Papakū Makawalu and grounded theory: a combined and collective analysis for Hawai’i land stewardship—Honuaiākea

Kia’i (protectors) opposed to the building of a Thirty Meter Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea, a profoundly sacred site and ecologically vital one, impeded its construction to date. The sanctity of Mauna Kea and its implications for Hawai’i’s sovereignty and land ownership are central to the struggle, yet what are the Indigenous ecological laws of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) that ground opposition to the Thirty Meter Telescope? To construct a land stewardship policy, the Edith Kanaka’ole Foundation leadership bridged Papakū Makawalu, a Kanaka Maoli methodology, with grounded theory. Edith Kanaka’ole Foundation leaders organized a series of events where experts collectively and individually merged the two methods to analyse chants. Our article presents a discussion of (a) the struggles over land use on Mauna Kea, (b) the processes for merging methodological traditions, and (c) reflections on Kīho’iho Kānāwai (restoring Kānāwai for Island Stewardship), the final document of Honuaiākea (Earth in Expanse).

Tourism Microentrepreneurship and Land Stewardship In a Tz'utujil Mayan Coffee Community

This study examines how livelihood diversification through tourism microentrepreneurship may shape land stewardship among Mayan coffee farmers in Guatemala. Through a primarily qualitative approach assessing ecoliteracy and motivations towards environmental behaviors, data were collected among participants self-identifying as small-scale shade-grown coffee farmers involved in tourism microentrepreneurship in the community of San Juan la Laguna in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. We found that, when facilitated through cooperatives, tourism microentrepreneurship and coffee farming jointly contributed to land stewardship and provided an opportunity for indigenous farmers to foster traditional relationships with the land.

Indigenous Conservation Practices Are Not a Monolith: Western cultural biases and a lack of engagement with Indigenous experts undermine studies of land stewardship

Commentary On: Oswald, W. W., Foster, D. R., Shuman, B. N., Chilton, E. S., Doucette, D. L., Duranleau, D. L. Conservation implications of limited Native American impacts in pre-contact New England. Nature Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-019-0466-0

National mitigation potential from natural climate solutions in the tropics

Better land stewardship is needed to achieve the Paris Agreement's temperature goal, particularly in the tropics, where greenhouse gas emissions from the destruction of ecosystems are largest, and where the potential for additional land carbon storage is greatest. As countries enhance their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement, confusion persists about the potential contribution of better land stewardship to meeting the Agreement's goal to hold global warming below 2°C. We assess cost-effective tropical country-level potential of natural climate solutions (NCS)—protection, improved management and restoration of ecosystems—to deliver climate mitigation linked with sustainable development goals (SDGs). We identify groups of countries with distinctive NCS portfolios, and we explore factors (governance, financial capacity) influencing the feasibility of unlocking national NCS potential. Cost-effective tropical NCS offers globally significant climate mitigation in the coming decades (6.56 Pg CO 2 e yr −1 at less than 100 US$ per Mg CO 2 e). In half of the tropical countries, cost-effective NCS could mitigate over half of national emissions. In more than a quarter of tropical countries, cost-effective NCS potential is greater than national emissions. We identify countries where, with international financing and political will, NCS can cost-effectively deliver the majority of enhanced NDCs while transforming national economies and contributing to SDGs. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions’.

The regulation of private conservation legal tools in Catalonia: an inspiring precedent for the Roman law jurisdictions

In the first decade of the XXI century, Catalonia has successfully received Land Stewardship as a strategy for nature conservation. As a result, many efforts have been taken to regulate Land Stewardship agreements in the Catalan civil law given the great opportunity of the Catalan private law codification that has taken place in Catalonia during the present and previous decade. For this purposes, all features of these agreements, such as duration, effects and nature have been thoroughly studied giving place to specific provisions in the Civil Code of Catalonia. This unique experience is studied in this article, extracting the key elements, learning and suggestions leading to some guidelines for a European common roadmap to the regulation of land Stewardship agreements.

Pertimbangan Teknis Pertanahan sebagai Instrumen Pengendalian Pemanfaatan Ruang di Kantor Pertanahan Kabupaten Mamuju

Implementation of spatial utilization control activities in Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province, is not running optimally because the Regional Regulation on Regional Spatial Planning (Perda RTRW) of Mamuju Regency has not been issued. This regulation vacuum has a great impact in the service of the application for the granting of a location permit and change permit for land use, especially in terms of fulfilling the permit requirements in the form of an application of land technical considerations carried out by the Land Office of Mamuju Regency, while the Land Technical Consideration Service which contains technical studies of land stewardship and availability the land must be in accordance with the Spatial Plan of the territory. Phase The activities of land technical considerations at the Land Office of Mamuju Regency are carried out in accordance with the Cash No. 2 of 2011, in addition to its implementation in accordance with spatial planning, the Land Office added a recommendation letter from the Public Works and Spatial Planning office, the Agriculture Service and the Plantation Service in the attachment to the application requirements. The Role of Land Technical Considerations as an Instrument for Spatial Utilization in Mamuju Regency, namely Land Technical Consideration is the main requirement in obtaining a Permit for Land Use Change and Location Permit, this is because in the Minutes of Land Technical Consideration there is a technical study on Land Stewardship and Technical Assessment of Land Availability. Keywords: control, space utilization, land technical considerations Intisari: Kekosongan Regulasi Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah (Perda RTRW) Kabupaten Mamuju berdampak dalam pelayanan permohonan pemberian Izin Lokasi dan Izin Perubahan Penggunaan tanah. Tujuan penelitian ini dilakukan untuk megetahui pelaksanan dan peran pertimbangan teknis pertanahan dalam ijin lokasi dan ijin perubahan penggunaan tanah, Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dengan menggunakan Metode Kulitatif dengan Pendekatan Deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukan dalam pelaksanaannya telah sesuai dengan aturan Peraturan Kepala Badan Pertanahan Nasional No. 2 Tahun 2011 tentang Pedoman Pertimbangan Teknis Pertanahan dalam Penerbitan Izin Lokasi, Penetapan Lokasi dan Izin Perubahan Penggunan Tanah. Peran Pertimbangan Teknis Pertanahan sebagai Intrumen Pengendalian pemanfaatan ruang di Kabupaten Mamuju merupakan syarat utama, didalam mendapatkan Izin Perubahan Penggunaan Tanah dan Izin Lokasi. Saran seharusnya yang menjadi dasar dalam pemberian Izin Perubahan Penggunaan tanah berupa Surat Keputusan. Pemerintah Daerah Kabupaten Mamuju segera mensahkan Peraturan Daerah Tentang Rencana Tata Ruang Wilayah Kabupaten Mamuju Kata Kunci : pengendalian, pemanfaatan ruang, pertimbangan teknis pertanahan