Multiple values and knowledge integration in indigenous coastal and marine social-ecological systems research: A systematic review

Rodolfo Dam Lam, Alexandros Gasparatos, Shamik Chakraborty, Horacio Rivera and Taira Stanley

Ecosystem Services, 2019, vol. 37, issue C, -

Abstract: This systematic review explores patterns in the peer-reviewed literature related to the integration of multiple values in coastal/marine SES in indigenous settings. We extract metadata from 109 papers across five domains: 1) general study characteristics, 2) transdisciplinarity, 3) methodology, 4) SES elements (and their relationships), and 5) values. We use latent class analysis, descriptive statistics, and different visualization tools to elicit, synthesise and highlight the identified research patterns. Our results suggest that the peer-reviewed literature can be categorised across two main research approaches, contextual research and causal research. The former mainly uses qualitative techniques to study the drivers and pressures in such coastal/marine SES, providing a rather comprehensive understanding of these issues. The latter tends to engage better relevant stakeholders as a means of explaining relationships/impacts within such SES. Furthermore, causal research studies employ a more robust methodological portfolio. We argue that cross-fertilization between these distinct research approaches can contribute towards a more effective integration of different knowledge systems and values in indigenous coastal/marine contexts. In particular, contextual research can point “where we need to go”, while causal research can employ novel tools to assess in depth the multiple values related to the ecosystem services provided by indigenous coastal/marine SES.

Keywords: Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK); Indigenous people; Ecosystem services; DPSIR; Knowledge integrations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100910

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