Stakeholder perspectives on nature, people and sustainability at Mount Kilimanjaro

[摘要] 1. Effective approaches towards sustainability need to be informed by a diversearray of stakeholder perspectives. However, capturing these perspectives ina way that can be integrated with other forms of knowledge can represent achallenge.2. Here we present the first application of the conceptual framework of theIntergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and EcosystemServices (IPBES) to a participatory assessment of local perspectives on nature,people and sustainability on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. This assessment wasorganized in the form of a participatory workshop with five different groups ofstakeholders.3. Following this framework, we assembled information on the state of andtrends in species diversity, Nature's Contributions to People (NCP), and onthe main drivers of changes in species and habitats. Additionally, we gatheredperspectives on the needs and opportunities for the sustainable managementand conservation of natural resources from the individual to the internationallevel.4. The various stakeholders agreed that both the condition and extent of the various habitats and NCP are declining.5. In line with available knowledge, the key direct drivers of change mentioned bythe workshop participants were land use and climate change, whereas humanpopulation growth was singled out as the most important indirect driver.

[学科分类] 护理学

[关键词] participatory workshops;IPBES;Tanzania;East African mountains;mountain biodiversity;Nature's Contributions to People;ecosystem services;social–ecological system