cozumel MCEs were continuous reefs with the main structural habitat complexity provided by calcareous macroalgae, sponges, gorgonians and black corals. Hard corals were present on MCEs, although at low abundance. We found that 42.5% of fish species recorded on Cozumel could be found on both shallow reefs and MCEs, including 39.6% of commercially valuable fish species. These results suggest that MCEs could play an important role in supporting fish populations. However, regardless of protection and depth, we found few large-body fishes (greater than 500 mm), which were nearly absent at all studied sites. Cozumel MCEs contain diverse benthic and fish assemblages, including commercially valuable fisheries species and ecosystem engineers, such as black corals. Because of their inherent biodiversity and identified threats, MCEs should be incorporated into shallow-reef-focused Cozumel National Park management plan.

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Natural Resources and Economic Development: The Case of Afghanistan

Cyrus Chronicle Journal ◽

10.52212/ccj2016-v1i2m5 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Hamidullah Farooqi ◽

Nader Asgary

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Economic Development ◽

Resource Management ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Natural Resource Management ◽

Implementation Process ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Dutch Disease ◽

Best Interest

This paper examines the role of natural resources in the sustainable economic development of Afghanistan. We analyze Dutch disease theory and its implication for the case of Afghanistan. Additionally, we appCommunity-Based Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) strategy for effective resource management and avoidance of Dutch disease. CBNRM will benefit all stakeholders by engaging them in the decision-making and implementation process. We describe historical lessons learned are by other countries with abundant natural resources to support sustainable development. We describe various ways in which natural resources can be used to serve the best interest of Afghanistan in general as well as distinct Afghan communities.

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Allies, not aliens: increasing the role of local communities in marine protected area implementation

Environmental Conservation ◽

10.1017/s0376892910000172 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 23-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 87

Author(s):

SEBASTIAN C.A. FERSE ◽

MARÍA MÁÑEZ COSTA ◽

KATHLEEN SCHWERDTNER MÁÑEZ ◽

DEDI S. ADHURI ◽

MARION GLASER

Keyword(s):

Resource Management ◽

Management Practices ◽

Marine Protected Area ◽

Poor Performance ◽

Local Communities ◽

Community Based ◽

Hybrid Form ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Management Approaches

SUMMARYVarious management approaches have been proposed to address the alarming depletion of marine coastal resources. Prominent among them are community-based management and the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs). The overall poor performance of MPAs can be traced to a failure to effectively include local communities in the design and implementation of relevant measures. Recent efforts have incorporated aspects of community-based management into a hybrid form of management, which ideally builds upon existing local management practices. A key challenge lies in the development of appropriate frameworks that allow for the successful participation of local communities in management. A review of studies on MPA design and community-based marine resource management and fieldwork observations provides suggestions on how to address current socioeconomic shortcomings in MPA design and implementation, successfully involving local communities in order to provide a better local basis for effective larger MPA networks. A combination of MPA tools as the formal frame and community-based natural resource management as the adaptive core that recognizes local communities as allies, not aliens, is needed to develop successful conservation approaches.

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Against Permanent Sovereignty

10.1093/oso/9780198702726.003.0007 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Chris Armstrong

Keyword(s):

Natural Resources ◽

International Politics ◽

Local Communities ◽

Status Quo ◽

Nation States ◽

The Status ◽

Made In

The status quo within international politics is that individual nation-states enjoy extensive and for the most part exclusive rights over the resources falling within their borders. Egalitarians have often assumed that such a situation cannot be defended, but perhaps some sophisticated defences of state or national rights over natural resources which have been made in recent years prove otherwise. This chapter critically assesses these various arguments, and shows that they are not sufficient to justify the institution of ‘permanent sovereignty’ over resources. Even insofar as those arguments have some weight, they are compatible with a significant dispersal of resource rights away from individual nation-states, both downwards towards local communities, and upwards towards transnational and global agencies.

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