iTaukei ways of knowing and managing mangroves for ecosystem-based adaptation

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

Authors

Global concerns for Pacific Island Countries under a new climate regime and increasing development challenges has prompted many external agencies to intervene with climate change adaptation programs. Despite extensive funding and efforts, many external interventions tend to overlook the importance of Indigenous and local knowledge, and working in partnership with local people to co-produce sustainable and effective adaptation strategies. In many Pacific countries, mangroves deliver ecosystem goods and services that are essential to the livelihoods of local people and can enhance resilience to climate change. This paper explores how iTaukei (Indigenous Fijian) communities have sustainably managed mangrove ecosystems over time, and how this knowledge and experiences can enable future ecosystem-based adaptation options that are more sustainable and effective. Across six rural villages in western Vanua Levu, a series of semi-structured household interviews (n = 41) were undertaken, coupled with participant observation. The findings demonstrate the importance of understanding, respecting and utilising Indigenous knowledge for managing and protecting local ecosystems as part of communities’ response to climate change adaptation.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationManaging Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific Region
EditorsWalter Leal Filho
Number of pages23
Place of PublicationBerlin, Cham
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Publication date03.03.2020
Pages105-127
ISBN (print)978-3-030-40551-9 , 978-3-030-40554-0
ISBN (electronic)978-3-030-40552-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 03.03.2020
Externally publishedYes

Recently viewed

Researchers

  1. Andreas Huber

Publications

  1. [U]topische Körper in der Adoleszenz
  2. Tourists’ Weather Perceptions and Weather Related Behavior
  3. Earnings less risk-free interest charge (ERIC) and stock returns: ERIC’s relative and incremental information content in a European sample
  4. Investigation of temperature evolution and flash formation at AA5083 studs during friction surfacing
  5. Sustainability-oriented technology exploration: managerial values, ambidextrous design, and separation drift
  6. Mindfulness-based interventions in the workplace
  7. Global Tax Governance: What is Wrong With It and How to Fix It by Peter Dietsch and Thomas Rixen (eds). Colchester: ECPR Press, 2016
  8. The continued relevance of compromissory clauses as a source of ICJ jurisdiction
  9. unplugged
  10. Consequence evaluations and moral concerns about climate change
  11. Corporate hedging for different production cycles with the wavelet-approach
  12. Goffman’s Return to Las Vegas
  13. Cross-Channel Real-Time Response Analysis
  14. Die Unternehmergesellschaft
  15. Differences in labor supply to monopsonistic firms and the gender pay gap
  16. Individuelle Beteiligung am Unterrichtsgespräch in Grundschulklassen
  17. Ballonflüge
  18. Parteispenden
  19. Früherkennung als Problem der Unternehmensführung in virtuellen Organisationen
  20. Volunteering in retirement motivation and design of use of Senior Expert Services
  21. Consumer awareness of load shapes
  22. Fabian Nitschkowski & Paul Geisler
  23. Die Politisierung von ‚Gesellschaft‘: Ernesto Laclaus und Chantal Mouffes postmarxistische Theorie des Sozialen
  24. Multifunctionality and biodiversity
  25. Mental Contrasting and Transfer of Energization
  26. Does CEO power moderate the link between ESG performance and financial performance?
  27. The relevance of international restoration principles for ecosystem restoration practice in Rwanda
  28. Comparison of PSA-specific CD8+ CTL responses and antitumor immunity generated by plasmid DNA vaccines encoding PSA-HSP chimeric proteins
  29. Schematism, Imagination, and Pure Intuition in Kant
  30. A Matter of Framing: Analyzing Value Communication in Sustainable Business Models
  31. Reinforcing Systems of Exclusion
  32. Pitfalls and potential of institutional change: Rain-index insurance and the sustainability of rangeland management
  33. Negative theme zones in political interviews