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Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol. 5 Understanding the Multiple Values associated with Sustainable Use in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS) 2 019 Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol. 5 Understanding the multiple values associated with sustainable use in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol. 5 i Citation UNU-IAS and IGES (eds.) 2019, Understanding the multiple values associated with sustainable use in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol. 5), United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Tokyo. © United Nations University ISBN (Print): 978-92-808-4645-4 ISBN (E-version): 978-92-808-4596-9 Editors Suneetha M. Subramanian Evonne Yiu Rajarshi Dasgupta Yasuo Takahashi Editorial support Hideyuki Kubo Maiko Nishi Raffaela Kozar William Dunbar Kanako Yoshino English proofreading Susan Yoshimura Design/Printing Xpress Print Pte Ltd Cover photo credits (From top to bottom): Fundación Semillas de Vida, Armin Hirche, Siddharth Edake, Noreen Dianne S. Alazada, Vision Way Communication Co., Ltd Satoyama Initiative The Satoyama Initiative is a global effort, first proposed jointly by the United Nations University and the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ), to realize “societies in harmony with nature” and contribute to biodiversity conservation through the revitalization and sustainable management of “socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes” (SEPLS). The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) serves as the Secretariat of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI). The activities of the IPSI Secretariat are made possible through the financial contribution of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. UNU-IAS The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) is a leading research and teaching institute based in Tokyo, Japan. Its mission is to advance efforts towards a more sustainable future, through policy-relevant research and capacity development focused on sustainability and its social, economic and environmental dimensions. UNU-IAS serves the international community, making valuable and innovative contributions to high-level policymaking and debates within the UN system. The activities of the institute are in three thematic areas: sustainable societies, natural capital and biodiversity, and global change and resilience. IGES The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) was established in March 1998 under an initiative of the Japanese government and with the support of Kanagawa Prefecture. The aim of the Institute is to achieve a new paradigm for civilization and conduct innovative policy development and strategic research for environmental measures, reflecting the results of research into political decisions for realising sustainable development both in the Asia-Pacific region and globally. The Institute will tackle fundamental challenges to human society, and to redefine the values and value systems of our present societies that have resulted in the global environmental crisis, in order to create new ways of conducting activities and a new paradigm for civilization. ii Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol. 5 Table of contents Foreword iv Preface vi Chapter 1. How multiple values influence decisions on sustainable use in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) Suneetha M. Subramanian, Evonne Yiu, Rajarshi Dasgupta, Yasuo Takahashi 1 Chapter 2. Recognising the local values of coastal wetland biodiversity for sustainable economic and livelihood development at Résidences La Chaux ‘Barachois’, Mauritius Estelle Déja, Devon Dublin, Yoji Natori, Yasuo Takahashi 16 Chapter 3. Framing cultural ecosystem services in the Andes: Utawallu as sentinels of values for biocultural heritage conservation Fausto O. Sarmiento, César Cotacachi 31 Chapter 4. Empowering communities for natural resource management: the case of Community Resource Management Areas (CREMA) in Western Ghana Yaw Osei-Owusu, Abigail Frimpong 47 Chapter 5. The San Antonio Forest Key Biodiversity Area Governance Scheme: collective construction based on differences Andrés Quintero-Ángel, Sebastian Orjuela-Salazar, Sara Catalina Rodríguez-Díaz, Martha Liliana Silva, Luz Amparo Rivas–Arroyo, Álvaro Castro, Mauricio Quintero-Ángel 57 Chapter 6. Landrace maize diversity in milpa: a socio-ecological production landscape in Soteapan, Santa Marta Mountains, Veracruz, Mexico Adelita San Vicente Tello, Malin Jönsson 73 Chapter 7. Enhancing communication and co-learning in socio-ecological landscape management through elicitation of local communities’ visions and values Emilio R. Díaz-Varela, César A. Blanco-Arias, Beatriz Rodríguez-Morales, Ramón A. Díaz-Varela 85 Chapter 8. “The Sundarbans is our mind”: An exploration into multiple values of nature in conversation with traditional resource users Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir, Md. Shah Paran, Mostafa Walid Pasha 97 Chapter 9. Towards an integrated multi-stakeholder landscape approach to reconciling values and enhancing synergies: a case study in Taiwan Kuang-Chung Lee, Polina G. Karimova, Shao-Yu Yan 118 Chapter 10. Direct use values and nutritional potential of selected wild edible plants from Teso-Karamoja Region, Uganda Samuel Ojelel, James Kalema, Esther Katuura, Esezah K. Kakudidi, Mary Namaganda, Patrick Mucunguzi 136 Chapter 11. Re(Connecting) with the Ifugao Rice Terraces as a socio-ecological production landscape through youth capacity building and exchange programs: A conservation and sustainable development approach Joane V. Serrano, Aurora V. Lacaste, Janele Ann C. Belegal, Consuelo dL. Habito, Mark Anthony F. Rabena, Francis Mark Dioscoro R. Fellizar, Sherry B. Marasigan, Inocencio E. Buot, Jr., Noreen Dianne S. Alazada, Thaddeus P. Lawas, Marissa P. Bulong, Eulalie D. Dulnuan, Martina B. Labhat, Elpidio Basilio, Jr., Romeo A. Gomez, Jr., Melanie Subilla, Von Kevin B. Alag 149 Chapter 12. Mainstreaming Community-Conserved Areas (CCAs) for biodiversity conservation in SEPLS - A case study from Nagaland, India Siddharth Edake, Pia Sethi, Yatish Lele 169 List of Authors 180 Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol. 5 iii Foreword Research led by UNU-IAS has been contributing to the understanding of sustainable use of biodiversity for many years, in particular related to resource-management approaches at the landscape level. In all of our work, we have tried to better understand and communicate the value of biodiversity, both in terms of monetary value and other, less tangible, kinds of value. Our work has consistently shown that these multiple values can be derived from conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity through the concept of “socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes” (SEPLS), with both social and ecological components contributing to sustainable ecosystems and human livelihoods. UNU-IAS has worked closely with the Ministry of the Environment of Japan in the development of the Satoyama Initiative, a global effort to realize “societies in harmony with nature,” focusing on the revitalization and sustainable management of landscapes and seascapes towards well-managed SEPLS. We have hosted the Secretariat of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI) since its establishment at the Tenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 10) in Aichi, Nagoya, Japan in 2010. In this role we coordinate the efforts of partners across the globe toward biodiversity conservation through integrated and holistic landscape and seascape management approaches, with mutual benefits for biodiversity and livelihoods. As IPSI’s membership has grown to 258 organizations, it has accumulated a wide range of knowledge and experience, and many members are now working collaboratively for better management of SEPLS in various settings around the world. The case studies presented in this fifth volume of the Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review highlight how the concept of SEPLS, implemented in different spatial, cultural, and administrative contexts, can contribute to understanding of the multiple values of nature, and thereby improve biodiversity conservation through sustainable use. The objective will allow synthesizing knowledge relevant to a wide set of audiences including the ''Methodological assessment regarding the diverse conceptualization of multiple values of nature and its contributions including biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services'' currently being prepared by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). I am confident that this volume will provide inspiration and useful knowledge for practitioners, policymakers, and scientists, and that the activities described will make broader contributions to the knowledge base of IPBES, as well as conservation efforts including the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and other ongoing policy processes. Prof. Kazuhiko Takemoto Director, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability iv Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol. 5 Foreword People value nature in many different ways, and the continued degradation of landscapes and seascapes have negatively impacted many key contributions of nature to people’s quality of life. A key challenge
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    COTINGA 1 Neotropical News Neotropical News Brazilian Merganser in Argentina: If the survey’s results reflect the true going, going … status of Mergus octosetaceus in Argentina then there is grave cause for concern — local An expedition (Pato Serrucho ’93) aimed extinction, as in neighbouring Paraguay, at discovering the current status of the seems inevitable. Brazilian Merganser Mergus octosetaceus in Misiones Province, northern Argentina, During the expedition a number of sub­ has just returned to the U.K. Mergus tropical forest sites were surveyed for birds octosetaceus is one of the world’s rarest — other threatened species recorded during species of wildfowl, with a population now this period included: Black-fronted Piping- estimated to be less than 250 individuals guan Pipile jacutinga, Vinaceous Amazon occurring in just three populations, one in Amazona vinacea, Helmeted Woodpecker northern Argentina, the other two in south- Dryocopus galeatus, White-bearded central Brazil. Antshrike Biata s nigropectus, and São Paulo Tyrannulet Phylloscartes paulistus. Three conservation biologists from the U.K. and three South American counter­ PHIL BENSTEAD parts surveyed c.450 km of white-water riv­ Beaver House, Norwich Road, Reepham, ers and streams using an inflatable boat. Norwich, NR10 4JN, U.K. Despite exhaustive searching only one bird was located in an area peripheral to the species’s historical stronghold. Former core Black-breasted Puffleg found: extant areas (and incidently those with the most but seriously threatened. protection) for this species appear to have been adversely affected by the the Urugua- The Black-breasted Puffleg Eriocnemis í dam, which in 1989 flooded c.80 km of the nigrivestis has been recorded from just two Río Urugua-í.