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This project snapshot provides a brief overview of the project "Hawaiian Seascapes and Their Management Implications".
Complex socio-ecological issues, such as climate change have historically been addressed through technical problem solving methods. Yet today, climate science approaches are increasingly accounting for the roles of diverse social perceptions, experiences, cultural norms, and worldviews. In support of this shift, we developed a research program on Hawaiʻi Island that utilizes knowledge coproduction to integrate the diverse worldviews of natural and cultural resource managers, policy professionals, and researchers within actionable science products. Through their work, local field managers regularly experience discrete land and waterscapes. Additionally, in highly interconnected rural communities, such as Hawaiʻi...
Local stakeholders are stewards of their own coastal communities, aware of changes both socially and physically that occur in the seascape. How the landscape changes has implications for local cultural values and beliefs. To gain a better understanding of how communities change over time socially and physically, we conducted semi-structured interviews with surfers who are known as experts in the surf spot of Honoli'i Bay located in Hilo, Hawaii. Interview methods included diagrams, open-ended questions, and photographs. Within the community, we interviewed 12 surfers considered to be local experts on surf conditions to ask about their observations. The expert surfers provided a better understanding of (1) great,...
The study of seascapes, the area where humans interact with the ocean, and particularly, how people ascribe meaning to their observations, interactions, and relationships to the sea is directly pertinent to the management of our ocean resources. Through our interviews with respected ocean users we learned the difficulties and potential of mapping ocean currents and ocean use areas and how these ocean experts have perceived change in the environment. In Hilo Hawaiʻi, we interviewed ocean experts (people recommended for the ocean knowledge), and surfers of all ages and experience at Honoliʻi. We also collected physical environmental data for Hilo Bay and ocean user presence counts for beaches within this County. Understanding...
Knowing the importance of paʻakai (salt) and its cultural significance is critical to the survival of the people of Hawaiʻi. Through the 1950s paʻakai was an important resource for the endurance of people in Hawai‘i due to the non-existence of electricity and refrigerators. Hana paʻakai (making salt) was a cultural practice needed for the people to survive during traditional before western influences in the 1800s because they had nothing to help preserve their food. Kūpuna (elders) belived that every moku (district) had a coastal wahi hana paʻakai (sacred salt pond) of either kāheka (tide pools) with small hollows in the shoreline pohaku (stone) or loko paʻakai (salt lakes). Paʻakai was commonly valued for preserving...
Global climate change is altering the natural state of the earth. Ecosystems around the world are being affected with a large concern being the availability of freshwater. As a result of climate change Hawaiʻi is predicted to experience a significant decrease in precipitation. And although Hawaiʻi is not currently experiencing unavailability of freshwater resources the focus of this study is to begin to understand one of the most abundant freshwater resources in Hawaiʻi, freshwater springs. Three approaches were used to begin understanding the freshwater springs in Keaukaha, HI; reading through literature, conducting field surveys as well as conducting informal interviews. Through the field surveys it was found...
Seascapes symbolize both the physical dimensions of ocean and coastal areas, as well as the meanings humans ascribe to their observations, interactions, and relationships to the sea. In Hawaiʻi, seascapes are particularly important given that the ocean contributes considerably to the well-being of coastal communities which are vulnerable to climate change and other human pressures. Monitoring and understanding how these areas are changing requires fully knowing the relationship between physical and cultural dynamics. Mechanical sensors in the marine environment monitor wave regimes, streamflow, rainfall, and other parameters that scientists and managers use to predict the effects and implications of climate change,...
Abstract (from http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10745-016-9822-0): Complex systems, such as ocean currents, occur at multiple temporal and physical scales require simultaneous analysis across a range of geographic scales. Presently, there are few available nearshore current maps or models accessible to managers or the public in Hawai'i despite the fact that predicting nearshore currents and processes is important for understanding many other social-ecological interactions. Maps of coastal ocean currents are difficult to create because of constant change and the limited availability of nearshore data. Maps are symbols of our collective knowledge frameworks, representing various geographic areas and features...