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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
arts and humanities
Incorporating fishermen's local knowledge and behavior into geographical information systems (GIS) for designing marine protected areas in Oceania
Human Organization, Volume 65, No. 1, Year 2006
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Drawing on our experience in establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Roviana and Vonavona Lagoons, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, this paper shows how a geographical information system (GIS) database can be used to incorporate socio-spatial information, such as indigenous knowledge and artisanal fishing data, along with biophysical and other information to assist in MPA design. We argue that converting peoples' knowledge and socioecological behavior into geo-spatial data allows researchers to formulate hypotheses regarding human responses to inter- and intra-habitat variability, along with other marine ecological processes, and help in the designing and implementation of resource management strategies in a cost-effective and participatory way, bridging the gap between indigenous and Western cognitions of seascapes. More generally, we show the significance of combining spatial tools, anthropological fieldwork, and social and natural science methods for studying artisanal fisheries with the goal of aiding the design of marine protected areas. Copyright © 2006 by the Society for Applied Anthropology.
Authors & Co-Authors
Aswani, Shankar
United States, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
Lauer, Matthew T.
United States, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
Statistics
Citations: 170
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.17730/humo.65.1.4y2q0vhe4l30n0uj
ISSN:
00187259