scholarly journals Using a social-ecological system approach to enhance understanding of structural interconnectivities within the beekeeping industry for sustainable decision making

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vidushi Patel ◽  
Eloise M. Biggs ◽  
Natasha Pauli ◽  
Bryan Boruff
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Social Ecological

scholarly journals A social-ecological system approach to Bali cattle raising in Timor Island, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Achmad Firman ◽  
OBED HABA NONO
Keyword(s):  
System Approach ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Cash Income ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Grazing Land ◽  
Social Ecological Systems ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Governance Systems ◽  
Bali Cattle

Abstract. Firman A, Nono OH. 2021. A social-ecological system approach to Bali cattle raising in Timor Island, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 3585-3593. Cattle raising in East Nusa Tenggara play important role in the daily life of local people including to fulfill nutritional needs, to generate cash income, to develop social relationships, and to maintain religious activities. On the island of Timor, the type of cattle mostly kept by farmers is Bali cattle. This type of cattle perfectly suits the environmental and social conditions of the island. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interaction of social-ecological systems (SESs) and other systems that were able to maintain the sustainability of Bali cattle raising in Timor Island.  All components in the system that interact with each other were studied through in-depth interviews with informants (15 cattle farmers, five community leaders, five cattle traders, and 10 staff of livestock services district and province levels). The results showed that the SESs approach could provide an explanation on the relationship between resource systems, resource units, governance systems, and users as well as systems that are outside SESs, namely the market and government policies, which altogether were able to improve Bali cattle raising sustainability. Farmers had an important role in Bali cattle raising and their habitat environment. Local and export markets played a role in providing value for Bali cattle raising. The local government maintained the balance of supply and demand for Bali cattle through the East Nusa Tenggara Governor Regulations No. 78 of 2019. Therefore, the research has succeeded in identification of feed resources in savanna and steppe and provide an opportunity to increase the cattle population on the island of Timor. The interaction between farmers and their environment has been well established, however, it is necessary to improve the quality of forage feed in grazing land.

scholarly journals Does using the ecosystem services concept provoke the risk of assigning virtual prices instead of real values to nature? Some reflections on the benefit of ecosystem services for planning and policy consulting

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Fürst
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Nature Conservation ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Environmental Assessments ◽  
The Real ◽  
A Value ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Intrinsic Values

Abstract This forum article intends to discuss the question if using the ecosystem services concept in planning, management and decision-making can impair nature conservation objectives by hiding the intrinsic values of nature through overemphasizing monetary aspects in environmental assessments. The conclusion is drawn that using ecosystem services in a holistic social-ecological system understanding would help to overcome justified criticisms of a too narrow perspective on the real values of nature. The article is referring to and reflecting some thoughts and criticism of “Concerns about the use of ES as a tool for nature conservation: From misleading concepts to providing a price for nature, but not a value” by Morelli and Moller (2015).

scholarly journals STRATEGI DAN KEBIJAKAN PENGELOLAAN TERUMBU KARANG COREMAP DI WILAYAH CORAL TRIANGLE DI INDONESIA TIMUR

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Siti Hajar Suryawati ◽  
Agus Heri Purnomo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Marine Conservation ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Coral Triangle ◽  
Conservation Area ◽  
Social Ecological

Tulisan ini mengusulkan sejumlah rekomendasi untuk perbaikan pengelolaan sumber daya terumbu karang di wilayah Coral Triangle Indonesia, yang didasarkan atas hasil penelitian pada Tahun 2011, di lokasi-lokasi Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program  COREMAP). COREMAP adalah program pengelolaan sumber daya terumbu karang yang merupakan wahana utama Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan untuk mengimplementasikan kebijakan  pengelolaan terumbu karang. Kebijakan tersebut dilatar-belakangi oleh degradasi yang terjadi pada sumber daya terumbu karang dan besarnyapotensi serta pentingnya fungsi dari aset alam tersebut. Metode yang diacu untuk penyusunan rekomendasi ini adalah analisis Sistem Sosial Ekologis (SES) dan analisis resiliensi yang mencakup perilaku positif dan negatif dalam pengelolaan sumber daya terumbu karang, dilanjutkan dengan analisis Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) terhadap perilaku-perilaku pengelolaan negatif. Data dalam penelitian ini mencakup aspek sistem sosial-ekologi, kerentanan dan resiliensi, yang diperoleh dari 1.244 responden masyarakat yang dipilih secara purposive dan 182 responden tokoh yang diperoleh dengan teknik snowball serta data sekunder yang diperoleh dari kepustakaan dan dokumentasi terkait. Hasil penelitian ini secara umum merekomendasikan 4 (empat) perbaikan terhadap kebijakan pengelolaan yang ada. Keempat rekomendasi tersebut adalah: 1) Peningkatan efektivitas Kawasan Konservasi Laut Daerah (KKLD) atau Taman Wisata Air Laut (TWAL) melalui penguatan kerjasama masyarakat-pemerintah dalam upaya-upaya menciptakan mata pencaharian alternatif, terutama di sektor non konvensional seperti pariwisata; 2) Memfokuskan pada intensifikasi pembentukan lembaga keuangan yang mendukung permodalan usaha dan perbaikan teknologi; 3) Perbaikan sistem koordinasi pihak terkait dalam pengawasan terhadap sumber daya; dan 4) Perbaikan desain program sosialisasi penggunaan alat tangkap ramah lingkungan. Title: STRATEGI DAN KEBIJAKAN PENGELOLAAN TERUMBU KARANG COREMAP DI WILAYAH CORAL TRIANGLE DI INDONESIA TIMUR This paper proposes recommendations to improve management for the resource management in the Indonesian’s part of Coral Triangle Area, based on a research carried out in the COREMAP locations in 2011. COREMAP is a program introduced by the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries to implement its policies on coral reef management and conservation. The policies concern the ongoing alarming degradation of the resource and the disappearing physical existence as well as functions of such natural capital. The research methods were Social Ecological System (SES) analysis and resilience analysis covering both negative and positive management practices, followed by a Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) analysis of the negative management practices to come up with prioritized strategy recommendations. Data used consisted of social-ecological system, vulnerability and resilience aspects, collected from 1.244 respondents representing ordinary citizens selected purposively and 182 key persons which were determined following the snowball sampling technique, and secondary drawn upon the documented files of relevant institutions. In general, the recommendation proposed through this paper are as follows: 1) Increasing the effectiveness Regional Marine Conservation Area and Marine Tourism Park by strengthening community-government cooperation aimed at creating alternative livelihood , particularly the nonconventional sectors, more specifically tourism, 2) Focusing on the intensification of the establishment of financial institutions to facilitate better access for business capital provision and technological improvements; 3) improvement of coordination system among local influential institutions in controlling the resource; and 4) improved design of outreach programs on the use of environmentally friendly fishing gear.

scholarly journals Making Resilient Decisions for Sustainable Circularity of Fashion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celinda Palm ◽  
Sarah E. Cornell ◽  
Tiina Häyhä
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
State Response ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Industry Value Chain ◽  
The Many ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

AbstractThe fashion and textiles industry, and policymakers at all levels, are showing an increased interest in the concept of circular economy as a way to decrease business risks and negative environmental impacts. However, focus is placed mainly on the material ‘stuff’ of textile fashion and its biophysical harms. The current material focus has several shortcomings, because fashion is a social-ecological system and cannot be understood merely by addressing its environmental dimensions. In this paper, we rethink the fashion system from a critical social-ecological perspective. The driver-state-response framework shows social drivers and ecological impacts as an adaptive social-ecological system, exposing how these interacting aspects need to be addressed for sustainable and resilient implementation of circular economy. We show how current responses to global sustainability challenges have so far fallen short. Our overall aim is to expand possibilities for reframing responses that better reflect the complex links between the global fashion system, culture and creativity and the dynamics of the living planet. We argue that reducing planetary pressure from the global fashion and textiles industry requires greater recognition of the system’s social drivers with more emphasis on the many cross-scale links between social and ecological dimensions. Resilient decisions aiming for sustainable circularity of the fashion industry must therefore pay attention to social activities beyond the industry value chain, not just material flows within it.

A structured participatory method to support policy option analysis in a social-ecological system

2017 ◽  
Vol 197 ◽  
pp. 360-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Mehryar ◽  
Richard Sliuzas ◽  
Ali Sharifi ◽  
Diana Reckien ◽  
Martin van Maarseveen
Keyword(s):  
Policy Option ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Support Policy ◽  
Participatory Method

scholarly journals Managing Herder-Community-Based Tourism: An Institutional Framework for an Integrated Social–Ecological System

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 4001
Author(s):  
Undrakh Zagarkhorloo ◽  
Wim Heijman ◽  
Liesbeth Dries ◽  
Buyanzaya Batjargal
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Buffer Zone ◽  
Ecological System ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Conceptual Foundation ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Social

Improving household livelihoods through tourism, while at the same time achieving the goals of conservation, remains a challenge in high-value nature areas around the world. This paper studies a herder-community-based tourism system in Mongolia in light of these challenges. The social–ecological system (SES) framework was used as a conceptual foundation. The generic SES framework was adapted to the case of the herder-community-based tourism system. The adapted framework was then used to assess the economic, ecological, and social objectives of the herder-community-based tourism system characterised by natural resources and cultural landscapes. Primary data collection included interviews with key informants in the tourism sector: tourism researchers, representatives of donor projects, managers of tour operators, and guides. Based on their responses, the study site was selected in the buffer zone of the Hustai National Park, which is a protected area. Respondents in the second stage of interviews were herders who participate in herder-based tourism and who live in the vicinity of the protected area. Results show that the SES framework is able to diagnose the sustainability of the herder-community-tourism system, but sustainability outcomes indicate an imbalance between social, economic, and environmental performance. The herder-community-based tourism system is successful in conserving wildlife and habitats; however, the distribution of revenues gained from tourism shows that only a small and inequitable share reaches the herder community.

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