Holomua Marine Initiative
Community-generated socio-cultural principles and indicators for marine conservation and management in Hawaiʻi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4239154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meghan Tait, Meghan K Tait (0000-0002-6187-2086, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Kapono Gaughen (0000-0002-0052-917X, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Anita Tsang (0000-0003-2507-157X, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Maya Walton (University of Hawaiʻi Sea Grant), Stacia Marcoux (0000-0002-4991-1548), Luna Kekoa, Melissa Kunz (US Forest Service), Mehana Blaich Vaughan (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa), Mehana Vaughan |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Conservation Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1195-5449 • E-ISSN: 1708-3087 |
| Publisher | Resilience Alliance (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.5751/es-13640-290104 |
| OpenAlex | W4390703177 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
Marine managers commonly use ecological indicators in planning and evaluations; however, few programs monitor social and cultural impacts of management. Practical approaches to identifying and monitoring social and cultural aspects of communities’ relationships with their environment could assist many agencies in understanding the impacts of their efforts to achieve conservation goals. The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) launched the Holomua Marine Initiative to collaborate and engage with communities to strengthen co-management efforts, which included integrating socio-cultural aspects into the planning and assessment of marine management. Our team, which included resource managers, Western and indigenous scientists, community leaders, students, agency, and university staff engaged in collaborative management efforts in Hawaiʻi, developed an approach to monitor the social and cultural impacts of DAR’s management actions. Through online collaborative workshops with community members and non-profit leaders engaged in marine conservation in Hawaiʻi, we co-developed socio-cultural principles and indicators based on their reciprocal relationships with the nearshore environment. During the workshops, we used small group activities, snow cards, sorting, and categorization to generate nine fundamental principles, with associated indicators, to guide marine management in Hawaiʻi. Many of the principles and indicators are comparable to those developed in other parts of the Pacific, revolving around themes including the perpetuation of local and indigenous knowledge across generations, and access to land and natural resources. Participants also suggested themes less prevalent in other research, such as the need to evaluate impacts of tourism on community relationships with coastal areas. We offer recommendations for the development of socio-cultural principles and indicators in other place-based contexts, and emphasize the importance of on-going community collaboration. Developing a socio-cultural monitoring framework with community members impacted by marine management decisions could enable others engaged in collaborative efforts, including government agencies, to holistically understand and address impacts of their policies and actions. Monitoring layered socio-cultural impacts of marine management on local and indigenous communities has the potential to shift management goals, and enhance long-term effectiveness and support for initiatives to protect coastal resources worldwide
Business · Community-based conservation · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Indigenous · Marine conservation · Marine protected area · Natural resource · Natural resource management · Political science · Coastal and Marine Management · Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies · Marine animal studies overview · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |