Building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts: The value of participatory 3D modelling
Natural forest management and conservation projects such as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and enhancing forest carbon stocks (REDD+) face many challenges in the field. Implementation of these projects depends on such factors as clarity of information among stakeholder...
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| author | Mathieu Guillemette Catherine Potvin Lauliano Martinez Bonarge Pacheco Dioniz Caño Ignacio Pérez |
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| description | Natural forest management and conservation projects such as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and enhancing forest carbon stocks (REDD+) face many challenges in the field. Implementation of these projects depends on such factors as clarity of information among stakeholders, legal security of territories, and local decision-making power. These challenges have been previously identified in the Upper Bayano watershed of eastern Panama, where a long history of land cover and land-use conflicts is present between three different human groups. With a long-term objective of natural forest conservation, this study aims to develop and test participatory approaches (participatory mapping and participatory 3D modelling) for the Upper Bayano watershed in an attempt to create a consensus among all stakeholders on current land cover and land-use conflicts to overcome challenges faced by projects as REDD+. We found that the third dimension allows a common understanding over the landscape, creates a common ground discussion, and leads towards a consensus, while the participatory approach brings discussion and positive effects among the stakeholders and the bridging institutions bring equity and transparency. Finally, we discuss implications of this knowledge generation and common agreement over the landscape for future forest management projects such as REDD+’s implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e08f8bec7d4423ba5461e7cd7f0b7ed2022-12-21T20:26:16ZengCanadian Science PublishingFACETS2371-16712371-16712017-02-01219521110.1139/facets-2016-0010Building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts: The value of participatory 3D modellingMathieu Guillemette0Catherine Potvin1Lauliano Martinez2Bonarge Pacheco3Dioniz Caño4Ignacio Pérez5Department of Biology, University McGill, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, CanadaDepartment of Biology, University McGill, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Av. Roosevelt 401, Panamá, Balboa, Ancón 0843-03092, Republic of PanamáDepartment of Biology, University McGill, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada; Organizacion Kuna de Madungandi, Av. Roosevelt 401, Panamá, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of PanamáDepartment of Biology, University McGill, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada; Congreso General de Tierras Colletivas Embera y Wounaan, Av. Roosevelt 401, Panamá, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of PanamáDepartment of Biology, University McGill, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada; Asociación de Productores Agropecuarios de Platanilla, Platanilla, Av. Roosevelt 401, Panamá, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of PanamáDepartment of Biology, University McGill, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1, Canada; Asociación Union de Campesinos de la Provincia de Panama, Av. Roosevelt 401, Panamá, Balboa, Ancón, Republic of PanamáNatural forest management and conservation projects such as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, and enhancing forest carbon stocks (REDD+) face many challenges in the field. Implementation of these projects depends on such factors as clarity of information among stakeholders, legal security of territories, and local decision-making power. These challenges have been previously identified in the Upper Bayano watershed of eastern Panama, where a long history of land cover and land-use conflicts is present between three different human groups. With a long-term objective of natural forest conservation, this study aims to develop and test participatory approaches (participatory mapping and participatory 3D modelling) for the Upper Bayano watershed in an attempt to create a consensus among all stakeholders on current land cover and land-use conflicts to overcome challenges faced by projects as REDD+. We found that the third dimension allows a common understanding over the landscape, creates a common ground discussion, and leads towards a consensus, while the participatory approach brings discussion and positive effects among the stakeholders and the bridging institutions bring equity and transparency. Finally, we discuss implications of this knowledge generation and common agreement over the landscape for future forest management projects such as REDD+’s implementation.http://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2016-0010land useREDD+consensusforest managementparticipatory mappingparticipatory 3D modelling |
| spellingShingle | Mathieu Guillemette Catherine Potvin Lauliano Martinez Bonarge Pacheco Dioniz Caño Ignacio Pérez Building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts: The value of participatory 3D modelling FACETS land use REDD+ consensus forest management participatory mapping participatory 3D modelling |
| title | Building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts: The value of participatory 3D modelling |
| title_full | Building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts: The value of participatory 3D modelling |
| title_fullStr | Building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts: The value of participatory 3D modelling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts: The value of participatory 3D modelling |
| title_short | Building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts: The value of participatory 3D modelling |
| title_sort | building a common description of land cover in a tropical watershed plagued with intercultural conflicts the value of participatory 3d modelling |
| topic | land use REDD+ consensus forest management participatory mapping participatory 3D modelling |
| url | http://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2016-0010 |
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