Jagadish, Arundhati and Freni-Sterrantino, Anna and He, Yifan and O'Garra, Tanya and Gecchele, Lisa and Mangubhai, Sangeeta and Govan, Hugh and Tawake, Alifereti and Vakalalabure, Margaret Tabunakawai and Mascia, Michael B. and Mills, Morena (2023) Scaling Indigenous-led natural resource management. Global Environmental Change, 84 . pp. 1-12. ISSN 0346-251X
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Abstract
Rights-holders, practitioners, and researchers recognize the importance of Indigenous-led resource management
for building a more ecologically just world and addressing climate change and biodiversity loss. Yet, it remains
unclear how to support them in a way that increases their spatial extent and ensuring impact on equitable
biodiversity conservation. We address this gap by using Diffusion of Innovations theory to explain the rapid
spread of an Indigenous-led network of Locally Managed Marine Areas in Fiji. We found that 74.9 percent of
adopters had a previous adopter as their nearest neighbor, and that despite contrasting patterns of adoption at
the island level, such patterns could be accounted for by: perceived relative advantage, village chiefly status,
distance to tourism hotspots, and presence of district-level management committees, support organizations, and
trust. These insights can inform the design and implementation of Indigenous-led approaches that can scale
appropriately and respond to the global environmental crisis
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Adoption Conservation Community-led Bayesian model INLA |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) > Q1-390 Science (General) |
| Divisions: | School of Law and Social Sciences (SoLaSS) |
| Depositing User: | Nirma Narayan |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Feb 2024 00:59 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2024 00:59 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/14435 |
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