TY - JOUR
T1 - Coconstruction of ecosystem services management in tribal lands
T2 - Elicit expert opinion approach
AU - Tarancón, Alicia Azpeleta
AU - Kim, Yeon Su
AU - Padilla, Thora
AU - Fulé, Peter Z.
AU - Sánchez Meador, Andrew J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments. This research was funded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2015-67019-23185) and by McIntire–Stennis appropriations to NAU and the State of Arizona. We thank the participants of the survey as well as the Mescalero Apache Tribe. Thanks are given to the FOR 633 class for comments on the pilot survey and Jacob Daukei for his assistance with the participants.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Meteorological Society.
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - The Mescalero Apache Tribal Lands (MATL) provide a diverse range of ecosystem services, many of which are of fundamental importance for the Mescalero Apache Tribe’s well-being. Managing forests on MATL, especially under climate change, involves prioritizing certain ecosystem services. We used an iterative survey of experts’ opinions to identify those ecosystem services that 1) have high utility—services that the Tribe uses, or could use, and are obtained directly or indirectly from the MATL; 2) are irreplaceable—services that cannot be provided by any other natural resource; and 3) are under a high level of threat—services at risk of declining or being lost directly or indirectly by climate change and thus are critical for management. Both scientists and practitioners identified water and cultural services as management priorities. Management recommendations to mitigate and adapt to climate change effects include reintroduction of fire in the landscape, assisted migration, creation of age/size mosaics across the landscape, and incorporation of green energy. Incorporating human perspectives into natural resource management is a critical component to maintain and adapt social–ecological systems to climate change, especially for Indigenous communities with inherent rights of sovereignty who are deeply connected to natural resources. This study demonstrates how knowledge systems are complementary: diverse perspectives related to values and threats of ecosystems can be incorporated to coconstruct ecosystem management decisions.
AB - The Mescalero Apache Tribal Lands (MATL) provide a diverse range of ecosystem services, many of which are of fundamental importance for the Mescalero Apache Tribe’s well-being. Managing forests on MATL, especially under climate change, involves prioritizing certain ecosystem services. We used an iterative survey of experts’ opinions to identify those ecosystem services that 1) have high utility—services that the Tribe uses, or could use, and are obtained directly or indirectly from the MATL; 2) are irreplaceable—services that cannot be provided by any other natural resource; and 3) are under a high level of threat—services at risk of declining or being lost directly or indirectly by climate change and thus are critical for management. Both scientists and practitioners identified water and cultural services as management priorities. Management recommendations to mitigate and adapt to climate change effects include reintroduction of fire in the landscape, assisted migration, creation of age/size mosaics across the landscape, and incorporation of green energy. Incorporating human perspectives into natural resource management is a critical component to maintain and adapt social–ecological systems to climate change, especially for Indigenous communities with inherent rights of sovereignty who are deeply connected to natural resources. This study demonstrates how knowledge systems are complementary: diverse perspectives related to values and threats of ecosystems can be incorporated to coconstruct ecosystem management decisions.
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U2 - 10.1175/WCAS-D-19-0159.1
DO - 10.1175/WCAS-D-19-0159.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85088951182
SN - 1948-8327
VL - 12
SP - 487
EP - 499
JO - Weather, Climate, and Society
JF - Weather, Climate, and Society
IS - 3
ER -