how local communities value coral reel resources by dr. mizna mohammed
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This is the presentation given by Dr. Mizna Mohammed during the IUCN-FS Public seminar series on how local communities in the maldives value their coral reef resources.TRANSCRIPT
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How do local communi-es in the Maldives value reef resources?
By Dr. Mizna Mohamed
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
How do local communities in the Maldives value reef resources?
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
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Economic Valuation of Coral Reefs: A Case
Study of the Costs and Benefits of Improved
Management of Dhigali Haa, a Marine Protected
Area in Baa Atoll, Maldives
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Objec)ve: explore the value placed by communi)es on their local reef resources
How do I measure reef value? value is subjec)ve
"the various ways in which individuals, processes and places maAer, our various modes of rela)ng to them, and the various considera)ons that enter into our delibera)ons about ac)on." (O'Neill, Holland and Light 2008, p.1)
Values are human constructs
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
What is value?
Values are pluralis)c Cannot be reduced to a dollar value
Human-nature interac)ons
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Human
Nature
Social
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Value
Social
Ecological
Cultural
Economic
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What is the value of the environment or its resources?
How does a certain community value their natural resources?
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Qualitative Approach
" Value Interpretations " social, cultural, economic and ecological " perceptions & behaviour
Values beliefs attitudes behaviour
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Qualitative Approach
" Areas of inquiry " access and use " resource availability " consumption and distribution " local knowledge " property rights " local and state rules
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Mobile (sh): Scads reef sh community sh Sta)onary: Sand coral
7 communi)es North 3 Mid-north 2 South - 2
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Reef Values are Changing
Sand & coral Tradi)onal Commodity protec)on
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Reef Values are Changing
Lagoon sh Subsistence Recrea)onal market
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Reef Values are Changing
Direct Indirect
Everyone stayed on the island and
went fishing
Livelihood Recrea)onal
Community Individual
(i) changes within the communities
(ii) changes in how communities use the resources.
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Island c hiefs
use as food high interaction strong local rules
Traditional community Present community
heterogeneous user groups
elders
previous high interaction
use as food strong local rules
fishers
high interaction use as food strong local rules
youth
low interaction recreational use weak local rules
others (e.g. women, mothers) low interaction
use as food neutral local rules
homogenous user groups
Markets & Money Migra)on Globalized educa)on
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Factors influencing use
Resource use Sand: customary to commodity Fish: subsistence to recreation & market
Resource availability
Individual community characteristics e.g. personal relations, market exchanges, socioeconomic factors
Resource type
Physical characteristics of islands e.g. island and lagoon size, type of sand
Variations among communities e.g. community size, kinship relations, governance
Resource location e.g. sand inside house reef vs. sand in other reefs
Reduced interaction with resources
Reduced local knowledge
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Migration to Male
Individual community characteristics e.g. personal relations, market exchanges,
moral values
Migration to capital
Reduced interaction with resources
Western schooling Reduced personal interactions
Changing Worldviews
socioeconomic characteristics
Resource use Sand: customary to commodity
Fish: subsistence to recreation & market
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
Looking Beyond the Changing Reef Values
" Local values and locally relevant governance
" Local knowledge and local worldviews " Re-integrating the sacred " Local environments, global concerns
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Mizna Mohamed Valuing Reef Resources
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Thank you for your aAen)on contact details: [email protected]