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The Role of Ecosystem Services from Tropical Savannas in Well-Being of Aboriginal People: a Scoping Study The role of ecosystem services from tropical savannas in well-being of Aboriginal people: A scoping study A report for the Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre Kamaljit Kaur School of Business, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811 ISBN 1 920949 33 X (Hardcopy) ISBN 1 920949 34 8 (Online Copy) This work is subject to copyright. The reproduction in whole or in part for study or training purposes is granted subject to inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. The Copyright Act 1968 governs any other reproduction of this document. This publication is available online from the Tropical Savannas CRC website: www.savanna.cdu.edu.au/publications/ecosystem_services.html Suggested citation for this publication: Kaur, K. (2006) The role of ecosystem services from tropical savannas in the well-being of Aboriginal people: A scoping study. A report for the Tropical Savannas Cooperative Research Centre, Darwin, NT. For more information on the Tropical Savannas CRC contact: Dr Peter Jacklyn, Communication Coordinator Charles Darwin University Darwin NT 0909 Tel: (08) 8946 6285 Fax: (08) 8946 7107 Email: [email protected] Website: www.savanna.cdu.edu.au Photos in Appendix 2 provided by Associate Professor Owen Stanley, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD (unless otherwise as source indicated). Photos in figures 1.6 and 1.14, and of Aboriginal dance in Appendix 2 are courtesy of Central Art and of Aboriginal Tourism Australia, respectively. Table of contents Preface ..................................................................................................................................... iv Major outcomes and directions for future research ................................................................... v Future research ......................................................................................................................... v The list of Abbreviation and Acronyms..................................................................................... vi Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. vi Research outreach .................................................................................................................. vii Research papers from this project:......................................................................................................vii Presentations.......................................................................................................................................vii Other journal papers ............................................................................................................................vii Chapter 1. Ecosystem services.................................................................................... 1 Aim........................................................................................................................................................ 1 Chapter plan ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction: Savannas........................................................................................................1 1.2 Land use..............................................................................................................................3 1.2.1 Externalities of current land uses ................................................................................................ 4 1.2.2 Modern and traditional land management practices ................................................................... 4 1.3 Important ecosystem services offered by savannas............................................................5 1.3.1 Provisional services..........................................................................................................5 1.3.1.1 Food.......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3.1.2 Plant medicine .......................................................................................................................... 7 1.3.1.3 Wood (timber, fuel wood and bark) .......................................................................................... 9 1.3.1.4 Minerals .................................................................................................................................. 10 1.3.1.5 Water ...................................................................................................................................... 11 1.3.1.6 Recreation .............................................................................................................................. 12 1.3.2 Cultural services.............................................................................................................12 1.3.3 Regulating and supporting services ...............................................................................12 1.3.3.1 Biodiversity: ............................................................................................................................ 12 1.3.3.2 Soil stability............................................................................................................................. 12 1.3.3.3 Reef protection ....................................................................................................................... 14 1.3.3.4 Hydrological balance .............................................................................................................. 14 1.3.3.5 Climate stability (C sequestration).......................................................................................... 15 1.4 The current status and human use of various ecosystem services...................................15 1.5 Conclusion.........................................................................................................................18 Key message ...................................................................................................................................... 18 Chapter 2. Role of ecosystem services in human well-being................................. 19 Aim...................................................................................................................................................... 19 Chapter plan ....................................................................................................................................... 19 2.1 Concept of well-being- definition .......................................................................................19 2.1.1 Modern/applied socio-economic concept .................................................................................. 20 2.1.2 Socio-economic-ecological concept of human well-being......................................................... 22 2.2 Adopting socio-economic-ecological concept....................................................................24 2.2.1 Socio-economic aspects of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities.................................. 24 ii 2.2.2 Savannas: attributes of well-being and their linkage with ecosystem services......................... 28 2.3 A model of the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems services .........34 2.4 Evidences of linkages between ecosystem services and Aboriginal well-being................36 2.5 Conclusion.........................................................................................................................37 Key message ...................................................................................................................................... 40 Chapter 3. Methods ..................................................................................................... 41 Aim...................................................................................................................................................... 41 Chapter Plan....................................................................................................................................... 41 3.1 Introduction........................................................................................................................41 3.2 Measures of well-being .....................................................................................................41 3.2.1 Socio-economic indicators......................................................................................................... 41 3.2.2 Other measures in particular Savanna health concept ............................................................. 43 3.3 Limitations of socio-economic measures and savanna concept .......................................43 3.3.1 Limitations of socio-economic measures of human well-being ................................................. 43 3.3.2. Limitations of Savanna health concept, in particular for Aboriginal group ............................... 43 3.3.3 Overall drawbacks of above-mentioned methods ..................................................................... 45 3.4 Proposed list of attributes..................................................................................................45 3.4.1 Practical issues to measure well-being for remote communities in savannas .......................... 45 3.5 Overall approach to measure ecosystem services and their value in people’ lives...........47 3.5.1 Proposed
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