Co-generating knowledge on ecosystem services and the role of new technologies
Author(s)
Buytaert, Wouter
Ochoa Tocachi, Boris
Hannah, David M
Clark, Julian
Dewulf, Art
Type
Chapter
Abstract
Policy makers are increasingly aware that decision-making in the context of ecosystem services management, and of development, can benefit from collaborative and inclusive approaches to knowledge generation and the design of intervention strategies, such as by providing a more prominent role for indigenous knowledge in decision-making and by using participatory methods for data collection and knowledge generation. In this chapter, we discuss how technologies such as mobile phones, low-cost and robust sensors, and increasingly pervasive remote-sensing satellites and drones can be particularly transformative in the way they facilitate the creation, access and transmission of information about ecosystem services, and support evidence-based decision-making. Furthermore, we discuss how these technologies can be used to promote stakeholder involvement in the knowledge generation process and to make it more inclusive and participatory. While we highlight potential risks related to the use of new technologies, such as exploitation by specific stakeholders to support specific agendas or interests, we identify opportunities for an increasing diversification and tailoring of knowledge creation, moving away from a top-down process dominated by scientists and toward more decentralised, bottom-up and iterative approaches that can have a transformative impact on local ecosystem services management, making it more inclusive, polycentric, evidence-based and robust.
Editor(s)
Schreckenberg, Kate
Mace, Georgina
Poudyal, Mahesh
Date Issued
2018-04-27
Citation
Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Trade-offs and Governance, 2018, pp.174-188
ISBN
9780429016295
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Start Page
174
End Page
188
Journal / Book Title
Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation: Trade-offs and Governance
Format Extent
19
Copyright Statement
© 2018 selection and editorial matter, Kate Schreckenberg, Georgina
Mace and Mahesh Poudyal; individual chapters, the contributors. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com,
has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non
Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.
Mace and Mahesh Poudyal; individual chapters, the contributors. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com,
has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non
Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license.
Sponsor
Imperial College London
Natural Environment Research Council [2006-2012]
Identifier
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429507090
Grant Number
President's PhD Scholarship
NE/L002515/1
Subjects
Ecosystem Services
Poverty Alleviation
Social Ecological Systems
Ecosystem Service Frameworks
Ecosystem Services Research
ESPA Programme
Multidimensional Wellbeing
Ecosystem Service Approaches
Managing Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem Service Flows
Marine Spatial Planning
Ecosystem Governance
Small Scale Fisheries
Pe Scheme
Protect Area
Knowledge Co-generation
Community Based Forest Management
Sloping Land Conversion Program
MA Framework
Small Scale Fishing
Notes
Another chapter of this book is in this same repository. Please don't confuse or merge the entries.
Place of Publication
London
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
11
Date Publish Online
2018-04-27