Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 002 003 Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 I Citation UNU-IAS and IGES (eds.) 2015, Enhancing knowledge for better management of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) (Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1), United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Tokyo. © United Nations University ISBN (Hardcopy) 978-92-808-4561-7 ISBN (eBook) 978-92-808-4562-4 Editorial team Suneetha M. Subramanian Kaoru Ichikawa Ayako Kawai Editorial secretariat Ikuko Matsumoto Caecilia Manago William Dunbar Cover photo credits Top left: Ecosystem Conservation Society-Japan Second from bottom: Susanne Kopf 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 IPSI, an international partnership of organizations working to realize the vision of the Satoyama Initiative. 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.1 Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 III Table of contents Foreword Ⅵ Preface Ⅷ Chapter 1. Enhancing knowledge for better management of socio-ecological production 001 landscapes and seascapes: appropriate tools and approaches for effective action Suneetha M. Subramanian, Kaoru Ichikawa, Ayako Kawai Listening to and presenting community perspectives on SEPLS 009 Chapter 2. Community-based monitoring and information systems as 010 an emerging toolkit to improve management of SEPLS Maurizio Farhan Ferrari, Caroline de Jong Chapter 3. Historical changes of co-management and biodiversity of community forests: 017 A case study from S village of Dong minority in China, 1950-2010 Minghui Zhang, Boya Liu, Jinlong Liu Chapter 4. Socio-ecological linkages in Japan’s Urato Islands 029 Akane Minohara, Robert Blasiak Learning from experiences in SEPLS 037 Chapter 5. Promoting resilience of socio-ecological production landscapes 038 and seascapes in the Datça-Bozburun Peninsula, Turkey Gregory Mock, Diana Salvemini, Nick Remple IV Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 Chapter 6. Raising and planting native tree seedlings in 046 local community of Aichi Prefecture, Japan Hitomi Horie Chapter 7. The importance of the Farmers Field School approach: 053 A case study - Farmers Field School practical training programs, Vietnam Kien To Dang Chapter 8. Landscape conservation in the Black Forest, Germany 062 Marie Kaerlein, Bernd Blümlein, Susanne Kopf Measuring multidimensional aspects of SEPLS 069 Chapter 9. Enhancing knowledge of socio-ecological production 070 landscapes and seascapes in Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga Stuart Chape, James Atherton, Jacob Salcone, Amanda Wheatley Chapter10. Socio-ecological production landscape definition and issues assessment 079 – a case of Uganda’s drylands William Olupot Chapter11. Converting pests into allies in tea farming - a SEPL case in Hualien, Taiwan 090 Jung-Tai Chao, Ling-Ling Lee Chapter12. Assessing farmers’ perceptions of resilience of socio-ecological 096 production landscapes in central and eastern Kenya Yasuyuki Morimoto, Patrick Maundu, Dunja Mijatovic, Nadia Bergamini, Pablo Eyzaguirre Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 V Foreword Through my work in recent years at my own Committee in Ghana and with the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative (IPSI), I have seen the continuing global trends of growing population and food demand, urban development and intensive management of farmland. At the same time, loss of biodiversity is ongoing, and the ecosystem services on which human well-being depend are threatened. With this in mind, it has become more vital to gather and analyze knowledge on the roles that all forms of ecosystem management can play in conservation, including what we call “socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS)”. If creating harmonious relationships between the natural environment and human production activities in the landscape is the goal, it will require us to make full use of all kinds of knowledge held by diverse people, from scholars to practitioners working on the ground to the stewards of indigenous and local knowledge. I am therefore very pleased to see the progress that IPSI is making in collecting and synthesizing case studies from its member organizations. Eleven of these cases have been compiled here, with an emphasis on tools and approaches to enhance knowledge for the better management of SEPLS. These case studies provide key lessons learned from on-the-ground activities, and also offer policy recommendations to develop local capacity for the management of SEPLS, their revitalization and maintenance. This is the first volume in a publication series, and insights from this and future volumes should not only provide concrete and practical knowledge to contribute to issues such as sustainable farming, livelihood improvement, biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of natural resource, but also contribute to the achievement of the Biodiversity Strategic Goals C and D, the Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 to 16 and the new Sustainable Development Goals. I look forward to future developments in this project, and to seeing insights contained in this series impact IPBES and other global policymaking processes. Prof. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah Chair, Ghana National Biodiversity Committee VI Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 Foreword The United Nations University has long been working with the international community as we try to resolve pressing global problems of development and human well-being. Our institute works closely with the Ministry of the Environment of Japan in the development of the Satoyama Initiative, and 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 in 2010. Five years have now passed, and the partnership’s development has been remarkable, with its membership having grown to 172 diverse organizations and its influence also growing steadily at an international scale. Throughout the evolution of the IPSI partnership, knowledge sharing, including the collection and analysis of case studies, has been one of the key pillars of our activities. The Secretariat has published and shared more than 80 case studies on the IPSI website, and these provide a wide range of knowledge about the contributions of sustainably-managed socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) toward biodiversity conservation and human well-being. I am pleased to oversee this new publication series featuring thematic reviews of these case studies. The knowledge contained here, based on IPSI’s partners’ experiences in the field, seeks a deeper and more focused understanding of SEPLS and their benefits for linking local practices, science and policy. In addition to the IPSI members, I welcome the contribution from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in creating this publication. Thanks to their hard work, this publication represents another step forward in global recognition and understanding of SEPLS, and a positive development for international policy-making processes and our institute’s mission in contributing to the field of sustainability. Dr. Kazuhiko Takemoto Director, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Secretariat of the International Partnership for the Satoyama Initiative Satoyama Initiative Thematic Review vol.1 VII Preface The Satoyama Initiative