The ecosystem commons

Kahui, Viktoria; Cullinane, Annabelle

doi:10.20417/nzjecol.43.28

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“…Further, the world scientists' warnings to humanity in 1992 (Union of Concerned Scientists 1992) and 2017 (Ripple et al 2017) have been a clarion call for a 'great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it' (Union of Concerned Scientists 1992) and for urgently needed alternatives to 'business as usual'. Finlayson et al (2019) responded to the world scientists' second warning by identifying specific actions to stem wetland loss and degradation while responding to climate change, and further noted the importance of considering the input and knowledge of Indigenous peoples and local communities, who often have a particularly close relationship with local wetlands and other ecosystems (Kimmerer 2013;Demos 2016;Hillebrecht and Berros 2017;Studley 2019;Studley and Bleisch 2018;Kahui and Cullinane 2019).…”

Section: Global Framework Policy and Action Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands

Davies

Finlayson

Pritchard

et al. 2021

Mar. Freshwater Res.

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The rights of Nature, a concept recognised by several courts, legislatures and international governance institutions, is being promoted by some non-governmental organisations, scientists, attorneys, Indigenous peoples, local communities, and others. In this article we propose a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands, consistent with the 1982 World Charter for Nature. Recognition of these rights supports the provision of ecosystem services essential to human well-being and to other life on Earth. Further, such rights could reinforce efforts to reduce wetland loss and deterioration, thereby slowing climate destabilisation and biodiversity declines. Because world scientists have warned that biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and climate destabilisation, which intensify wetland loss, constitute global emergencies, new approaches are required to ensure that wetlands are protected and their benefits to people sustained. The proposed Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands states that wetlands possess rights to: exist; their ecologically determined location in the landscape; natural, connected and sustainable hydrological regimes; ecologically sustainable climatic conditions; naturally occurring biodiversity; regeneration and restoration; integrity of structure, function and evolutionary processes; fulfil natural ecological roles in the Earth’s processes; and be free from pollution and degradation. Recognition of these rights is seen as an essential step in efforts to stop wetland loss and deterioration.

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Section: Global Framework Policy and Action Responsementioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands

Davies

Finlayson

Pritchard

et al. 2021

Mar. Freshwater Res.

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“…To some extent the knowledge will be combined with science to ensure the most beneficial adjustments are made for efficient and sustainable future environmental management. This is recommended as the way forward for future environmental management in the climate change era we are now currently experiencing and will change our lived realities (Carter 2008a;Kahui & Cullinane 2019;Reihana et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

He korowai o Matainaka / The cloak of Matainaka: Traditional ecological knowledge in climate change adaptation – Te Wai Pounamu, New Zealand

Carter¹

2019

NZJE

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Auheke: Ko ngā mahinga kai o ngā whenua puta noa i whakaingoatia, kia mōhio tōtika ai he aha ēnei taonga, kei hea, ā, nā wai. Ka tuituia ēnei ingoa ki nga tātai mātauranga taiao, hei whakarangatira ia iwi, ia hapū, ia whānau hoki. I ara ake tēnei tuhituhinga mai tētahi mahi rangahau mo ngā wāhi mahi inaka o Kāi Tahu i ngā tau kua pahure. Ko te awa o Waikōuaiti, o roto o te rohe o te Rūnaka o Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki, te wāhi i mahia ai tēnei mahi. Na rātou ngā kōrero, me te mōhiotanga e pā ana ki te īnaka; ka tiritiria ki to te mātauranga Pākeha, kia kitea ai mehemea he hua ka puta mai hei tiaki i ngā kōhanga o te inaka mo āke tonu atu.Abstract: In the New Zealand landscape, the mahika kai sites (resource gathering areas) are marked through place names, which act as central reference points (whai take) for a wider ecosystem catchment area and indicate changes over time. The traditional ecological knowledge, awakened through place names, informs and influences the way Māori realise cultural, social, environmental, and economic aspirations and practices (past and present). This paper will draw from a research project in Te Wai Pounamu (South Island), New Zealand that utilises traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) surrounding the place name, Matainaka, which indicate places where Kāi Tahu (South Island Māori tribal group) gathered whitebait (īnaka, Galaxias maculatus): an important fresh water species. A major focus of the research project is the knowledge around socio-cultural tipping points that will impact directly on the future cultural, social and economic sustainability within a specific catchment location, the Waikōuaiti River. The river has spawning and fishing sites for the īnaka mahika kai and comes under the mana whenua (recognised traditional authority) of the Māori tribal group, Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki. Traditional ecological knowledge kōrero (speech) explains the importance of Matainaka and its contribution to the surrounding catchment area, and -in contemporary times -works alongside that of scientific knowledge. The project merged TEK and science to find ways to improve future planning and adaptation for habitat restoration and modification, and to lessen impacts on īnaka spawning sites from the expected impacts of climate change.

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“…Using this viewpoint, te ao Māori provides a different lens to enhance ecosystem management. Kahui et al (2019) discuss how assigning legal personhood status to a natural ecosystem aligns with how Māori view themselves as an integral part of the ecosystem, rather than being separate from it. Legal personhood provides a governance framework such that activities of exploitation must be evaluated against impacts on the ecological health of the system as a whole.…”

Section: Understanding Ecosystems Through Te Ao Māorimentioning

confidence: 99%

Kua takoto te mānuka: mātauranga Māori in New Zealand ecology

McAllister¹,

Beggs²,

Ogilvie³

et al. 2020

NZJE

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Mō te whakarauora i te taiao o Aotearoa me whakaū, me whakamana i te mātauranga o te hunga Māori. Nō nā tata nei, tē kitea i tēnei momo mātauranga ki ngā mahi pūtaiao, ngā mahi whakarauora taiao hoki o Aotearoa whānui. Mā te mahitahi ki ngā whānau, hapū me ngā iwi o te hunga Māori, ka kitea te huanga o ēnei aho mātauranga mo te oranga tonutanga o te hunga tangata me te taiao. Tekau mā toru ngā tuhinga kua whakakao mai mō tēnei whakaputanga. Mā ngā tuhinga o tēnei whakaputanga e whakatauira i ngā momo ara taunaki i te whanaungatanga o te hunga Māori me te hunga pūtaiao. Waihoki, hei whakapūmau i te mātauranga o te Māori ki tēnei whakaputanga, kua tuhia ngā auheke mo ia tuhinga roa ki te reo Māori. Ka mutu, mā ēnei tuhinga e mirimiri i te hirikapo hei whakaoho i ngā mahi rangahau mo ngā mahi pūtaiao ā-Māori nei. Ko te pae tawhiti o tēnei whakaputanga he whakapātaritari i te hunga mātai hauropi ki te taunaki i te mātauranga Māori. Mā te whakaora i te whanaungatanga ki waenga i te iwi Māori ka ora ngā ōhaki o te iwi Māori, waihoki, te taiao o Aotearoa whānui.

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The ecosystem commons

Cited by 10 publications

References 19 publications

Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands

Towards a Universal Declaration of the Rights of Wetlands

He korowai o Matainaka / The cloak of Matainaka: Traditional ecological knowledge in climate change adaptation – Te Wai Pounamu, New Zealand

Kua takoto te mānuka: mātauranga Māori in New Zealand ecology

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