Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands

Knowledge coproduction that draws on local and scientific knowledge presents opportunities for more holistic understanding of environmental change. We describe our use of a multiple-evidence based approach to investigate the causes and consequences of environmental change in a community-protected gr...

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Autores principales:	Cara Steger, Girma Nigussie, Michael Alonzo, Bikila Warkineh, Jamon Van Den Hoek, Mekbib Fekadu, Paul H. Evangelista, Julia A. Klein
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Publicado:	Resilience Alliance 2020
Materias:	ecosystem services ethnographic methods land use land cover change remote sensing time series transdisciplinary research Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:219bf30584464ba498cd7d6a2e8b364f2021-12-02T12:29:08ZKnowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands1708-308710.5751/ES-11325-250202https://doaj.org/article/219bf30584464ba498cd7d6a2e8b364f2020-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol25/iss2/art2/https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087Knowledge coproduction that draws on local and scientific knowledge presents opportunities for more holistic understanding of environmental change. We describe our use of a multiple-evidence based approach to investigate the causes and consequences of environmental change in a community-protected grassland and its surrounding landscape in the Ethiopian highlands. We explore the interaction of biophysical change (precipitation and vegetation) and social change (political and management institutions), and discuss potential impacts for ecosystem service provisioning. We quantified current distributions of locally defined land use/cover classes using a supervised classification, with an overall accuracy of 87.1%. Local community members then described and ranked the ecosystem services associated with each land class according to their perceived importance for society. Vegetation and precipitation changes were assessed using satellite time series beginning in the early 1980s, while local narratives describe changes back to the 1970s. The knowledge coproduction process brought together ethnographic and remote sensing approaches, revealing both complementary and contradictory findings across knowledge systems. Results with high agreement across knowledge systems clarify and reinforce understanding of certain threats and changes to the area, such as the rapidly declining native forests, the disappearing belg rainy season (p = 0.01), and the impact of insecure land tenure on natural resource extraction. Compelling areas of disagreement point to topics in need of further investigation, including increased attention to the spatial and temporal variability of change across a seemingly homogeneous cultural landscape, and the process of shrub encroachment into the protected grassland.Cara StegerGirma NigussieMichael AlonzoBikila WarkinehJamon Van Den HoekMekbib FekaduPaul H. EvangelistaJulia A. KleinResilience Alliancearticleecosystem servicesethnographic methodsland use land cover changeremote sensing time seriestransdisciplinary researchBiology (General)QH301-705.5EcologyQH540-549.5ENEcology and Society, Vol 25, Iss 2, p 2 (2020)
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topic	ecosystem services ethnographic methods land use land cover change remote sensing time series transdisciplinary research Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	ecosystem services ethnographic methods land use land cover change remote sensing time series transdisciplinary research Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 Cara Steger Girma Nigussie Michael Alonzo Bikila Warkineh Jamon Van Den Hoek Mekbib Fekadu Paul H. Evangelista Julia A. Klein Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands
description	Knowledge coproduction that draws on local and scientific knowledge presents opportunities for more holistic understanding of environmental change. We describe our use of a multiple-evidence based approach to investigate the causes and consequences of environmental change in a community-protected grassland and its surrounding landscape in the Ethiopian highlands. We explore the interaction of biophysical change (precipitation and vegetation) and social change (political and management institutions), and discuss potential impacts for ecosystem service provisioning. We quantified current distributions of locally defined land use/cover classes using a supervised classification, with an overall accuracy of 87.1%. Local community members then described and ranked the ecosystem services associated with each land class according to their perceived importance for society. Vegetation and precipitation changes were assessed using satellite time series beginning in the early 1980s, while local narratives describe changes back to the 1970s. The knowledge coproduction process brought together ethnographic and remote sensing approaches, revealing both complementary and contradictory findings across knowledge systems. Results with high agreement across knowledge systems clarify and reinforce understanding of certain threats and changes to the area, such as the rapidly declining native forests, the disappearing belg rainy season (p = 0.01), and the impact of insecure land tenure on natural resource extraction. Compelling areas of disagreement point to topics in need of further investigation, including increased attention to the spatial and temporal variability of change across a seemingly homogeneous cultural landscape, and the process of shrub encroachment into the protected grassland.
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author	Cara Steger Girma Nigussie Michael Alonzo Bikila Warkineh Jamon Van Den Hoek Mekbib Fekadu Paul H. Evangelista Julia A. Klein
author_facet	Cara Steger Girma Nigussie Michael Alonzo Bikila Warkineh Jamon Van Den Hoek Mekbib Fekadu Paul H. Evangelista Julia A. Klein
author_sort	Cara Steger
title	Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands
title_short	Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands
title_full	Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands
title_fullStr	Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands
title_full_unstemmed	Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands
title_sort	knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the ethiopian highlands
publisher	Resilience Alliance
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/219bf30584464ba498cd7d6a2e8b364f
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Knowledge coproduction improves understanding of environmental change in the Ethiopian highlands

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