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1 Elwell, T. L.; Lopez-Carr, D.; Gelcich, S.; Gaines, S. D. 2020. The importance of cultural ecosystem services in natural resource-dependent communities: implications for management. Ecosystem Services, 44:101123. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101123]
Ecosystem services ; Natural resources ; Ecosystem management ; Communities ; Indigenous peoples ; Living standards ; Aesthetic value ; Recreation ; Cultural factors ; Estuaries / Latin America / Chile
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049861)
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In defining cultural ecosystem services as the recreational, aesthetic, and spiritual benefits people obtain from ecosystems, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment conveyed a key aspect of nature-society relationships. Yet, it is reasonable to suppose that this aspect may apply more to to contexts where people enjoy more leisure time to admire a scenic vista or recreate in nature. How relevant is this aspect of nature-society relationships for people who rely more on natural resources, or provisioning ecosystem services, for livelihoods? We integrated qualitative and quantitative field research methods to examine how people in natural resource-dependent communities perceived the importance of different ecosystem services to wellbeing. We found that people with varying degrees of dependence on coastal, marine, and terrestrial provisioning ecosystem services perceived cultural ecosystem services—particularly scenic beauty, biodiversity, and space to recreate—as very important to wellbeing, and also perceived increases in wellbeing following interventions to foment small-scale tourism and conservation. In terms of global ecosystem management, our findings imply that (1) aesthetics and recreation matter, even if these cultural ecosystem services appear more often in the literature, (2) more efforts may be taken to make cultural ecosystem services more accessible, (3) small-scale tourism and conservation interventions may be reconsidered as potential means to increase wellbeing, and (4) reframing ecosystem management as explicit efforts to augment wellbeing may help to garner more widespread support and participation.
2 Crona, B. I.; Wassenius, E.; Jonell, M.; Koehn, J. Z.; Short, R.; Tigchelaar, M.; Daw, T. M.; Golden, C. D.; Gephart, J. A.; Allison, E. H.; Bush, S. R.; Cao, L.; Cheung, W. W. L.; DeClerck, F.; Fanzo, J.; Gelcich, S.; Kishore, A.; Halpern, B. S.; Hicks, C. C.; Leape, J. P.; Little, D. C.; Micheli, F.; Naylor, R. L.; Phillips, M.; Selig, E. R.; Springmann, M.; Sumaila, U. R.; Troell, M.; Thilsted, S. H.; Wabnitz, C. C. C. 2023. Four ways blue foods can help achieve food system ambitions across nations. Nature, 25p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05737-x]
Food systems ; Ecological footprint ; Livelihoods ; Environmental impact ; Food policies ; Resilience ; Greenhouse gases ; Food production ; Food security
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051782)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05737-x.pdf?pdf=button%20sticky
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051782.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051782.pdf
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Blue foods, sourced in aquatic environments, are important for the economies, livelihoods, nutritional security and cultures of people in many nations. They are often nutrient rich1, generate lower emissions and impacts on land and water than many terrestrial meats2, and contribute to the health3, wellbeing and livelihoods of many rural communities4. The Blue Food Assessment recently evaluated nutritional, environmental, economic and justice dimensions of blue foods globally. Here we integrate these findings and translate them into four policy objectives to help realize the contributions that blue foods can make to national food systems around the world: ensuring supplies of critical nutrients, providing healthy alternatives to terrestrial meat, reducing dietary environmental footprints and safeguarding blue food contributions to nutrition, just economies and livelihoods under a changing climate. To account for how context-specific environmental, socio-economic and cultural aspects affect this contribution, we assess the relevance of each policy objective for individual countries, and examine associated co-benefits and trade-offs at national and international scales. We find that in many African and South American nations, facilitating consumption of culturally relevant blue food, especially among nutritionally vulnerable population segments, could address vitamin B12 and omega-3 deficiencies. Meanwhile, in many global North nations, cardiovascular disease rates and large greenhouse gas footprints from ruminant meat intake could be lowered through moderate consumption of seafood with low environmental impact. The analytical framework we provide also identifies countries with high future risk, for whom climate adaptation of blue food systems will be particularly important. Overall the framework helps decision makers to assess the blue food policy objectives most relevant to their geographies, and to compare and contrast the benefits and trade-offs associated with pursuing these objectives.
3 Kawarazuka, N.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe; Green, R.; Scheelbeek, P.; Ambikapathi, R.; Robinson, J.; Mangnus, E.; Bene, C.; Cavatassi, R.; Kalita, U.; Gelcich, S.; Cheserek, M.; Mbago-Bhunu, S.; Trevenen-Jones, A. 2023. Inclusive diets within planetary boundaries. One Earth, 6(5):443-448. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.05.003]
Healthy diets ; Inclusion ; Gender ; Food systems ; Underutilized species ; Food production ; Nutrition ; Feeding preferences ; Economic aspects ; Stakeholders
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051961)
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Our food production system is unsustainable and threatening planetary boundaries. Yet, a quarter of the global population still lacks access to safe and nutritious food, while suboptimal diets account for 11 million adult deaths per year. This Voices asks: what critical barriers must be overcome to enable sustainable, healthy, accessible, and equitable diets for all?
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