Local Ecological Knowledge, Ecosystem Services and Resilience to Climate Change

in Pacific Islands: Relevance to Forest Conservation in Bangladesh

Quazi S.A., Ticktin T., Jupiter S., Friedlander A., Bremer L.L., Mandle L., Trauernicht C., Pascua P., McMillen H.L., Burnett K., Wada C., Kurashima N., Giambelluca T.,

Chock P., R. Dacks, M. Tora, A. McGuigan, Z. Hastings, A. Naikatini, Winter K., Bremer L., Geslani C., Depraetere T., Wolkis D., Edmonds M.

January 10, 2018 Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Resilience

How do coastal communities cope with environmental change?

© 2013 Mahfuzul Hasan Bhuiyan/World Bank

Local, place-based knowledge plays key role in maintaining ecological stability in extreme events

©Winston Welborn

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Place-based knowledge matters because climate change will affect

different places differently

Courtesy Tom Giambelluca

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Understanding and modeling terrestrial-marine links in social-

ecological systems on Pacific Islands

Kubulau, Fiji Ka'ūpūlehu, Hawai'i Island Ha'ena, Kaua‘i Island

1. Biocultural Drivers of Resilience in Fiji 2. Modeling Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Fiji and Hawai‘i

1. Biocultural Drivers of Resilience in Fiji

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Modeling Resilience and Ecosystem Services in Hawai’i

Applications for Bangladesh: Khasia community of Sylhet

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Relevant problems in forest areas? Loss of TEK and conversion to inappropriate landuse

www.grandsultanresort.com

Thank you!

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This slide is made possible by the support of American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents are the sole responsibility of the presenter and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States government.

shimona.quazi@gmail.com

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Bremer L.L., Mandle L., Trauernicht C., Pascua P., McMillen H.L., Burnett K., Wada C., Kurashima N., Quazi S.A., Giambelluca T., Chock P., Ticktin T. In press, Ecology and Society. Bringing multiple values to the table: Assessing future land-use and climate change in North Kona, Hawai'i.

Ticktin, T, Quazi S., R. Dacks, M. Tora, A. McGuigan, Z. Hastings, A. Naikatini. Submitted. A potential win-win: Biodiversity conservation and community resilience in Pacific Island lowland forests.

Burnett, K., Ticktin T., Winter K., Bremer L., Quazi S., Geslani C., Wada C, Kurashima N., Mandle L., Pascua P., Depraetere T., Wolkis D., Edmonds M., Giambelluca T. Submitted. Restoring to the future: Environmental, cultural and economic trade-offs in historical versus hybrid restoration of a novel ecosystem.

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Summary of Resilience and Ecosystem Services Studies

for the Pacific

• Climate change will affect different places differently

• Place-based, traditional resource management practices have important contributions to community resilience

• LEK is key to building adaptive capacity in Pacific Islands

• Foster community resilience to help conserve biodiversity!

• ES-based models especially useful if Cultural ES can be included

• Is this true for other types of coastal or forest systems in the world?

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Can these projects translate to the context of Bangladesh?

Bangladesh Pacific (Fiji) Diverse indigenous cultures Common indigenous cultures per land mass Deltaic Small islands Larger, flatter land mass Smaller, steeper land mass Ecological consequences buffered over Ecological consequences immediately distance (distal effects) seen (proximal effects)

Complex social networks Strong role of organized religion/ spirituality Fatalistic views? Traditions of community workdays/ help? Governance/ role of local politics?

A typical site and data set for Hawaii

A typical site and methodology for Fiji

Field methods