Connecting Marine Ecosystem Services to Human Well-being: Insights from Participatory Well-being Assessment in Kenya
Connecting Marine Ecosystem Services to Human Well-being: Insights from Participatory Well-being Assessment in Kenya
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DOI：
10.1007/s13280-013-0456-9
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发表时间：
2013-11-01
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6.5
通讯作者：
Daw, Tim M.
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作者：
Abunge, Caroline;Coulthard, Sarah;Daw, Tim M.
生态系统与人类福祉之间的联系是千年生态系统评估所推动的“生态系统服务”概念化的一个重点。然而，生态系统与个人福祉之间联系的实际性质仍然很复杂，人们对其知之甚少。我们与五个与肯尼亚小规模沿海渔业相关的不同利益相关者团体进行了一系列定性焦点小组，以了解(1)社区内如何理解福祉，以及对福祉重要的是什么，(2)最近的变化如何影响人们的福祉，以及(3)人们对未来渔业的希望和愿望。我们的研究结果表明，人们以多种方式构想幸福，但这些方式可以清楚地映射到MA框架上。特别是，我们的研究揭示了框架的“自由和选择”元素，并主张通过例如更具参与性的治理过程，在肯尼亚渔业管理中更多地认识到这些方面的福祉。
The linkage between ecosystems and human well-being is a focus of the conceptualization of "ecosystem services" as promoted by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. However, the actual nature of connections between ecosystems and the well-being of individuals remains complex and poorly understood. We conducted a series of qualitative focus groups with five different stakeholder groups connected to a small-scale Kenyan coastal fishery to understand (1) how well-being is understood within the community, and what is important for well-being, (2) how people's well-being has been affected by changes over the recent past, and (3) people's hopes and aspirations for their future fishery. Our results show that people conceive well-being in a diversity of ways, but that these can clearly map onto the MA framework. In particular, our research unpacks the "freedoms and choices" element of the framework and argues for greater recognition of these aspects of well-being in fisheries management in Kenya through, for example, more participatory governance processes.