Five culturally protected water body practices in Fiji: Current status and contemporary displacement challenges

Vave, Ron

doi:10.1007/s13280-021-01620-z

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“…The quantitative criteria used in our case study also limited the inclusion of many lessons reported by Pacific authors on the importance of Indigenous knowledge for managing small‐scale fisheries (Benyei et al., 2020 ; Kakuma & Kitolelei, 2018 ; Vave, 2022 ; Veitayaki, 2000 , 2002 ; Veitayaki et al., 2004 ) and hence furthering SDG 11.4 (strengthening efforts to protect and safeguard the world's cultural heritage). For example, Veitayaki ( 2002 ) presents the knowledge, wisdom, and experiences of Indigenous Fijian communities that relate to sustainable resource management, including fisheries.…”

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“…Although the structure of information by Veitayaki ( 2002 ) made it difficult to include in our analyses, it nevertheless provides evidence of how local marine management in the region is tightly bound to local customs; hence, supporting one should support the other. Likewise, Vave ( 2022 ) outlined how the central tenet of community‐based natural resource management in the Pacific is that it is part of Indigenous culture and tradition. In many circumstances, formal co‐management arrangements are developed from existing local and customary tenure, thereby supporting SDG 11.4.…”

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Linking small‐scale fisheries co‐management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Smallhorn‐West

Cohen

Phillips

et al. 2022

Conservation Biology

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Small‐scale fisheries account for 90% of global fishers and 40% of the global catch. Effectively managing small‐scale fisheries is, therefore, crucial to progressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Co‐management and community‐based fisheries management are widely considered the most appropriate forms of governance for many small‐scale fisheries. We outlined relationships between small‐scale fisheries co‐management and attainment of the SDGs, including evidence for impacts and gaps in dominant logic. We identified 11 targets across five SDGs to which small‐scale fisheries co‐management (including community‐based fisheries management) can contribute; the theory of change by which these contributions could be achieved; and the strength of evidence for progress toward SDG targets related to various co‐management strategies. Our theory of change links the 11 SDG targets by qualifying that progress toward some targets is contingent on others being achieved first. We then reviewed 58 case studies of co‐management impacts from the Pacific Islands––a region rich in local marine governance––to evaluate evidence of where, to what degree, and with how much certainty different co‐management strategies conferred positive impacts to each SDG target. These strategies included access restrictions, permanent area closures, periodic closures, and gear and species restrictions. Although many studies provide evidence linking multiple co‐management strategies to improvements in resource status (SDG 14.4), there was limited evidence of follow‐on effects, such as improvements in catch (SDG 2.3, 2.4), livelihoods (SDG 1.2), consumption (SDG 2.1), and nutrition (SDG 2.2). Our findings suggest that leaps of logic and assumptions are prevalent in co‐management planning and evaluation. Hence, when evaluating co‐management impacts against the SDGs, consideration of ultimate goals is required, otherwise, there is a risk of shortfalls between aspirations and impact.

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Linking small‐scale fisheries co‐management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Smallhorn‐West

Cohen

Phillips

et al. 2022

Conservation Biology

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“…This LMMA was discontinued after three years, its unsuccessful due to the lack of awareness on the proper local monitoring. Customary laws that govern fishing in Qoma include the practice of village rituals, respect for people's relationship with the sea, village/clan identification using totem fish 1 , and the declaration of sacred fishing grounds (Vave, 2022).…”

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Spatial use of marine resources in a rural village: A case study from Qoma, Fiji

Kitolelei

Lowry²,

Qaqara³

et al. 2022

Front. Mar. Sci.

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Understanding the value of fishers’ Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge (ITK) and of fishers’ spatial use of customary fishing grounds is an important contributing factor to marine resource management. This study investigates and documents ITK of marine resources and the associated spatial knowledge of fishing areas in Qoma, a rural fishing village in Fiji. Using a sex-generational lens, our research combines theory and methods from Participatory Geographic Information Systems and ethnography. We document how fishermen and fisherwomen use geographic space in their traditional fishing grounds showing changes in the areas they travel to and fish. Targeted marine resources and knowledge of those resources differ between fishermen and fisherwomen, reflecting the traditional roles of men and women within Indigenous Fijian (iTaukei) culture. Fishermen and fisherwomen of ≥60 years have a richer knowledge of marine resources than younger fishers (men and women), measured by the number of unique species they could identify or describe using local taxonomic classification. Our ethnography findings highlight the importance of maintaining this ITK to preserve marine resources of significance for future generations. Our study concludes with insights into three knowledge gaps; the spatial use of traditional fishing grounds by fishermen and fisherwomen (including a statistical analysis and map), generational differences in fisher knowledge, and the distinctive differences in fishermen’s and fisherwomen’s ITK of fishing. This study also discusses how these three key insights when combined can contribute to improved local fisheries resource management.

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Food Insecurity in the Global South: Food System Challenges

Evivie,

Owolabi,

Ogunmayowa

2024

Food Safety and Quality in the Global South

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Five culturally protected water body practices in Fiji: Current status and contemporary displacement challenges

Cited by 9 publications

References 22 publications

Linking small‐scale fisheries co‐management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Linking small‐scale fisheries co‐management to U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Spatial use of marine resources in a rural village: A case study from Qoma, Fiji

Food Insecurity in the Global South: Food System Challenges

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