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Gisella S. Cruz-Garcia, Martha Vanegas Cubillos, Celia A. Harvey, Kate Schreckenberg, Miriam Joshua, Carlos Torres-Vitolas, Erwan Sachet, M. Ruth Martinez-Rodriguez, Charlie Shackleton, Jose Sanchez-Choy, Erwin Palacios and Sosten Chiota al conceptualizations of wellbeing in relation to s ystem services along the forest transition curve Case studies from Colombia, Peru and Malawi
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Gisella S. Cruz-Garcia, Martha Vanegas Cubillos, Celia A. Harvey, Kate Schreckenberg, Miriam Joshua, Carlos Torres-Vitolas, Erwan Sachet,
M. Ruth Martinez-Rodriguez, Charlie Shackleton, Jose Sanchez-Choy, Erwin Palacios and Sosten Chiota
al conceptualizations of wellbeing in relation to system services along the forest transition curveCase studies from Colombia, Peru and Malawi
Attaining Sustainable Services from osystems through Trade off Scenarios
‐ ASSETS ‐
quantify the linkages between the natural ecosystem services at affect – and are affected by – food security and nutritional health for the rural poor at the forest‐agricultural interface
emes:1. Linkages between food security, nutritional health and ES2. Crises and tipping points involving past, current and future
interactions between food security and ES3. Science – policy interface
ur study areas: Malawi, Peru and Colombia
University of Southampton (PI Poppy)University of DundeeA:Conservation Internationalain:Basque Centre for Climate Changeombia:International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)Universidad Nacional de ColombiauInstituto de Investigación de la Amazonia Peruana ‐ IIAPlawi:Chancellor College (Co‐PI Chiotha)LEAD Southern and Eastern Africa plus Ministry of Forestry Forest
ernational and interdisciplinary team
Objective of the presentation
present an analysis of local
dicators of wellbeing in
ation to ecosystem services
ong the forest transition
rve.
Ecosystem services and human wellbeing
e ecosystem services approach is based on the portance of ecosystems for human wellbeing.
Human wellbeing as multidimensional concept.
Importance of ecosystem services for the rural poor.
Growing amount of literature proposing different frameworks and indicators for analyzing wellbeing in relation
The etic and emic in ethnobiology
tic approach is related to the esearcher’s perception and assification of the study object.
mic approach is referred to the assifications of the local people from he way they perceive the world in heir own language.
Local conceptualizations of wellbeing
Rural communities make direct and indirect use of ecosystems services and constantly make decisions about ecosystem service trade‐offs, aimed at ensuring their wellbeing in the way they perceive it.
The same ecosystem service could have a different effect on the wellbeing of different users, for instance, depending on their livelihoods, gender, wealth or ethnic group (access, preferences, autonomy, contexts).
Local people’s perception of wellbeing may greatly differ from the results of conventionally used wellbeing and quality of life indicators.
However…
But, ecosystem services research usually neglects the multiple nterpretations and indicators that rural communities use to define their own level of wellbeing.
This is certainly important for communities along the forest‐agriculture nterface, where the access to forest and degree of deforestation affect their livelihoods and perceptions of wellbeing (and viceversa).
Methods
articipatory rural appraisal (PRA)• Local definitions of wellbeing• The indicators that local people use for differentiating
socio‐economic groups
ommunities were placed along a eforestation gradient (Terra‐i).omparison of local indicators
with wellbeing frameworks: MEA,
The study areas on the forest transition curve
High forest coverLow deforestation
High forest coverHigh deforestation
La Pedrera
Pucallpa
Zomba Plateau
La Pedrera, Colombiaulti‐ethnic communities: Makuna, Yukuna, Tanimuca, Miraña, among others.
unting, gathering, fishing, slash and burn subsistence agriculture (cassava).
esources from nature are essential to fulfill their basic needs: food, fuel, onstruction, domestic use, medicine, fodder, cultural and spiritual.
digenous communities organized in Indigenous Reserves with collective roperty rights.
Pucallpa, Perugh deforestation rate due to logging and expansion of palm oil plantations.
pland communities (along the road side): palm oil production, small‐scale griculture, livestock production. Mestizo.
oodplain communities (along the river side): slash and burn agriculture, shing. Mestizo and indigenous.
Zomba, Malawiain‐fed agriculture (subsidised fertilisers).
vestock rearing (among the better‐off).
he worse‐off depend mainly on casual labour (farm and non‐farm), but it is nstable.
Conceptualizations of wellbeingnestar es estar bien en territorio, manteniendo el medio ambiente, en un territorio o sin maltrato alguno.
Borikada
nestar es el bienestar social del medio ambiente, o sea el acoge todo, el medio biente y todo lo que tenga que ver con la naturaleza.
Camaritagua
indicators of wellbeing along the forest transition curve
Deforestation
llennium Ecosystem Assessment framework (MEA)
Comparison to MEA framework
Deforestation
The pies show the % of
Sustainable Livelihoods framework (SLF)
Comparison to SLF framework
Deforestation
The pies show the % of
man Wellbeing Index (in relation to ecosystem services and goods) framework
Comparison to HWBI framework
Deforestation
local conceptualizations fit conventional frameworks?
Traditional knowledge
?
?
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Moving towards trans‐disciplinarity: The emic as starting point of ES research.
Difficult to fit local indicators in existing frameworks.
Challenge: multiscale comparisons of wellbeing.
The use of local indicators will ensure a positive social, economic and political
Conclusions
The way we categorise things influences the way we see things”
000 languages and any different cultures the world represent fferent ways of nowing…
Emanuel Kant
Acknowledgements
ASSETS is part of the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) Initiative, funded by DFID, NERC and ESRC.Research team in Colombia: Daniel Giraldo, Sandra Cardona, Catalina Angel, Lina Gallego and Henry Macuna.Research team in Peru: Cecilia Caffi, Lisseth Vega, Ingrid Gutierrez, Carla Acosta, Madeleine Hancco, Francisco Enocaise and Rafael Urquía.Research team in Malawi: Sophie Mahonya, Miriam Joshua, Clifford Mkanthama, Mphatso Chapotera, Davies Luhanga, Mercy Mapemba, Clifton Kantukule, Trust Office, Robert Mzumara, Monica Gondwe, Eric Mbingwani, Dominic Manchichi, Isaac Kaunda, with logistical support of Dalitso Kafumbata and Sophie Mahonya. Paula Paz, from Terra‐i team at CIAT.
