Learning Together for with the Martuwarra Fitzroy River

Co-production across scientific and Indigenous knowledge systems has become a cornerstone of research to enhance knowledge, practice, ethics, and foster sustainability transformations. However, the profound differences in world views and the complex and contested histories of nation-state colonisation on Indigenous territories, highlight both opportunities and risks for Indigenous people when engaging with knowledge co-production. This paper investigates the conditions under which knowledge co-production can lead to improved Indigenous adaptive environmental planning and management among remote land-attached Indigenous peoples through a case study with ten Traditional Owner groups in the Martuwarra (Fitzroy River) Catchment in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. The research team built a 3D map of the river and used it, together with an interactive table-top projector, to bring together both scientific and Indigenous spatial knowledge. Participatory influence mapping, aligned with Traditional Owner priorities to achieve cultural governance and management planning goals set out in the Fitzroy River Declaration, investigated power relations. An analytical framework, examining underlying mechanisms of social learning, knowledge promotion and enhancing influence, based on different theories of change, was applied to unpack the immediate outcomes from these activities. The analysis identified that knowledge co-production activities improved the accessibility of the knowledge, the experiences of the knowledge users, strengthened collective identity and partnerships, and strengthened Indigenous-led institutions. The focus on cultural governance and management planning goals in the Fitzroy River Declaration enabled the activities to directly affect key drivers of Indigenous adaptive environmental planning and management—the Indigenous-led institutions. The nation-state arrangements also gave some support to local learning and decision-making through a key Indigenous institution, Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council. Knowledge co-production with remote land-attached Indigenous peoples can improve adaptive environmental planning and management where it fosters learning together, is grounded in the Indigenous-led institutions and addresses their priorities.

An alternative broad vegetation hierarchy for eastern New South Wales, with application for environmental planning and management

Many previous vegetation description and mapping programs have highlighted the need for a hierarchical classification that easily translates from regional through to international scales. Often programs have not selected appropriate levels of vegetation classification and mapping for management purposes. Here, we provide an alternative broad vegetation classification at the macrogroup level in the international vegetation classification for eastern New South Wales (NSW) that could be applied in regional and local environmental planning and management. Existing aerial photographic interpretation (API) floristic and canopy maps available for eastern NSW were collated and reclassified and incorporated into a unifying dataset of macrogroups, which also included types dominated by exotic vegetation such as exotic plantations. There we identified, in total, 71 macrogroups across eastern New South Wales (NSW) of a total of 85 identified for NSW mapped at 1:25000 scale, or finer, in the following three sections: north-east, Sydney basin and central west, and southern coast and Snowy Mountains. These were then amalgamated into a single remnant vegetation map covering 23 525 280 ha. This alternative broad vegetation hierarchy provides a reliable and overt vegetation classification and mapping dataset that can easily incorporate future revisions as new mapping data become available.

Zoneamento geoambiental do município de Barrocas/BA: contribuições para o ordenamento territorial

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo realizar o Zoneamento Geoambiental do município de Barrocas/BA, pautado na identificação dos geossistemas e das geofácies presentes no território municipal, buscando analisar a inter-relação dinâmica entre os elementos do meio físico-natural e a intervenção antrópica, como subsidio ao ordenamento territorial. Para se chegar ao objetivo proposto, foi preciso seguir a hierarquização taxonômica e sistêmica proposta por Georges Bertrand, tomando por base a morfologia. Por meio de ferramentas georreferênciadas e modelos de relevo sombreado pôde-se analisar os padrões texturais e a rugosidade do relevo, fazendo a vetorização de polígonos, discriminando as unidades geoambientais in loco. Desse modo, identificou-se em Barrocas dois Geossistemas (Serra do Barandão e Superfície de aplainamento/pedimentada) e seis geofácies (Cimeira estrutural conservada, Cimeira estrutural dissecada, Superfície dissecada em colinas, Serras rebaixadas, Planície aluvial inclinada e uma Superfície de desestruturação artificial). A posteriori, propôs-se um esboço de ordenamento territorial com vista a sustentabilidade ambiental no intuito de subsidiar usos mais sustentáveis para as terras do município em questão. Ressalta-se que o zoneamento, é de grande importância, sendo um poderoso instrumento de informações ao processo de gestão do território, sendo o município o laboratório ideal para sua aplicação, por se tratar de uma escala de planejamento e gestão territorial/ambiental. Mediante a análise da dinâmica da paisagem, constatou-se quão intensa tem se dado a atuação antropogênica no território barroquense, contudo, verificou-se que os sistemas ambientais ainda resistem, observando-se que o tempo está permitindo o processo de regeneração e adaptação dos geossistemas mantendo-os em funcionalidade. Geoenvironmental zoning of the municipality of Barrocas/BA: contributions to land use planningABSTRACTThis research aimed to carry out the Geoenvironmental Zoning of the municipality of Barrocas/BA, based on the identification of geosystems and geofacies present in the municipal territory, seeking to analyze the dynamic interrelationship between the elements of the physical-natural environment and the anthropic intervention, as a subsidy to land use planning.To reach the proposed objective, it was necessary to follow the taxonomic and systemic hierarchy proposed by Georges Bertrand, based on morphology. Through georeferenced tools and shaded relief models, it was possible to analyze the textural patterns and the roughness of the relief, making the vectorization of polygons, discriminating the geoenvironmental units in loco. Thus, two geosystems were identified in Barrocas (Serra do Barandão and Pedimented surface) and six geofacies (Conserved structural summit, Dissected structural summit, Surface dissected in hills, Lowered saws, Colluvium-alluvial ramp and an Artificial disruption surface). A posteriori, an outline of territorial planning was proposed with a view to environmental sustainability in order to subsidize more sustainable uses for the lands of the municipality in question. It is noteworthy that zoning is of great importance, being a powerful information tool for the territory management process, the municipality being the ideal laboratory for its application, as it is a territorial / environmental planning and management scale. Through the analysis of the landscape dynamics, it was verified how intense the anthropogenic performance has been in the Baroque territory, however, it was found that the environmental systems still resist, observing that time is allowing the process of regeneration and adaptation of the geosystems keeping them in functionality.Keywords: Geosystem. Geoenvironmental Zoning. Land use planning

Environmental planning and management in traditional market: a study at Ibuh Market (Payakumbuh) and Pandansari Market (Balikpapan)

Traditional market is a piece of urban movement which have mixed activities. At present, the management of the traditional market Indonesia is still not well implemented and a trader’s community also give impact to environmental pollution. The research objective is to analyse a solid waste generation and green open space around the traditional markets and construct map of environmental planning and management. This research was conducted at Ibuh Market (Payakumbuh) and Pandansari Market (Balikpapan). The method used in this study is to integrate environmental information resources from thematic maps, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), observation, and interviews to the management of traditional market. The results of this study indicate that Ibuh and Pandansari markets have a good environmental management especially on the reduction of waste generation because an optimal the operational of compost house and waste bank. In terms of environmental planning, the manager of Pandansari Market does not have the commitment to provide green open space and the UHI forming factors will increase where the market is surrounded by mixed buildings. At the same time, Ibuh Market has sufficient green open space and can reduce the UHI phenomenon. Furthermore, in the future the management develop a model of environmental management based less waste and eco-tourism development.

ECOLOGIA DE PAISAGENS APLICADA AO ORDENAMENTO TERRITORIAL E GESTÃO FLORESTAL: PROCEDIMENTO METODOLÓGICOS

No sentido de contribuir com o avanço das investigações científicas sobre Ecologia de Paisagens no contexto do ordenamento territorial e gestão florestal de recursos naturais, este estudo teve como objetivo reunir e discutir os principais conceitos e temáticas sobre a Ecologia de Paisagens, a abordar o uso da geotecnologia para análises estruturais e métricas da paisagem. A partir de revisão bibliográfica nacional e internacional, relativamente dos mais clássicos aos mais recentes estudos sobre o assunto. As bases dos periódicos científicos utilizados foram: Web of Science, Scielo (Nacional), Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scholar e Brazilian Digital Library of Theses. Foram destacados os conceitos fundamentais e aplicações nas áreas das ciências ambientais e florestais, no sentido de valorar estratégias e tomadas de decisões no planejamento e gestão ambiental rural. Neste trabalho, também foi apresentado o procedimento metodológico para cálculo das métricas da paisagem, por meio da extensão Patch Analyst, aplicada ao Software ArcGIS. Foram compiladas informações de 50 artigos científicos publicados no Brasil e exterior, onde constatou-se relevância significativa e viabilidade do uso dos índices e métricas da Ecologia de Paisagens para fins geográficos e ecológicos, embora, constatou-se que existem lacunas a serem preenchidas sobre o tema no Brasil, em relação às produções científicas, ainda escassas, sobretudo com análises mais concretas e direcionadas. O estudo permitiu a ampliação do conhecimento teórico sobre o tema no país e, espera-se que seja parte integrante e subsidiária para outros estudos sobre restauração ambiental, conexão de paisagens, mosaicos florestais e ordenamento territorial.Palavras-chave: fragmentação florestal; métricas de paisagens; planejamento e gestão ambiental rural; patch analyst; sistema de informações geográficas. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY APPLIED TO TERRITORIAL ORDER AND FOREST MANAGEMENT: METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES ABSTRACT: In order to contribute to the advancement of scientific research on Landscape Ecology in the context of spatial planning and forest management of natural resources, this study aimed to gather and discuss the main concepts and themes on Landscape Ecology, to address the use of geotechnology for structural analysis and landscape metrics. Based on national and international bibliographic review, relatively from the most classic to the most recent studies on the subject. The bases of the scientific journals used were: Web of Science, Scielo (National), Science Direct, Scopus, Google Scholar and Brazilian Digital Library of Theses. Key concepts and applications in the areas of environmental and forest sciences were highlighted in order to evaluate strategies and decision making in rural environmental planning and management. In this work, we also presented the methodological procedure for calculating the landscape metrics, through the Patch Analyst extension, applied to the ArcGIS Software. We compiled information from 50 scientific articles published in Brazil and abroad, where significant relevance and feasibility of the use of indexes and metrics of Ecology of Landscapes for geographic and ecological purposes was verified, although, it was verified that there are gaps to be filled on the theme in Brazil, in relation to the scientific productions, still scarce, especially with more concrete and directed analyzes. The study allowed the expansion of theoretical knowledge about the subject in the country and is expected to be an integral and subsidiary to other studies on environmental restoration, connection of landscapes, forest mosaics and land use planning.Keywords: forest fragmentation; landscape metrics; rural environmental planning and management; patch analyst; geographic information system.