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- 1. People Orientated Research Dominic Rowland RGS Explore 2011 www.brinccexpedition.org
- 2. Outline • About BRINCC Expedition •Why engage with communities? •Types of engagement •People centered research on BRINCC •Building capacity for conservation Logo Logo www.brinccexpedition.org 2
- 6. About BRINCC Expedition Biodiversity Team Social Team Logo
- 7. About BRINCC Expedition Social Team • Participatory Mapping • Resource and land use • Political Ecology • Economics of resource use • Anthropology Biodiversity Team • Gibbons • Amphibians • Butterflies • Small Mammals • Nocturnal Mammals • Birds Logo • Botany
- 8. About BRINCC Expedition People Orientated Research • Participatory and GIS mapping of • Community forest and traditional forest • Sites of cultural and spiritual importance • Ecosystem services • Social science research focussing on • Land use by local people • Livelihoods and forest resources • Economic value of forest resources to communities • The political ecology of land use by local people and companies Biodiversity Surveys in Community Forest Logo
- 9. Why engage with local communities? • Building good relations • Mutual benefit • Local knowledge, history, background and context • It’s their land! • Poor and remote, marginalised communities Without local communities the landscape doesn’t make any sense • Influencing spatial planning process • Community prioritised conservation • High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments Logo
- 10. Types of Engagement • Partnership • Collaborative Research Increasing Level of Engagement • Participatory Research • Consultation • Permission Seeking Logo
- 11. BRINCC Social Research Socialisation Logo
- 12. BRINCC Social Research Participatory mapping Logo
- 13. BRINCC Social Research Resource Use and Land Use • Focus Group Discussions (e.g. timelines and seasonal calendars) •Pebble Distribution Method •Formal and informal interviews •Questionnaires •Types of forest and use patterns •Species used for food, medicine, trade, construction, fuel etc Logo
- 14. BRINCC Social Research Social Anthropology • Aim: to understand how areas of habitat and species relate to traditional culture. •Participant observation •Informal Interviews. •Researchers were postgraduate students from same ethnic background. Logo
- 15. BRINCC Social Research Political Ecology • To understand the process by which land rights, mining and logging concessions are granted •Understanding the power relations between and within the community regarding decision making •Tracing the investment and supply chains for extractive resources •Mapping the actors and stakeholders involved Logo
- 16. BRINCC Social Research Livelihood Economics • Analyse the transition between subsistence and market based economy •Gain understanding of local perspectives on impacts on livelihoods and forest •Understand concerns and benefits of resource extraction to the local communities Logo
- 17. Training and Capacity Building Local People • GPS training • Biological Research • Local to Latin Names Students • Research Design • Fieldwork Experience • Data Analysis Logo
- 18. Conclusions •Engagement can be powerful but the level of engagement must be suitable to the context and setting •It’s not wilderness if people live there •Take it slowly, try to gain a broad understanding before detailed research Two final thoughts: •Don’t raise expectations •Investigate data rights and discuss this openly with the communities Logo
- 19. THANK YOU! To our sponsors and supporters www.brinccexpedition.org
Editor's Notes
- Respecting – who to ask – political offices, kepalaadat etc everyone
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