Social Assessment for Protected Areas (SAPA)
This manual provides detailed guidance for assessing the social impacts – benefits and costs – of protected areas (PAs) and related conservation and development activities, at the local level using the relatively simple and low cost Social Assessment for Protected Areas (SAPA) methodology. SAPA can be used with PAs of any kind, including PAs managed and governed by government agencies, communities and the private sector.
Impact of Protected Areas on Poverty and Human Well-Being
Daniel Brockington, David Wilkie. Protected areas and poverty.Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015; 370 (1681): 20140271 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0271
Guidelines for the Rapid Assessment of Cultural Ecosystem Services (GRACE)
Infield, M., Morse-Jones, S., and Anthem, H. (2015). Guidelines for the Rapid Assessment of Cultural Ecosystem Services (GRACE): Version 1. A report by Fauna & Flora International.
Cultural ecosystem services (CES) and the benefits they provide have long been overlooked in decision making, yet they contribute greatly to human wellbeing.
Talanoa (Meeting House)
Pacific Island leaders through the Pacific Oceanscape Strategy make 'Liaising, Listening, Learning and Leading’ a strategic priority. This section of the portal is intended for knowledge and expertise exchange among the users of the Pacific Islands Protected Area Portal. It is currently still under development, but is proposed to have the following sections in the future:
Use and Misuse of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Management Practices: Pacific Island Examples.
Johannes, R. E. 2003. Use and Misuse of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Management Practices: Pacific Island Examples. Pages 111–126 in D. Dallmeyer, ed. Values at sea: Ethics for the marine environment. University of Georgia Press, Athens.
Traditional Knowledge, Use, and Management of Living Marine Resources in American Samoa: Documenting Changes over Time through Interviews with Elder Fishers
Levine, A. and Sauafea-Leau, F. 2013. Traditional Knowledge, Use, and Management of Living Marine Resources in American Samoa: Documenting Changes over Time through Interviews with Elder Fishers. Pacific Science, vol. 67, no. 3, early view.
Strengthening Conservation Cultures: Local Communities and Biodiversity Conservation
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Singh, S. Sankaran, V. Mander, H. Worah, S. 2000. Strengthening Conservation Cultures: Local Communities and Biodiversity Conservation. Man and the Biosphere Programme, UNESCO, Paris, France.
Rediscovery of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Adaptive Management
Berkes, F. Colding, J. Folke, C. 2000. Rediscovery of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as Adaptive Management. Ecological Applications, Vol 10, No. 5.
Fishers’ Knowledge in Fisheries Science and Management
Haggan, N., Neis, B. Baird, I. G. 2007. Fishers’ Knowledge in Fisheries Science and Management. UNESCO.