A Guide for participatory mapping of ecosystem services in multiuse agricultural landscapes: How to conduct a rapid spatial assessment of ecosystem services

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cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.countryKenyaen_US
cg.coverage.countryMalawien_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KEen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MWen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africaen_US
cg.placeCali, Colombiaen_US
cg.subject.ciatECOSYSTEM SERVICESen_US
cg.subject.ciatLAND USEen_US
cg.subject.ciatLIVELIHOODSen_US
cg.subject.ciatPARTICIPATORY RESEARCHen_US
cg.subject.ilriRANGELANDSen_US
dc.contributor.authorBraslow, Julieten_US
dc.contributor.authorCordingley, Justine E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSnyder, Katherine A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-15T19:39:03Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-11-15T19:39:03Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/77762en_US
dc.titleA Guide for participatory mapping of ecosystem services in multiuse agricultural landscapes: How to conduct a rapid spatial assessment of ecosystem servicesen_US
dcterms.abstractThis guide presents a step-by-step approach in using a participatory mapping method with community members to rapidly identify and map ecosystem services and changes in their supply across multiuse agricultural landscapes. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), government agencies and researchers can use this approach to learn from communities about how they use and access natural resources. This activity uses a landscape approach to help land management practitioners understand the ways in which people depend on and access ecosystem services and how changes in their availability impact livelihoods across the landscape. The mapping exercise involves using free, high resolution satellite imagery from Google Earth Pro, which presents an aerial view of the community in fine detail. Participants from the community in question identify key features on the map, which help them to understand the extent of the area the map represents. They are then led through a discussion on their resources such as water, livestock, cultivated land and uncultivated land. Through the discussion participants identify: (1) where resources are located on the landscape and how they are used; (2) changes in the supply of resources and how these changes are impacting livelihoods; and (3) restrictions to access, conflicts over use and management of each resource in question. Mapping with different groups, such as men, women and youth can show which resources are most important to different groups as well as differences in access and perceptions of change. The mapping exercise is intended to take between two and a half and three hours: including introductory and concluding discussions can add on another two hours. This guide presents examples and tips from mapping exercises that tested this approach in Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania. We outline how this mapping exercise could be used in research, development and planning. Additionally, this guide includes appendices that contain: (1) a detailed explanation of how to create maps for each activity; (2) a set of materials that have been developed to accompany the mapping exercise; (3) steps for digitizing the maps (4) case study examples; and (5) additional sources of information.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBraslow, Juliet; Cordingley, Justine; Snyder, Katherine. 2016. A Guide for participatory mapping of ecosystem services in multiuse agricultural landscapes: How to conduct a rapid spatial assessment of ecosystem services. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, CO. 96 p. (Publicación CIAT No. 424)en_US
dcterms.extent96 p.en_US
dcterms.issued2016en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectecosystem servicesen_US
dcterms.subjectlandscapeen_US
dcterms.subjectnatural resourcesen_US
dcterms.subjectparticipatory approachesen_US
dcterms.subjectrural communitiesen_US
dcterms.subjectlivelihoodsen_US
dcterms.subjectland managementen_US
dcterms.subjectmalawien_US
dcterms.subjectservicios de los ecosistemasen_US
dcterms.subjectpaisajeen_US
dcterms.subjectrecursos naturalesen_US
dcterms.subjectenfoques participativosen_US
dcterms.subjectcomunidades ruralesen_US
dcterms.subjectmedios de vidaen_US
dcterms.subjectordenación de tierrasen_US
dcterms.typeManualen_US

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